Which OS Do You Use?

[buwish]

I figured that it was time for another poll, as the other one seems to have ran its course.

This is another simple poll just to get an idea of what the more technologically astute of us prefer in terms of operating systems. So, what do you currently use?

I know some of us have dual boot systems, but go with the one that you find yourself using the most.

 

[buwish]

I use Windows 7 Pro on both my desktop and laptop. I also have Ubuntu on the laptop in a dual boot config that I occasionally play with, but for the most part I use W7. Like most, I did the beta testing of W7 to try and get away from Vista ASAP!

 

[Rusting In Peace]

You know I've used Vista for years now without issues. People bash the bajesus out of it but I've never had significant problems.

I'm rocking 7 for my media box, Vista for my desktop and Ubuntu for my NAS.

 

[Saga Lout]

Strictly speaking, my "current OS" is XP because it's what I use most on my main PC when working but my "favourite OS" would be PCLinuxOS.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I triboot vista ultimate red , win 7 and ubuntu 11.04!

 

[Rusting In Peace]

dual triboot

Does not compute

 

[PhilFrisbie]

I use Win7 and XP the most, but my Win7 PC also boots Ubuntu, and inside it I have many virtual machines: one with DOS 6.2/Win3.1/NT4.0; various versions of Linux; FreeBSD; Solaris; XP; Win2k.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

sweet setup philfrisbie!!!!!!!!

 

[buwish]

I forgot about the virtual machine- I have XP on the desktop for use with an ancient scanner.

 

[PhilFrisbie]

Virtual machines on the desktop rule! I do not want to think of all the years I had three physical machines with different OSs tied together with a KVM switch

Yes, I had to boot them up in a particular order or the PS2 mouse would not work right!

 

[PhilFrisbie]

sweet setup philfrisbie!!!!!!!!

Thanks! I have an older screenshot on my blog.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

nice that is a sweet setup!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[buwish]

I agree. Excellent setup utilizing VM's!

 

[davcon]

Win7 Pro!

 

[overclockingrocks]

Win 7 Ultimate on the main laptop, 7 starter on the netbook it's just for basic surfing etc on the road so I so need to upgrade, I run Ubuntu 11.04 on my server and just for giggles I have a G4 ibook that I picked up for cheap that I use for mac only software where I don't have or don't like the windows software for the same task

 

[Yama310]

Windows 7 Ultimate on my main computer et dual-boot Windows 7 and Xubuntu on my netbook (Samsung N130).

 

[verbalizer]

ALL my units run win7 pro or ultimate, I have versions of both 32 and 64 bits..
I use to dibble with linux but I haven't in some time now..

 

[abar92]

Windows XP-Great OS ever and you can easily understand that We will not get service pack 4 as Microsoft thinks Windows 7 and upcoming Windows 8 will not do enough profit for popularity of xp.............sorry if something wrong with my English.

 

[henydiah]

win7 64bit

 

[jbakerlent]

Voted Windows 7 - most of my builds just run x64 Ultimate (school license is why it's not just Home Premium), but my main one also runs Ubuntu 11.04 VM. My Mac (for XCode) has Snow Leopard and Ultimate through boot camp.

 

[CHAS46]

I have one Dell 8200 XP 32, 1 Vista 32 Homebuilt, 1 Homebuilt Windows 7 Pro 64.
Chas46

 

[buwish]

Thus far I'm sorta of surprised not to see as many XP users. I guess W7 has made the dent MS has hoped for.

 

[jmsellars1]

Yeah Windows 7 is great, i did get a bit pissed off that it didn't play many old games so i went back to XP but i found myself coming back to 7 again. The thing that impresses me most is that the function that searches for drivers automatically actually works. Even worked on a PC not connected to the internet with no cd in the drive, that confused me a bit lol.

P.S. I use Windows 7 Ultimate on my main rig and Windows 7 Starter on my netbook, also thinking of giving Linux a try.

 

[buwish]

I'm not a fan of W7 Starter. It is too limited if you ask me. Obviously netbooks do not have the power of a standard PC or laptop, but there should be more to the Starter version. Then again, with the meteoric rise of tablets over the past year or so, who knows how long netbooks have left as a viable option for most.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I agree ,i think windows 7 starter is too limited,just like vista basic was.They should just do away with those generic operating systems!