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Post by juggernaut on May 9, 2013 23:01:23 GMT -5
No bashing. I am looking for something secure, fast, has wifi, and doesn't overheat.
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Post by FPEPro on May 10, 2013 1:16:10 GMT -5
Personally, I use Win7 Ultimate. I have been pleasantly surprised by it, especially after that shit they called XP and Vista. Linux is more useful at times, as is mac os at times. But I find them both to be too irritating for daily use.
Chris
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Post by tarekrishmawi on May 10, 2013 1:57:32 GMT -5
Ubuntu , fast and powerful. You don't even need an antivirus.
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Post by thursday on May 10, 2013 3:46:14 GMT -5
I main Win7. If I had a choice, I would main Linux Mint, but I can't find drivers for my WiFi dongle.
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Post by justinec on May 11, 2013 19:45:11 GMT -5
Win7 for me too! Has anyone tried Win8 yet? I hear that a lot of people aren't fans of it..
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Post by FPEPro on May 11, 2013 20:26:11 GMT -5
Yeah, I have one laptop with win8 Pro on it. There's allot that kind of irritates me about it. I still prefer win7 over it. I really don't like how they made it operate so much like a cell phone and less like a computer. They are just trying to exploit the APP craze right now. But I feel they have hurt the usability of windows by going in that direction.
Chris
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Post by juggernaut on May 11, 2013 21:19:37 GMT -5
W8 is following the trend of tailoring the UI for touchscreen devices. I prolly reinstall W7, but I did enjoy Ubuntu on my HP laptop. I tried dual-booting it, but UBEI missed it up.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2013 23:01:02 GMT -5
No bashing. I am looking for something secure, fast, has wifi, and doesn't overheat. Windows 7 on PC for engineering Mac OS X Mountain Lion on MBP for personal use. Ubuntu on PC for my server
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Post by Nafees Imtiaz on May 12, 2013 5:41:35 GMT -5
Win 7 Ultimate.
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Post by Robinet on May 12, 2013 12:17:37 GMT -5
I usually run Mint/Windows 7 works like a charm
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Post by schrodingerscat on May 12, 2013 15:41:42 GMT -5
win7 <3 nothing else.
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Post by limber on May 15, 2013 7:23:07 GMT -5
Win7 at home, since I like to play games without any hazzle. And whatever unix dist that's installed on campus.
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Post by spitfire on May 16, 2013 1:56:07 GMT -5
For gaming, Windows is basically your only option. However, Steam is developing some pretty awesome stuff for Linux.
For pretty much anything else, I would use Linux, its fast, secure, and depending on distribution, can force you to learn more about your computer(if you're into that).
Personally, I am currently using Ubuntu 12.04 LTE. Although, I changed my desktop environment back to Gnome with Cairo-Dock because I didn't like the default environment. The thing I like most about Ubuntu is the enormous support for hardware. Once the OS is installed, everything just plain works, no driver scavenger hunts, driver porting, etc. it just works. But if you want to update video drivers, it can be a pain, just because support for video drivers with linux is not where it should be.
But I've rambled on long enough. Later!
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Post by George on May 16, 2013 5:11:22 GMT -5
I use Mac OS X Mountain Lion, Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Windows 7 & 8. I generally like to play with different Operating Systems.
Mac Os X is a really nice OS with "professional" support from developers. Every single application is well made and easy to use. I also like the way you create applications for Mac (Obj-C & Cocoa), it is way better than .NET (or WinRT For Win8) and visual studio design. It lucks gaming support.
Windows 7.Not much to say here, the most stable OS. Really good for gaming, billions of applications you could use.
Windows 8. The latest windows OS is really immature right now. When it first released it had many bugs but many of them are fixed now. It still needs work. Windows 8 is the future. Every PC will have touch functions in a few years and then windows 8 will be really useful.
Linux Mint & Ubuntu. Over the years I have tried many distros. I like ubuntu because it has a more "professional" touch than other distro. But generally speaking, linux is not the best way when you want to do things fast. You may have problems when upgrading packages, sometimes simple things need to be done by terminal (actually I Love terminal but if you don't have time your prefer visual apps ) and applications are buggy and bad made.... Even the way Canonical suggest creating applications is bad (python/GTK with a bad app for design). Also it lucks gaming support even more than mac os x.
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Post by mrkicks on May 17, 2013 11:24:42 GMT -5
I use windows 7 for everyday activities, and Ubuntu for programming or other educational purposes
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