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Which Operational System do you use?

Poll Results: Wich OS

This is a multiple choice poll
  • 14% (9)
    Windows XP
  • 0% (0)
    Windows Vista
  • 32% (20)
    Windows 7
  • 4% (3)
    Other Windows (which)
  • 0% (0)
    Mac OS X.5 Leopard
  • 8% (5)
    Mac OS X.6 Snow Leopard
  • 16% (10)
    Mac OS X.7 Lion
  • 0% (0)
    Other Mac Ox (which)
  • 8% (5)
    iOS (iPad or iPhone)
  • 6% (4)
    Android
  • 8% (5)
    Linux (which)
  • 0% (0)
    Other OS (which)
61 Total Votes  
post #1 of 30
4/1/12 at 9:00am
Thread Starter 
Including your personal computers and office computers.

I use Mac OS X.7 Lion at home and Windows 7 (was XP until last month) at work.
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post #2 of 30
4/1/12 at 9:11am
Work: Mac OS X 10.7, Mac OS X 10.6 for some tasks and Windows 7 (running in Parallels)
Play: Mac OS X 10.7
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post #3 of 30
4/1/12 at 9:17am
Windows 7
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post #4 of 30
4/1/12 at 9:23am
Thread Starter 
Ahaha I typed Mac OS X.7 Kion

How to edit a pool?
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post #5 of 30
4/1/12 at 9:39am
XP pro at work and home but work is migrating to 7 soon. Good. They say 7 is the new XP.

I spend a good 5 hours on my ipad on a daily basis though.
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post #6 of 30
4/1/12 at 10:06am
Windows stinks, that's all I gotta say.
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post #7 of 30
4/1/12 at 11:30am
Currently satisfied with W7
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post #8 of 30
4/1/12 at 11:35am
Home - Windows 7.

Work - Windows XP.
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post #9 of 30
4/1/12 at 1:05pm
win 7, the best windows so far
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post #10 of 30
4/1/12 at 2:29pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by d4N13L View Post

Ahaha I typed Mac OS X.7 Kion

How to edit a pool?

fixed
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post #11 of 30
4/3/12 at 10:37am
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Originally Posted by fazilicious View Post

win 7, the best windows so far

I think Windows 7 - while it has many good features - is unnecessarily annoying.
I use it on my wife's computer and the three most annoying things are,
1. The way it constantly asks me if I really want to run a program that I've just clicked on to run (is there any way of stopping this?)
2. The way when you either copy a file/directory or rename it in a directory, the file automatically gets slotted somewhere else in alphabetical order. Then you have to go find it. In XP, the file/directory just stayed at the bottom of the list - easy to access - until one moved away from that directory.
3. The way it stops me accessing files in directories - there are pictures and downloads which I know where they are (some I've saved to those directories with Photoshop Elements 7) and the system just won't let me access them. Same thing if I try access My Documents etc by going through the Documents and Settings folder (Is there any way around this?).
Regards,
Renato
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post #12 of 30
4/3/12 at 11:13am
Home: Mac OSX Lion 10.7.3
Work: Win 7 + Win XP

Like both MacOSX and Windows.
Can't really see the big difference between the two for the daily user.
Mac OSX has smoother looking icons, but it isn't faster at what I do compared to Windows, but not slower either.

The difference between the 2 systems are HYPE IMHO
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post #13 of 30
4/3/12 at 11:27am
Thread Starter 
I dont find much differences too. I prefer XP over 7, for the reasons that Renato said, and more reasons (i cant even save a file under C: comon its my hard drive, ahaha.) For me 7 is a xp with a fancy (copycat of OS X) interface. The security is about to ask user if he want to do everything, and then dont allow half of the tasks anyway.

OS X.6 and X.7 are almost the same, except Lion has some bad shortcuts (Snow Leopard was easy to access with some fingers combined that i dont remember now cause dont use them anymore) and take sometime to set them as it was (the new scroll scheme is ridiculous ahaha). But Lion is way much faster.

Actually i like them all, and i prefer this way, home with Mac OS and work with Windows (preference xp but 7 do the job)


Ps: Linux is nice until you find the first problem. Then you need to be an IT enginer to fix it.
Vista is the most ridiculous operational system of the universe.
98 is very good, but almost impossible to install the devices and make them work.
2003 is the best server that i worked on.

Never used Solaris, Unix and pure DOS (just some command lines to solve some issues specially network related)
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post #14 of 30
4/3/12 at 11:45am
XP. 7 on laptop. Prefer XP.
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post #15 of 30
4/3/12 at 12:04pm
Snow Leopard on our desk Mac; daughter has Lion on her Macbook Air.
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post #16 of 30
4/3/12 at 7:10pm
XP. I'll upgrade the OS when I upgrade the PC which I'm putting off for as long as possible!
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post #17 of 30
4/3/12 at 8:26pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Renato View Post

1. The way it constantly asks me if I really want to run a program that I've just clicked on to run (is there any way of stopping this?)

http://www.mydigitallife.info/how-to...-in-windows-7/

Use ONLY METHOD 1. Methods 2 and 3 - Yer diggin a HOLE !!!

2. The way when you either copy a file/directory or rename it in a directory, the file automatically gets slotted somewhere else in alphabetical order. Then you have to go find it. In XP, the file/directory just stayed at the bottom of the list - easy to access - until one moved away from that directory.

If you don't appreciate that feature, turn OFF indexing for that drive. I seriously / strenuously suggest you don't. By doing so every time you scroll thru a directory Windows has to re-index that directory as a result it slows you down.
3. The way it stops me accessing files in directories - there are pictures and downloads which I know where they are (some I've saved to those directories with Photoshop Elements 7) and the system just won't let me access them. Same thing if I try access My Documents etc by going through the Documents and Settings folder (Is there any way around this?).

AFTER you disable the User Account Control given in the link above and re-start the computer, then you can right click on the C:\\ drive or any other drive for that matter, Start > My Computer > hover over C:\\ and right click > select Properties > Select the Security Tab and the add yourself to the permissions list and give yourself FULL CONTROL. Click out of those boxes, re-start the PC and Wah-la. (Note: some folders under c:\\Users\\Your Name\\My Documents only look like folders but if you look closely you'll see a small arrow on the bottom left side of the folder. Those are Shortcuts and you cannot try to alter them in any way or you'll screw up your user profile..
Regards,
Renato

Google is your friend, try searching for Windows7 Forums and using the search function on those sites.

Me, I use Windows7 Ultimate - mini - on a 8Gig thumbdrive with persistance. I'm virtually invisible on any computer at work, as I'm not using the local C: drive. (on my assigned PC I only use Corporate email and no surfing what so ever.

What's the best O/S? Either Mint or straight up Ubuntu.
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post #18 of 30
4/4/12 at 12:33pm
I've used all of those for some extended period of time in my life...

Where's the windows NT option...my work can be slightly outdated lol...
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post #19 of 30
4/4/12 at 3:39pm
Vista and XP at home
Xp at work
Ubuntu on my thumb drive.
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post #20 of 30
4/5/12 at 11:42am
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At work, I use Windows 7 Pro on my laptop, Windows 2008 R2 Server, and a semi-retired Windows 2003 Server.
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post #21 of 30
4/7/12 at 1:24pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hey.its.me View Post

Google is your friend, try searching for Windows7 Forums and using the search function on those sites.

Me, I use Windows7 Ultimate - mini - on a 8Gig thumbdrive with persistance. I'm virtually invisible on any computer at work, as I'm not using the local C: drive. (on my assigned PC I only use Corporate email and no surfing what so ever.

What's the best O/S? Either Mint or straight up Ubuntu.

Thanks for the info within the Quotation in your post. I've e-mailed it to my wife's computer.
Regards,
Renato
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post #22 of 30
4/7/12 at 6:11pm
Mac OSX Lion for the MBP and iMac, and iOS for the iPad and iPhone
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post #23 of 30
4/7/12 at 8:02pm
I've been mucking around with an Android gadget that turns my TV into a smart TV - I can now watch heaps of movies on-line for free, can watch Catch-up TV from TV stations, and of course can muck around with YouTube, Google, Facebook, Office suite, Angry Birds etc and it only cost me $99 plus $39 for a tiny wireless qwerty keyboard to make things a bit easier than using the remote that came with it. Watching Youtube with family members laid back on a couch is certainly a different experience from watching it on a computer screen.

I must say I was quite impressed with how Android worked, and all the free apps at the Google Android marketplace. So far, Android seems to work very well, and I like the way programs instantly install and work without any fuss.

I've just ordered a cheap 10" tablet that does the same.

I'm also wondering if Linux has missed the boat. It should have been the logical rival system for all these mobile and auxillary gadgets, but it seems to me that Android is that now.
Regards,
Renato
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post #24 of 30
5/18/12 at 6:08pm
Windows 7, Android & IOS for phones.
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post #25 of 30
5/19/12 at 12:02am
Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard). I will never go back to Windows if I can help it.
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post #26 of 30
5/28/12 at 5:21pm
Linux CentOS 6.2
Arch Linux
Linux Mint 11 (currently on it)
Linux Fedora 14
Windows XP SP3
Windows 7
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post #27 of 30
6/2/12 at 2:51pm
Work: Windows 7
Home: Mac OS Lion
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post #28 of 30
6/2/12 at 3:17pm
Work (Laptop) - Windows 7 Enterprise

Home (Desktop) - Windows 7 Professional

And IOS for the iPhone and iPad.
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post #29 of 30
6/5/12 at 2:35pm
Mac OS X, Ubuntu Linux, Android and iOS.
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post #30 of 30
6/5/12 at 3:53pm
I miss Windows 2000. That was my favorite version. Everything since seems for children.
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