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View Poll Results: Which OS do you use primarily?
Windows XP 32 16.08%
Windows 7 70 35.18%
Windows Vista 34 17.09%
Mac OS X Snow Leopard 39 19.60%
Mac OS X Leopard 9 4.52%
Some Linux Distro (Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, etc) 12 6.03%
FreeBSD 0 0%
Other (please post which) 3 1.51%
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Old 2nd Aug 2010, 05:45 PM   #1
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Default Which Operating System do you use?

Just wondering who uses what here at EC.

No bashing/favoritism please .

If you use more than one, then just pick the one you use the most.
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Old 2nd Aug 2010, 05:50 PM   #2
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I love my Snow Leopard.
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Old 2nd Aug 2010, 05:54 PM   #3
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I have Snow Leopard OSX 10.6.4 for my Macbook.

I also have Bootcamp installed with Windows 7 Ultimate.
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Old 2nd Aug 2010, 05:57 PM   #4
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Windows Seven

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Old 2nd Aug 2010, 06:13 PM   #5
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Windows 7. I sought out an XP laptop when Vista was coming out, then held onto it until I could get Windows 7 on my new one.
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Windows 7 for my desktop and primary laptop. Ubuntu 10.04 for my secondary laptop and netbook. I use them both pretty regularly, but I voted Windows 7 because I'm on my desktop way more.
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Old 2nd Aug 2010, 06:23 PM   #7
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Oh yeah, my broken netbook has Ubuntu 9.04
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Old 2nd Aug 2010, 06:26 PM   #8
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I use Vista, but it sucks! lol Also, my "i" key broke when I dropped a pot lid on it. XD

I really wanna get a Mac, but I've never had one before, so it would probably take time to get used to the functionality if I were to get one. Yay, run-on sentence!
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Old 2nd Aug 2010, 06:27 PM   #9
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I use Vista, but it sucks! lol Also, my "i" key broke when I dropped a pot lid on it. XD

I really wanna get a Mac, but I've never had one before, so it would probably take time to get used to the functionality if I were to get one. Yay, run-on sentence!
I have to use Macs at school, in my experience a Mac is pretty simple to get used to. So if you have money to get a Mac you should get one. The transition won't be too hard.

You could always put Windows on the Mac if you want too.
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Should've made this multiple choice. Just sayin.
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My new lappy is a Windows 7, up from my desky's XP. I wuv it so.
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Mac OS X v10.5.8. Can't upgrade to Snow Leopard until I bother replacing the DVD drive on my Macbook Pro.
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My laptop does exactly what my simple demands require of it, so I have never upgraded or changed its operating system. So it runs... (looks it up) Snow Leopard.
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Mac OS X v10.4. The Tiger in my machine says "Rawr."
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The laptop I use came with Windows 7, and I use my laptop 95% of the time. My desktop is Windows XP, but I don't use it at all.
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I have Windows Vista and Linux Ubuntu installed on my laptop as dual boot. I have been using Ubuntu as of lately. I'm still getting used to everything, tho.
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I have Vista and it sometimes wants to make me cry. Hopefully my next laptop will be a Mac.
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XP.

Best system on earth. Not like vista D:
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Default Re: Which Operating System do you use?

Windows 7 on my desktop and Windows XP in my laptop. I'm pretty happy with both. Since my workplace (the nice people giving me a shiny new laptop every couple of years ) are going to upgrade the laptop to windows 7 as well, I picked that one.

I'm pretty happy with it overall. It does what it's supposed to do, so far without any major issues...

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grew up with Unix My mom used it at work and we had it in school
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