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What OS do you use?

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What OS do you use?

  1. Windows

  2. Mac

  3. Linux

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  1. Ferrarista3

    Ferrarista3 F1 Rookie

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    I was just wondering what system you guys are using.

    I switched to Apple two years ago and I couldn't be happier.
     
    Ferrarista3, Oct 24, 2009
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  2. Far Out

    Far Out F1 Veteran

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    Linux (Ubuntu). Extremly fast, free, no one spies on me, and the fanboys are much more endurable than the Apple crowd ;)
     
    Far Out, Oct 24, 2009
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  3. agup48

    agup48 Two Time F1 World Champ

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    Windows.
     
    agup48, Oct 24, 2009
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  4. WJHMH

    WJHMH Two Time F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    [size=+9][/size]
     
    WJHMH, Oct 24, 2009
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  5. DriveAfterDark

    DriveAfterDark F1 Veteran

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    Vista Business on laptop and XP Home Premium on the main PC.

    Vista: More unstable than a granny on crack... Never again.
    XP Home Premium: After changing layout to something more fancy, it works for all my needs and is at least twice as stable as Vista...


    But I am curious on Apple's OS' though!
     
    DriveAfterDark, Oct 24, 2009
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  6. Fast_ian

    Fast_ian Two Time F1 World Champ

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    Mac - Ever since OSX first appeared - "It's Unix after all!".....

    Rob - Without getting too "fanboyish", give it a go - You'll never go back to Windoze....
     
    Fast_ian, Oct 24, 2009
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  7. Etcetera

    Etcetera Two Time F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    I still use DOS 6.1.
     
    Etcetera, Oct 24, 2009
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  8. the_stig

    the_stig F1 Rookie

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    Where's the multiple choice for those of us who use different horses for different courses?

    Currently using Windows XP Pro, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows 7 Pro, Mac Snow Leopard, Ubuntu, Fedora, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, a couple of other live Linux distros for special purposes, still have a machine running Windows 95, bunch of other OSs hanging around on disk "just in case".
     
    the_stig, Oct 24, 2009
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  9. Etcetera

    Etcetera Two Time F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    In case of what?

    Nerd wars?
     
    Etcetera, Oct 24, 2009
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  10. powerpig

    powerpig F1 World Champ

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    Made a "hackintosh" recently by loading Snow Leopard on a MSI netbook. Took some tweaking, but it runs great and is rock solid. Also run all the above plus IBM AIX. Yes, I'm a geek for a living! ;)
     
    powerpig, Oct 24, 2009
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  11. sowest

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    I run OS/2 on a desktop at home and on a laptop at work. My computer needs are pretty basic and the system covers all my needs. It is light on resources and is very stable. I don't get virus or other malware problems.
     
    sowest, Oct 24, 2009
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  12. TheBigEasy

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    TheBigEasy, Oct 24, 2009
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  13. DriveAfterDark

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    Very surprised to see iPhone so high up on that list. Impressive.
     
    DriveAfterDark, Oct 24, 2009
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  14. TheBigEasy

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    Well, less than 1%. but it still beats Linux.

    I can't wait for Google to release their fully web-based OS. Once they can get a computer to load Google Docs and their other apps WITHOUT a traditional "desktop", Windows will be obsolete for the average casual computer using person.

    :)
     
    Last edited: Oct 24, 2009
    TheBigEasy, Oct 24, 2009
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  15. anunakki

    anunakki Seven Time F1 World Champ Owner Rossa Subscribed

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    ROTFLMAO !!!

    Gotta stop with the zingers when Im eating !
     
    anunakki, Oct 24, 2009
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  16. otaku

    otaku Formula 3

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    windows. I have xp on one machine. Vista on two and windows 7 on one.
     
    otaku, Oct 25, 2009
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  17. wax

    wax Five Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa

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    Even higher here.

    F-Chat - MTD

    top 10 os visits %
    Win XP 188,235 49.8
    Win Vista 90,697 24.0
    Mac 69,639 18.4
    Iphone 11,045 2.9
    Win NT 4,114 1.1
    Win 7 3,782 1.0
    Win 2000 2,766 0.7
    Blackberry 2,492 0.7
    Linux 2,144 0.6
    *other* 1,852 0.5

    *6 operating systems
     
    wax, Oct 25, 2009
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  18. wax

    wax Five Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa

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    I use XP

    Over years, have visited/posted: using
    Win: 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista
    Linux: Red Hat, Mandrake [now Mandriva]
    iPhone
    PSP
     
    wax, Oct 25, 2009
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  19. Remy Zero

    Remy Zero Two Time F1 World Champ

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  20. Innovativethinker

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    I can't for them to do this on the a phone.

    Verizon droid due very soon, I think it will give both MS and the Iphone serious competition.
     
    Innovativethinker, Oct 25, 2009
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  21. Innovativethinker

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    I voted Linux, I do have four machines running it, have 5 Macs, a ton of XP-Pro, and one 64 bit Vista workstation running.

    XP Pro is what our main OS is, no problems to speak of. It will be interesting to see how Windows 7 plays out.
     
    Innovativethinker, Oct 25, 2009
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  22. charbro

    charbro Rookie

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    Mac Snow Leopard
     
    charbro, Oct 26, 2009
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  23. SRT Mike

    SRT Mike Two Time F1 World Champ

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    OS/2 Warp!
     
    SRT Mike, Oct 26, 2009
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  24. Bas

    Bas Four Time F1 World Champ

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    still on XP Pro. I do have Vista on a laptop but I rarely use it...

    May get windows 7 on the new laptop I'm ordering though, and on my new PC next year (for directX 10 mainly)
     
    Bas, Oct 27, 2009
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  25. Scuderia-F1

    Scuderia-F1 Formula Junior

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    Got a new MacBook Pro 13" 2 weeks ago, running Snow Leopard & couldn´t be more happy.
    I´m done with Windows.
     
    Scuderia-F1, Nov 3, 2009
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