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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 12:22 PM
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Poll question: What's your PREFERRED O/S system
Here's the ultimate battle - what is your PREFERRED operating system for your computer.

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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 12:24 PM
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1. NeXTStep
The basis for Apple OS X. But Cooler. Still have my NeXT at home.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 12:27 PM
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4. I prefer Win 98 SE.........
....... most of the bugs are worked out by now and the hackers have moved on to fresher game (later versions). I still don't like paying tribute to Bill Gates though.
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 01:44 PM
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18. Color Turbo?
...or Classic Black Cube?

I ALWAYS wanted one of those, but now I got OSX, so it's all good.
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sujan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 12:25 PM
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2. Windows XP and FreeBSD
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sabbat hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 12:26 PM
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3. windows
i prefer windows XP pro and 2000 pro. both are stable systems, with little in the way of crashes.
much better than the earlier versions of windows.

peace
david
:hippie:
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sujan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 12:58 PM
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8. yep
Microsoft XP is definately a usable OS in my opinion. I am ready to politicize a lot issues in life but OS is definately not one of them.
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WhoCountsTheVotes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 12:28 PM
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5. It's GNU/Linux! (not just linux)
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html
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billbuckhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 12:52 PM
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6. Mac OS X
Microsoft built Xp just to try to keep up. Advancements in OS X has pushed Microsoft's next new build called "Longhorn" back at least a couple of years.
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WhoCountsTheVotes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 01:10 PM
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12. I've used OS X and it's great
The BSD base is great, and of course Mac has a beautiful looking front end - I use it on my iMac.
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sujan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 12:58 PM
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9. rightly so
with the GNU toolkits, where would the kernel be?
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TSIAS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 12:54 PM
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7. Windows XP
Although I'm not too happy about the worm I had last week.
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sujan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 12:59 PM
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11. hmm
how did you get the worm? Are you in the bad habit of downloading any attachment you get?

clue me on this.
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Shrek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 12:59 PM
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10. MS-DOS 5.0 is still the best O/S ever.
Hands down, case closed.
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parasim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 01:12 PM
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13. I prefer MacOSX
No question about that. I've used all flavors of Windows and still stick with the Mac. Have for 17 years.

Watching Microsoft trying to keep up has been quite entertaining over the years.
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Gato Moteado Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 01:28 PM
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14. mandrake linux
followed by solaris

if i must use windows i only use win 2000 or xp.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 01:32 PM
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15. Crossing my fingers and thinking anti blue screen of doom thoughts..
that about sums it up.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 01:38 PM
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16. Ok who here is voting with telepathic thoughts!
We WANT to know!
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Atlant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 01:41 PM
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17. No VMS or MVS bigots here??? (NT)
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 02:25 PM
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19. Mac OS X
to be precise.
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 02:29 PM
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20. This is the best poll yet. I have actually learned something in the posts
Keep writing, folks.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 02:37 PM
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21. eep! I have to redeem myself
Time to think up of some useless poll!
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 04:29 PM
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22. 13 % of our population is left handed
24% of Mac users are left handed.

Makes one wonder why that is.

I use OSX and I am left handed.
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 08:18 PM
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28. Wow, Freaky
Another leftie here.
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Not a robought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 04:42 PM
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23. Commodore Basic
rox0r
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Atlant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 08:03 PM
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26. VIC-20, C-64, or PET? (NT)
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Thor_MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 08:18 PM
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29. I actually miss 65XX assembly programming
on occaision. Usually when I'm trying to figure out just why a hunk of VB code isn't doing what I think it should. Or when you figure out (the hard way) that converting a SQL Server float to an integer rounds instead of truncates.
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 04:46 PM
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24. I love my Mac
I can multitask much more easily on my beloved Mac without getting a low on system resources warning. This is simply not possible on windows. My Mac does not lock up nearly as much as my blows machine did.

Once you go Mac you never go back!!!

A pic of my MUCH LOVED Mac...a 12" powerbook...
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Nomad559 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 07:44 PM
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25. XP Pro
Most of my PCs run XP pro.

7 PCs on XP
1 PC on 2000 Pro
2 PCs on 98se
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Kenneth ken Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 08:15 PM
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27. oops
I voted based on the thread titl. I didn't read the "your computer" part.

OS/390 was gonna be my pick.
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FreeperSlayer Donating Member (666 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 08:54 PM
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30. OS/2
eom
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