What OS/Hardware are you running

Odos · Mar 13, 2009, 14:31:21

Ya ain't given me enough options Rik

I only have one machine now and on that I run

XP ( 32 & 64bit )
Vista (32bit)
Win 7 Beta
Suse Linux
Mandriva Linux

I tried installing MAC OS ( Leopard ) it would install and run ( sorta ) but didn't like my hard drive configuration

As for hardware it's
Q6600 quad cpu
8 gig memory
3 TB internal HD storage
2 TB external HD storage
Assorted optical and flash drives.

Rik · Mar 13, 2009, 14:33:42

That's the problem with polls, Tony, they're very blunt instruments.

Odos · Mar 13, 2009, 14:41:25

Quote from: Rik on Mar 13, 2009, 14:33:42
That's the problem with polls, Tony, they're very blunt instruments.

Thats true

Anyways my downloads are finished now so I'm off to have a play. It's gonna take me some time to install

Rik · Mar 13, 2009, 14:42:00

It's a very different interface, if you haven't seen v4 before.

Glenn · Mar 13, 2009, 14:42:09

I tried Hackintosh, but it wouldn't run

Najarak · Mar 13, 2009, 14:45:28

I run Mac OSX Leopard and XP Pro on the Intel Mac using VMWare Fusion, I also have an old Dell laptop which has XP Pro on it because I have an old Windows database programme that catalogues my rather large collection of classical CDs and LPs. I now use the catalogue on the Intel Mac using Fusion, but keep it up to date on the old Dell just in case. It took me six months to input the data and I don't want to lose it all!

Although XP has never let me down, I do find it infuriating at times

, probably caused by my own lack of familiarity with it

greenfedora · Mar 13, 2009, 16:26:54

Quote from: Rik on Mar 13, 2009, 14:30:05
We'd have to run two polls, Glenn, and with hardware, the options would get a bit complicated.

True. Even more so if you included hats.

Rik · Mar 13, 2009, 16:28:17

Red, or otherwise?

Baz · Mar 13, 2009, 18:12:42

DOH!!!!!!!! can I re vote.I use XP but forgot to add that we now have Vista on other systems. does that count

2 systems on XP and two on Vista

Rik · Mar 13, 2009, 18:16:13

You have three votes, Baz, so can vote for XP & Vista.

Baz · Mar 13, 2009, 19:14:48

ok. you'll have to manually count them from the posts then as all I see now after voting once is the latest results

Simon · Mar 13, 2009, 19:17:28

Inactive would never have stood for this!

Rik · Mar 13, 2009, 19:22:51

You can now remove your vote and start again, Baz. And Simon, no.

Baz · Mar 13, 2009, 19:27:35

Quote from: Rik on Mar 13, 2009, 19:22:51
You can now remove your vote and start again, Baz. And Simon, no.

ha ha....done and dusted.

you cant beat a poll now and again

LesD · Mar 13, 2009, 20:05:28

Can't really do justice two the voting categories either I am afraid so I am attaching my "Work in progress" spreadsheet.

I view it these days with OpenOffice's Calc but it's in xls format so should be OK with Excel as it started life there.

There is also a vintage box in the attic with a Cyrix 233 MHz processor in it with Windows 2000 SPx on it that I am pretty sure still works. Well it did not long before it went into the attic!

Ah there is also the box I cobbled together with the ABit mobo I got on eBay last year for the purpose and my old well tried and tested AMD 1400 MHz Thunderbird processor, to give the Ubuntu that some folks were raving about a try. I just wouldn't want to say in the poll that I was an Ubuntu Linux man. Nuff said elsewhere already!

These latter two are not on the, "Work in progress" spreadsheet for what I trust are obvious reasons!

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Sebby · Mar 14, 2009, 00:41:23

Quote from: Glenn on Mar 13, 2009, 14:42:09
I tried Hackintosh, but it wouldn't run

Just buy a Mac, it's easier.

drummer · Mar 14, 2009, 21:02:37

XP Pro on two desktops and a lappy
Ubuntu 8.04, Windows 7and XP Pro on a multi boot don't-matter-if-I-break-it-because-it's-just-for-mucking-about-with desktop
MacOS 9.2 on two G4 desktops (if it ain't broke...)
MacOS X on a lappy

And not forgetting TOS 2.06 on a couple of Atari STEs which I still use (the Midi timing is superb).

Den · Mar 14, 2009, 21:39:32

So far it seems there are almost as many Vista users as there are XP users and every one else are trailing behind.

Does this mean that:

A) Vista is more popular than people admit.

B) Some people will never change or are slow to change to new systems.

C) We can't afford the high prices of a Mac.

LesD · Mar 14, 2009, 22:04:48

Quote from: Den on Mar 14, 2009, 21:39:32
So far it seems there are almost as many Vista users as there are XP users and every one else are trailing behind.

I have said it before Den, I have Vista, I use Vista but I would be hard pressed to say I like Vista.
What is does for me that XP does not is very hard to identify and simply finding your way round Control Panel for example, when you know what you want to do but can't find the new peg it's hung on is irksome to put it mildly. Change for changes sake as someone else put it.

Quote from: Den on Mar 14, 2009, 21:39:32
Does this mean that:

A) Vista is more popular than people admit.

B) Some people will never change or are slow to change to new systems.

C) We can't afford the high prices of a Mac.

Do I feel another poll coming on?

vitriol · Mar 15, 2009, 00:13:32

XP Machine

Antec 900 Gamer case
Corsair HX 620 modular PSU
Asus P5Ne-SLi Motherboard
2GB Crucial Ballistix PC8500 Ram
Intel Q6600 Quad Core CPU @ 3.0Ghz
Nvidia Geforce 8800GTX
DVD-RW
500GB HDD

Vista Laptop

Core2Duo @ 2.0GHz
2GB Ram (unsure of make)
ATi X1250 Express graphics
DVD-RW
250GB HDD

I'm using the laptop more and more these days as the gaming is now done on Xbox360. The quad system is mostly used now for media streaming to the Xbox.

Simon · Mar 15, 2009, 00:36:30

Quote from: Den on Mar 14, 2009, 21:39:32
So far it seems there are almost as many Vista users as there are XP users and every one else are trailing behind.

Does this mean that:

A) Vista is more popular than people admit.

B) Some people will never change or are slow to change to new systems.

C) We can't afford the high prices of a Mac.

I don't know anyone who would change an XP machine to Vista, and I suspect that most Vista users have had it bestowed upon them by buying it pre-installed on new machines. Some like it, and it works well on most newer machines. Personally, I don't mind it but given the choice, would stick with XP, at least until Windows 7 comes along. I'd quite like to have a play with a Mac, but don't have the room to run several machines.

Sebby · Mar 15, 2009, 01:23:11

Quote from: Den on Mar 14, 2009, 21:39:32
So far it seems there are almost as many Vista users as there are XP users and every one else are trailing behind.

Does this mean that:

A) Vista is more popular than people admit.

B) Some people will never change or are slow to change to new systems.

C) We can't afford the high prices of a Mac.

I think it's that people have bought new PCs and not had a choice.

Den · Mar 15, 2009, 11:07:22

I changed because my desktop running XP was becoming a pain and I had Vista on my Asus laptop and could not and still can not see anything wrong with it. I use them both for business and find them very stable.

I must be the odd one out.

Rik · Mar 15, 2009, 11:17:32

OS are like food, Den, some people will hate a particular version while others love it. My assessment was, and is, that Vista was a marketing release, rather than a technical one, and that it offered me nothing I wanted. XP is, for me, stable and functional, so I see no benefit in upgrading. Another analogy might be found in photography. For many people, a point and shoot camera with the camera controlling everything is just what they want, while for others, full control over the exposure and focus is more suited to their needs.

Glenn · Mar 15, 2009, 18:58:52

I have changed one PC to Vista, another to Win 7, the 3rd still runs XP, and the server is running WHS

I do have 4 retail versions of XP pro so if I want to, I can install it on any of the above.