All time favorite operating system
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Jeff7
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- Jan 4, 2001
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balloonshark
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- Jun 5, 2008
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My old XP rig didn't really give me any problems but this new install of Windows 8.1 (with Classic Shell) seems to be running slick. It's kinda of a toss up.
ControlD
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I didn't say it was good, but I used it till win xp came out. It ran CS 1.6 fine. Though if you made a restore point with a virus on your pc it would back that up and restore as well :\
Windows 7 is pretty awesome. I stuck with XP until 2011, but 7 is better.
I used Windows 8 on a Surface Pro 2 and didn't like it. I'll probably stay with 7 for the next few years. I really have no complaints with 7.
I used Windows 8 on a Surface Pro 2 and didn't like it. I'll probably stay with 7 for the next few years. I really have no complaints with 7.
I'm going to catch hell for this...Win 8.1 Pro. Been running it since the upgrade and it's rock solid. I've even gone through a motherboard, mem, gpu swap all at once and was able to keep going swapping my SSD into it. Windows 7 could never do that without reactivation and a bunch of other headache.
Also a lot of other nice little things that I miss when I use or service Windows 7 systems. DPI scaling is nice on my super high dpi workstation system.
Also a lot of other nice little things that I miss when I use or service Windows 7 systems. DPI scaling is nice on my super high dpi workstation system.
Printer Bandit
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GagHalfrunt
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- Apr 19, 2001
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No.
Banning is too good for that comment. Execute. Or at the very least chain to a wall in a room with Bieber music playing 24/7.
I have no complaints at all about Windows 7 and to be honest had very very few about XP. It tooks Microsoft a while to get their heads out of their asses, but they're doing a lot better now.
IronWing
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- Jul 20, 2001
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I never had an issue with Win Me. Wasn't my favorite OS but no worse than what came before.
Red Squirrel
No Lifer
Windows 2000 was my all time favourite. It was lightweight, snappy, reliable and clean looking. MS should have stuck with that platform and simply add compatibility with newer tech such as 64-bit, newer drivers, security etc... All the flashy GUI stuff is just a mess now and they keep changing where stuff is. In 2000 everything was the most logical imo. Thankfully you can return to Windows classic but I think they removed that ability in 8.
Now I'm on Linux though, while I enjoy this platform I find it has it's quirks such as lot of things being harder than they should be or stuff is lacking in certain areas. I can't say I prefer a distro more than the other, but so far I like Mint (17). The only thing I don't like about Mint is the "explorer" is sub par such as lacking a decent search (there is one, but it just plops a bunch of icons on the screen without telling you where they are in the file system), and some apps like Kate are broken but in general I don't know if I'd want to go back to Windows at this point. I like the idea of not being at the mercy of a corporation.
Windows ME was a joke, but to be fair, the only time I saw it is when someone had an issue, so the only version of ME I ever got to deal with was ME full of spyware and other garbage. But still, it just felt so unstable. I'd always replace it with Windows 98 or 2000 depending on the system specs. Same with XP, when it first came out it was terrible but mostly because it was put on hardware that was underpowered, so I'd put 2000 instead.
Now I'm on Linux though, while I enjoy this platform I find it has it's quirks such as lot of things being harder than they should be or stuff is lacking in certain areas. I can't say I prefer a distro more than the other, but so far I like Mint (17). The only thing I don't like about Mint is the "explorer" is sub par such as lacking a decent search (there is one, but it just plops a bunch of icons on the screen without telling you where they are in the file system), and some apps like Kate are broken but in general I don't know if I'd want to go back to Windows at this point. I like the idea of not being at the mercy of a corporation.
Windows ME was a joke, but to be fair, the only time I saw it is when someone had an issue, so the only version of ME I ever got to deal with was ME full of spyware and other garbage. But still, it just felt so unstable. I'd always replace it with Windows 98 or 2000 depending on the system specs. Same with XP, when it first came out it was terrible but mostly because it was put on hardware that was underpowered, so I'd put 2000 instead.
Captante
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Maximilian
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I jumped straight from AmigaOS 3.1 to Windows 95 to Windows XP to Windows 7. Next update is Windows 10. My favorite so far being Windows 7. It's been a long strange trip.
mmntech
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Windows 7 is probably the best version of Windows ever to be released. For as long as I've been using it, I've never once had to reinstall it.
XP was horrendous until SP2 came along and fixed a lot of the big issues. Particularly with security. You had to lock it down like Fort Knox back in the day. Fun fact, a lot of major retailers are apparently still using unpatched versions XP for Embedded Systems on POS machines. I've heard some people blaming it for recent credit card breaches. Not sure how true that is, but I wouldn't be shocked if it were the case.
For Mac, I'm going to have to go with Mavericks. Only because Yosemite eliminated TRIM support for third party SSDs. Tiger was also quite nice when it first came out. Worst version probably goes to any one of the pre-Panther versions of OS X. Really buggy IIRC, and their visual style was quite ugly. System 8 was my favourite Classic OS.
Linux? Gotta go with Mint. Stable, easy to use, and eliminated all the crap that comes with Ubuntu nowadays. It deserves its spot as the top distro.
XP was horrendous until SP2 came along and fixed a lot of the big issues. Particularly with security. You had to lock it down like Fort Knox back in the day. Fun fact, a lot of major retailers are apparently still using unpatched versions XP for Embedded Systems on POS machines. I've heard some people blaming it for recent credit card breaches. Not sure how true that is, but I wouldn't be shocked if it were the case.
For Mac, I'm going to have to go with Mavericks. Only because Yosemite eliminated TRIM support for third party SSDs. Tiger was also quite nice when it first came out. Worst version probably goes to any one of the pre-Panther versions of OS X. Really buggy IIRC, and their visual style was quite ugly. System 8 was my favourite Classic OS.
Linux? Gotta go with Mint. Stable, easy to use, and eliminated all the crap that comes with Ubuntu nowadays. It deserves its spot as the top distro.
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Yep, I used Win2k long past its expiration date. It was the last version you could use without registering online.
Me too. I just can't decide on the best distro. I'm currently on Linux Mint Debian Edition, but they seem to have quit maintaining it.
I used Ubuntu 9.04 before. (Upgrades caused Pulseaudio to break.) Not sure what distro to try next. Xubuntu? Regular Mint? :hmm:TRENDING THREADS
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