Computer Science Canada What is the best OS? |
| Author: | Dan [ Thu Mar 11, 2004 9:32 pm ] |
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I think it is time for a real flam war to get started so here we go: What is the best overall OS (operating system)? Now let the figths betwen the mac users, micrsoft feraks and penguin lovers begin!!! |
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| Author: | Paul [ Thu Mar 11, 2004 9:45 pm ] |
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I voted Win 95-98 because Im not a hardcore computer user and Windows suits my need as an average computer user. Plus I've looked all the OS's my Dad has installed and they don't look too user friendly to me. Win 95-98 instead of XP because it doesn't have any of XP's fancy stuff, it runs better and faster on my computer and crashes less. |
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| Author: | zylum [ Thu Mar 11, 2004 11:28 pm ] |
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i agree with paulbian |
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| Author: | jonos [ Thu Mar 11, 2004 11:49 pm ] |
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i voted linux, because though i don't run it myself, all my experiences with it have been great - the fact that it is free is also in its favor. it also comes with a lot of programs and different guis, so id have to say linux. the fact that it is also open source and open to development, and that the people who do work on it donate their time and are not paid (well most) is just awesome. |
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| Author: | Catalyst [ Thu Mar 11, 2004 11:50 pm ] |
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go linux once i get a pci dsl modem driver im moving to linux |
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| Author: | zylum [ Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:11 am ] |
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i read somewhere that linux gets hacked more on average than any other os... |
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| Author: | Tony [ Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:28 am ] |
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zylum wrote: i read somewhere that linux gets hacked more on average than any other os...
I don't think I ever heard on the news about a new security hole being discovered in linux and everyone been told to download a fix patch right away  windows on other hand could be compared to a ducktaped chicken wire  |
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| Author: | jonos [ Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:36 am ] |
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its people on linux who write the viruses for windows... at least thats what i heard. and im with catalyst, as soon as i buy another pc or get another hd, im getting slackware, the problem with it now is that i have an onboard lan card (on my motherboard built in) and linux won't recognize that without any serious installations and stuff that i have no idea about, so thats a problem cause then i couldn't have internet. but if i get another, cheaper pc then maybe it would work. we will just have to see won't we. |
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| Author: | Amailer [ Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:43 am ] |
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who votes WIN XP??? damm thing is giving me so much damm problems  |
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| Author: | Dan [ Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:46 am ] |
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who voted win me???? (i put that on as a joke) and where you under the inuflce of any hard drugs when you did so???? |
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| Author: | Paul [ Fri Mar 12, 2004 1:47 pm ] |
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jonos wrote: the fact that it is free is also in its favor.
Windows is free, at least for me always. 
Amailer wrote: who votes WIN XP??? damm thing is giving me so much damm problems
 Yes, its riding hard on my 6 year old (with 90% newer parts)computer. Hacker Dan wrote: who voted win me???? (i put that on as a joke)
and where you under the inuflce of any hard drugs when you did so???? I thought that was for palm pilots... ? |
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| Author: | rizzix [ Fri Mar 12, 2004 1:56 pm ] |
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this poll really has no meaning. techincally you should only post if u have some hand-on-experiene (for a duration of at least a month or so) on every os listed up there. cuz if u don't have such a wide experience with all those os'es.. u really can't compare. |
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| Author: | Maverick [ Fri Mar 12, 2004 5:14 pm ] |
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I voted XP, becuase i like XP pro and how it all goes together. Its the only one ive used other then 95-98 too and its better then those. |
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| Author: | Dan [ Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:29 pm ] |
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Paul Bian wrote: I thought that was for palm pilots... ? no, thats windows CE (i think) and rizzix of cores it has no meaning  thats the fun of it. If anything this poll will show more of "what OS do you uses" then what os is the best. |
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| Author: | MyPistolsIn3D [ Mon May 24, 2004 7:20 pm ] |
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Quote: who voted win me???? (i put that on as a joke)
and where you under the inuflce of any hard drugs when you did so???? I run win ME and its really not that bad, i've never had any serious problems with it. |
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| Author: | Andy [ Tue May 25, 2004 9:57 am ] |
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y is linspire not on there? |
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| Author: | Dan [ Tue May 25, 2004 12:47 pm ] |
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becuse there is a maxum number of poll options you can have in a poll, i tryed to put on like 100 OS from the starting of computing to now but it whould not fit so some lesser knowe ones got left out. Thats why there is an other option  |
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| Author: | zomg [ Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:55 am ] |
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windows me is the best... everyone i kno says it sucks but have they ever used it? NO i am an advanced computer user and like to tweak and mess around with settings and i have never had WinMe crash or anything, i have another computer with xp and its crashing all over the place (i have tried formating and reinstalling) XP looks good but thats all its got gong for it |
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| Author: | Martin [ Thu Oct 21, 2004 11:51 am ] |
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Hahahaha! Windows ME is terrible guy. I unfortunately had to use it for a while, because my computer was too slow for Windows XP, and I couldn't find any drivers for my sound (but ME auto-detected them for me). First off, the mouse smoothing in ME is a nice feature. Okay, there's my list of nice things about it. Now: on to the not so nice: First off, memory leaks are a huge problem, even moreso than 98. Basically, this means that it doesn't free up memory when it's not being used! So, after a while, your computer locks up and you are forced to restart. Uptime for a Windows ME box is rarely more than 2 consecutive days. Windows ME hardware incompatabilities are terrible, and random crashes due to software incompatabilites are more than common. And finally, it's slow! Sure, Windows XP's stupid themes suck up resources like a leech, but if those are all turned off, XP is actually a faster OS. In any case, I hate Windows. Get Linux. |
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| Author: | Dan [ Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:42 pm ] |
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shadow master wrote: windows me is the best...
everyone i kno says it sucks but have they ever used it? NO i am an advanced computer user and like to tweak and mess around with settings and i have never had WinMe crash or anything, i have another computer with xp and its crashing all over the place (i have tried formating and reinstalling) XP looks good but thats all its got gong for it ROFL, i realy hope you are joking. And if you tweaking any M$ OS is not for you, i mean you can not even see the code never mind chage it. ME is know for a fact to be one of the most unstable windows versons mostly due to that fact that it was ment soley as a money grab by M$ to get them throw the time form 98 to 2000. The problem is it is like a aplahp verson of 2000 that was trying to be xp, and it just whent wrong. If i where you i whould ether upgrade or downgrade windows or better yet find a better OS, suse linux is gr8 |
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| Author: | Paul [ Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:30 pm ] |
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When WinME starts, you're counting down to the time it will force u to restart by pushing the restart button. If its on and you don't use it, I give youe around 8-12 hours, if you do use it, 2-3 hours at the most before you have to restart. |
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| Author: | Andy [ Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:42 pm ] |
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put up linspire |
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| Author: | timmytheturtle [ Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:35 pm ] |
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I've hate WinME, and I wasn't lucky enough to get 2-3hrs of use before restarting (I once had to restart 3 times before it booted up right). The second I could I went to win2000. It heardly crashed (unlike ME crashing every time I opened IE). I voted for Linux, even though I can't use it to well, and I don't have it install on any computers(but once I can im going to install it). But I have used it before (mainly live cd's), and it seemed alot more stable then windows and I like the look of it. |
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| Author: | Dan [ Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:11 pm ] |
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dodge_tomahawk wrote: put up linspire
I can not, that is the max number of poll options.... |
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| Author: | Martin [ Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:26 pm ] |
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OS 10 == OS X |
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| Author: | the_short1 [ Fri Oct 22, 2004 10:31 am ] |
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i vote 98se.. its stable... compatible with all my hardwware and software.. and .. doesnl;t take so much resources.. plus its a lot simpler to fix.. and maintain.. and isnlt anoying with so many pop-up warnins and shit.. also... memory leaking is not a problem!!!! its called rampage!!!~!! search google for rampage free software and ull find it .. its from jfitz .. its awsome.. duuble click on tray icon and away u go... i used to get drained to zero after a few hours of opening / closing diffent programs... not anymore.. and u can make it automatically free mem if u below x ammount .. and how much to free on each dobule click.. GO RAMPAGE!!!!!! even works if u have 512 MB ram! <tested it on that much b4.. .. o.. and i have tested windows xp home, pro, winnt sp4, windows 2000,windows 95, 98 |
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| Author: | zomg [ Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:00 pm ] |
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its weird i bought my pc a week before WinMe and it came with 98se, it crashed every day when ever i did something then my dad bought WinME and everything worked cept my scanner and i never had any problems last night i put windows xp media centre 2005 edition on my computer, imust say its fricken wicked i'd vote for that now |
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| Author: | betaflye [ Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:45 pm ] |
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Favourite distro of GNU/Linux it's a try between Debian, Ubuntu and Gentoo. Gentoo has portage and configuration file protection, optimizes for your processor. Debian has apt-get and supports lots of programs in there repository. Ubuntu uses debian sid packages and has all the programs I use as defaults so I use it as a desktop. Favourite Win9x series operating system: Windows 98 SE. Favourite NT series operating system: Windows XP Professional. The group policies editor allows you to customize your system, remote desktop, encrypting file system. Favourite BSD: FreeBSD for the reason of it's the only one I've used. I've tried Solaris 9 on X86 hardware and it was pretty cool, maybe someday I'll try 10. OSX is just amazing. Built upon a solid BSD foundation (Darwin), ease of software install, amazing GUI. You can install portage or fink on it and have access to many open source applications. It supports all the key productivity applications (Adobe, Macromedia, MS Office) as well as most open source applications and Mac native applications. Simply beautiful. That being said I can't choose. |
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| Author: | white_dragon [ Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:24 am ] |
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i personally have to say windows xp is the easiest and by far the BEST operation system there ever was to create. u gotta be able to know how to use linux systems if u want to run programs smoothly and such but yeah windows xp is great |
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| Author: | Martin [ Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:30 am ] |
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Careful saying that around here. Them's fighting words. In all honesty though, I don't mind Windows XP. It's fast and easy to use, and supports my video gaming addiction quite nicely. Also, I've found it quite stable. It doesn't offer the power user features that it really should though, which can be somewhat prohibative at times. I prefer to work in Linux because that's what I'm most comfortable with though. |
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| Author: | Tony [ Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:02 pm ] |
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white_dragon wrote: i personally have to say windows xp is the easiest and by far the BEST operation system there ever was to create.
out of curiosity, what other OS systems have you used and compared to XP? |
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| Author: | Martin [ Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:11 pm ] |
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Windows 3.1, Microsoft Bob, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME
By the way, why are there doubles in this poll? Dan, didn't I already fire you? |
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| Author: | wtd [ Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:18 pm ] |
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Martin wrote: It doesn't offer the power user features that it really should though, which can be somewhat prohibative at times.
That is the next major problem Microsoft has to face. Even if they made Windows XP completely secure it would come with... well, by itself, not a whole heck of a lot, and it's expensive as well, compared to other offerings. This wasn't so much a problem when its competitors were in the same boat, but grab any decent Linux distro and check it out. By default it's jam-packed full of useful software. Sure, some of it may lack polish and be unintuitive, but Microsoft that the norm years ago. Oh the irony. |
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| Author: | Martin [ Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:23 pm ] |
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And hey, I've never seen anyone come close to matching the quality that Microsoft puts into its various pieces of software such as Solitare, Minesweeper, and Free Cell.  |
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| Author: | wtd [ Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:45 pm ] |
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Martin wrote: And hey, I've never seen anyone come close to matching the quality that Microsoft puts into its various pieces of software such as Solitare, Minesweeper, and Free Cell.
If that were true it'd be funny. As it is, those apps have long since been eclipsed by other versions of the same thing, and it's just sad.  |
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| Author: | Martin [ Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:52 pm ] |
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But...but...but... My world is shattered. |
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| Author: | rizzix [ Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:09 pm ] |
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ok lets put it this way.. m$'s .NET Tools are impressive and their Office is unbeatable to date. |
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| Author: | Martin [ Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:22 pm ] |
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Well I'm gonna make my own OS...with hookers, and blackjack. On second thought, screw the blackjack. Ahh, screw the whole thing. |
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| Author: | md [ Thu Apr 21, 2005 4:17 pm ] |
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Hacker Dan wrote: Paul Bian wrote: I thought that was for palm pilots... ? no, thats windows CE (i think) and rizzix of cores it has no meaning thats the fun of it. If anything this poll will show more of "what OS do you uses" then what os is the best.Palm Pilots run palm os; windows CE hand helds run windows CE, and there are some smart phones which run symbianOS... there are a lot more operating systems then those listed... Anyways I votes for unix as EVERY ONE OF THE OPERATING SYSTEMS LISTED IS BASED UPON EITHER THE UNIX API, OR THE IDEAS FOUND THEREIN (well... minor exceptions). Even modern windows has api hat are based upon those found in unix. If I could sugest another OS to add to the list though it'd be minix, the smallest ever OS written for the PC; a complete unix enviroment on a sigle 360k floppy  Oh, and it's what started linux... |
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| Author: | betaflye [ Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:58 pm ] |
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I have one further comment to make. Linux isn't an operating system, it is a kernel. GNU/Linux however is an operating system. Sorry I'm kinda a GNU/Linux zealot and I always make that distinction  |
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| Author: | wtd [ Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:15 am ] |
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betaflye wrote: I have one further comment to make. Linux isn't an operating system, it is a kernel. GNU/Linux however is an operating system.
Yes. Of course, it's important to recognize when terms have been co-opted. Especially now and with Linux. Microsoft and friends would like nothing more than to muddy the terminology and make sure "Linux" means "Red Hat". It's best to go wih the public's use of "Linux" to denote an OS (well, really many OSes), and just make sure that things like Debian and descendants get fair recognition. |
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| Author: | DIIST [ Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:31 am ] |
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Dont you have to mout and unmount each time, like to access data form a floppy or something. Grade 12 final project is to modify linux so 1/4 th of our school computers run on it. |
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| Author: | rdrake [ Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:45 am ] |
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thuvs wrote: Dont you have to mout and unmount each time, like to access data form a floppy or something. Not really anymore. Most systems will automatically mount new data source once they become available. Even then, it's easy to mount new drives. |
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| Author: | DIIST [ Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:37 am ] |
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cartoon_shark wrote: Not really anymore. Most systems will automatically mount new data source once they become available. Even then, it's easy to mount new drives.
All i have to say is you got to love penguins, and probally apples. Windows tend to jam a lot, in reallife and in software.  |
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| Author: | andrew. [ Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:55 am ] |
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My 2 favourite OSs are OS X and Windows Vista. I tried switching permanently to Ubuntu, but the lack of software really bugs me. |
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| Author: | apomb [ Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:48 am ] |
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andrew. @ Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:55 am wrote: My 2 favourite OSs are OS X and Windows Vista. I tried switching permanently to Ubuntu, but the lack of software really bugs me.
Lack of software? Where have you been looking for software, wal-mart? because there certainly is an abundance of decent, robust programs for any flavour of linux, you're just not looking in the right place probably. Oh, and thanks for necro posting a 4 year old thread with the most recent post being from 2006... |
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| Author: | ProgrammingFun [ Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:40 am ] |
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Reviving a 2-6 yr old thread... Win7 in OUT... SO is OSX Snow Leopard... Google Chrome OS coming soon... Which of these would you use? I've only tried Win7 and it DOES have problems running on my 8-year-old XP computer with no WDDM drivers... |
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| Author: | Turing_Gamer [ Sat Feb 20, 2010 3:00 pm ] |
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Put Xp. Simple and effective. Comes with Microsoft Office 2003 which I'm used to. Mark as sticky please. My second choice will be Win7. My last choice will be vista |
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| Author: | Insectoid [ Sat Feb 20, 2010 4:45 pm ] |
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These threads are a dime a dozen. Look for a more recent one that hasn't been resurrected already. There is a 'search' function, you know. EDIT: Almost forgot;  |
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| Author: | rdrake [ Sat Feb 20, 2010 4:52 pm ] |
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Turing_Gamer @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 3:00 pm wrote: Comes with Microsoft Office 2003 What are you talking about? |
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| Author: | USEC_OFFICER [ Sat Feb 20, 2010 6:41 pm ] |
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insectoid @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:45 pm wrote: These threads are a dime a dozen. Look for a more recent one that hasn't been resurrected already. There is a 'search' function, you know.
EDIT: Almost forgot; I agree. Ha Ha Ha. We shouldn't encourage this type of behavior. If we don't reply, the thread will just die off on its own. However nobody will do that so *shrugs* what can we do. PS: Not inane! |
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