What is your OS

Post by **chokkola** » Sat 2 May 2009 19:37

Hors sujet

apple these days is really overdoing it!
I don't see why pay for less
yes years ago apple released a revolutionary os and tools like photoshop, illustrator and others... but well
you really can't fool yourself now it's nothing but capitalism and the first person who disagrees with me is really the king of id*ots (careful don't make me say what I didn't say! I would never encourage Windows either which is also capitalist!)
at the beginning of mac we loved it for its prowess in DTP, CAD and other fields but now PCs are much more powerful whether in terms of software or hardware and for less money!
compare a mac and a pc with the same specs and look at the price difference! just for the look of the case! whoever tells me it's for the OS can just switch to linux it amounts to the same thing let's remember they're both UNIX systems with a pretty similar environment!
so me I buy myself a laptop for 1000€ with the specs that suit me and I save 500€ compared to mac! plus I have a huge community in case of trouble or for in depth research, since windows is the most open to people and especially people more open to windows no need to rack your brain to buy a game or run windows software! and for viruses... I download all sorts of stuff I've already been exposed to trojans and other things lurking on high risk sites and I've never had any issues with my computer except my messed up flash bios but that's entirely my fault ^^

ps: in no way do I put down mac owners I'm giving my opinion and I invite you to give yours!

Post by **mattt6392** » Sat 2 May 2009 20:33

chokkola wrote:
Hors sujet
apple these days is really overdoing it!
I don't see why pay for less
yes years ago apple released a revolutionary os and tools like photoshop, illustrator and others... but well
you really can't fool yourself now it's nothing but capitalism and the first person who disagrees with me is really the king of id*ots (careful don't make me say what I didn't say! I would never encourage Windows either which is also capitalist!)
at the beginning of mac we loved it for its prowess in DTP, CAD and other fields but now PCs are much more powerful whether in terms of software or hardware and for less money!
compare a mac and a pc with the same specs and look at the price difference! just for the look of the case! whoever tells me it's for the OS can just switch to linux it amounts to the same thing let's remember they're both UNIX systems with a pretty similar environment!
so me I buy myself a laptop for 1000€ with the specs that suit me and I save 500€ compared to mac! plus I have a huge community in case of trouble or for in depth research, since windows is the most open to people and especially people more open to windows no need to rack your brain to buy a game or run windows software! and for viruses... I download all sorts of stuff I've already been exposed to trojans and other things lurking on high risk sites and I've never had any issues with my computer except my messed up flash bios but that's entirely my fault ^^

ps: in no way do I put down mac owners I'm giving my opinion and I invite you to give yours!

Hors sujet

Don't worry I understand you!
Indeed I also find that Apple products are very expensive and that they're stingy on the goods! By that I mean someone who buys a Mac will pay 1/3 more than the price of a PC bought with windows!
However, this is my first mac, and honestly I'm very satisfied with it!
Not being a gamer and only working on photos and music (well not all the time) I let myself go for the Mac and I admit I was pleasantly surprised!
Personally I find it more stable than Windows and there are no crashes!
The advantage of a mac is that it's easy to use! Because not knowing how to use linux held me back a bit!
But then again it's true that the advantage of linux is being totally free with a huge community behind it!
However I can't stand windows's monopoly! It forces us to buy a PC with its OS pre-installed! And the worst part is that we pay for it! Because if we bought the PC bare, we could get around 100€ off the initial price!
There you go!

However thanks chokkola for your scathing criticism of apple!

That said, I totally agree with you! And personally I think that if Apple positioned itself like Microsoft, meaning as an OS owner and not as a PC manufacturer well I think it (apple) would be successful with (its OS)!!!
But well... you can always install MAC OS X on a pc but it's not very legal... so there you go!

Post by **Dosce** » Sat 2 May 2009 20:51

mattt6392 wrote:
Hors sujet
However I can't stand windows's monopoly! It forces us to buy a PC with its OS pre-installed! And the worst part is that we pay for it! Because if we bought the PC bare, we could get around 100€ off the initial price!
There you go!

Well anyway sooner or later you'll have to buy your OS if you want to use your pc ^^, unless you do it in a not very legal way

. Or unless you buy your pc just to admire it, that works too

Post by **mattt6392** » Sat 2 May 2009 21:01

Hors sujet

Linux is free!!!! So no I won't admire my machine!

Post by **Jiiwah** » Sat 2 May 2009 21:37

Ah the mac, my dream back when I had an ST (which by the way took plenty of ideas for the TOS). But I never dreamed of the PC and its Windows. In fact, I laughed at seeing that OS which supposedly did multitasking when the Amiga did real multitasking. I remember that back then it was impossible to format a D7 and do another task in parallel under win.

I switched to PC because the ST and Amiga are DEAD and the mac too expensive. I never thought I'd use Windows one day, but I did. Until the day, annoyed by that OS, I tried Ubuntu and since then I know I'll never go back to windows (except to make channels).

And no I don't want to pay for an OS anymore, there are so many free and efficient ones. (except for certain types of software like those for the wii, but that's the fault of the coders who keep them exclusive to Windows). By the way, more and more big retailers refund windows, on request, when buying a new PC.

Post by **mattt6392** » Sat 2 May 2009 21:57

jiiwah wrote:Ah the mac, my dream back when I had an ST (which by the way took plenty of ideas for the TOS). But I never dreamed of the PC and its Windows. In fact, I laughed at seeing that OS which supposedly did multitasking when the Amiga did real multitasking. I remember that back then it was impossible to format a D7 and do another task in parallel under win.

I switched to PC because the ST and Amiga are DEAD and the mac too expensive. I never thought I'd use Windows one day, but I did. Until the day, annoyed by that OS, I tried Ubuntu and since then I know I'll never go back to windows (except to make channels).

And no I don't want to pay for an OS anymore, there are so many free and efficient ones. (except for certain types of software like those for the wii, but that's the fault of the coders who keep them exclusive to Windows). By the way, more and more big retailers refund windows, on request, when buying a new PC.

Is Ubuntu easy to use? And can you customize the graphical interface freely?

Post by **chokkola** » Sun 3 May 2009 11:49

the os must also be included in the mac's price I suppose

and to install mac on pc it's a nightmare!! there's already only 2 supported versions the calawai and I forget which other one but well you need to count on an afternoon for the install seeing as it's not designed for PC components so some hardware will be unstable.

to get back to crashing at my school all the macs crash! even new ones! we work on photoshop or Xpress and boom it quits out of nowhere!
personally I say there's no best os just that you need to know what you're going to use it for because if you were a gamer like me your mac you would have ""cried"" over it because it wouldn't have run much!
me I have vista and ubuntu live cd that I'm tempted to install because I might send it to the shop and I'm 100% won over by vista! I no longer know how to use XP
it's ugly and doesn't suit me anymore proving it depends from one person to another.

ps: for pc issues in 99% of cases the issue is between the chair and the screen!! remember that XD

Post by **Jiiwah** » Sun 3 May 2009 13:26

I have a friend who tried to install MacOS, he really struggled to end up with something that barely worked.

Ubuntu easy to use? Hmm not as much as Windows on one hand but much safer on the other hand. And there are pretty much all the answers to the questions you might have about Ubuntu on Ubuntu-fr.org. The terminal for example can put off more than one person but once you get a bit of a handle on it it's an efficient tool.
On the other hand for games, Windows is much better, but the fault doesn't lie with the OS but with the coders who don't release games for Linux.
And yes you can change the graphical interface very easily. See https://www.gnome-look.org/
And compiz, I could no longer live without all its effects. Even if some are superfluous.

Post by **chokkola** » Sun 3 May 2009 13:55

I'm not blaming the OS
at the same time it's logical that devs lean more towards the most used OS! otherwise the companies would risk sinking

Post by **Jiiwah** » Sun 3 May 2009 14:04

chokkola wrote:it's logical that devs lean more towards the most used OS! otherwise the companies would risk sinking

Normal. But Linux is expanding more and more. Devs will move to Linux too. Anyway it's all the same to me, I don't play on PC.

Post by **Gotrunks** » Wed 6 May 2009 15:49

Hi!

So me I'm on WINDOWS Vista home premium edition, it's fine I'm not complaining too much but it had to be properly configured (because vistas are poorly configured when you buy them in store)

Post by **manitou** » Wed 13 May 2009 09:47

Me I run on XP Pro.

Post by **GloopiX** » Thu 9 Jul 2009 21:30

For me, it's:

Windows Seven RC 7100

Post by **Tgames** » Thu 9 Jul 2009 21:53

GloopiX wrote:For me, it's:

Windows Seven RC 7100

Does the Windows Seven beta seem worth it compared to Vista?

Post by **tommy gun** » Fri 10 Jul 2009 07:26

Tgames wrote:
GloopiX wrote:For me, it's:

Windows Seven RC 7100

Does the Windows Seven beta seem worth it compared to Vista?

Personally I know a lot of people who have it but I'm waiting for the final version

Post by **xouabita** » Fri 10 Jul 2009 08:04

I have a mac OS X 10.5.6 family one but I'll soon have a PC just for myself with a triple boot Mac OS X, Windows XP and Ubuntu.

Post by **Zouiguipopo** » Thu 15 Oct 2009 20:56

On my desktop pc I have 3 hard drives:

-Windows XP Trust 3
-Windows Vista experience 1.7
-My7Vizion V4 (7600-20510)

and on my laptop:
-My7Vizion V4 (7600-20510)
and Ubuntu 9.10 RC virtualized with VMware lol =)

Post by **Gugoo** » Sat 19 Dec 2009 09:48

xouabita wrote:I have a mac OS X 10.5.6 family one but I'll soon have a PC just for myself with a triple boot Mac OS X, Windows XP and Ubuntu.

Do whatever you want but if you manage to run Mac OS on a PC (and especially Snow Leopard) hats off to you. As for me I have a 2007 iMac Core 2 Duo 2.00 GHz with Mac OS 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard) and it works very well. I even run most PC games with software that doesn't need Windows or Linux to work. What more could you ask for?

Post by **marie222** » Tue 29 Dec 2009 19:22

1 on xp
1 with vista

1 on windows7 (test)

Post by **azaniier** » Tue 29 Dec 2009 20:01

3 pcs and a laptop.

2 with ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala (one of which with a dual boot XP sp3 on standby for a while now)
1 with ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
and the laptop with ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

I've been won over by ubuntu since 9.04 easy to install and to get running.
Since I don't play games either, I admit this OS won me over.
you should know that Macos has a linux kernel and for wii apps I use a virtualbox with an XP sp3

Post by **darkscad** » Tue 29 Dec 2009 20:14

1 on xp (now on seven)
1 with ubuntu (linux) (sold)
1 on windows7 (future dualboot 7/ubuntu)

Post by **natho18** » Tue 29 Dec 2009 20:23

Me on my new build I'm on windows 7 Ultimate 64bits even though it's been almost a year since I've had windows 7 32bits on the other pc (beta version then rc then rtm then final^^

On my 64 bit build I also use the xp mode which is "provided" (you have to download everything) with the Pro and Ultimate versions of windows seven!
The xp mode is actually a virtual xp pro pc created by windows seven. Nothing but advantages:
-automated and fast installation,
-no need to stay 1h in front of your pc for the install,
-no need for activation since windows activates it itself,
-A stunning integration into the windows seven desktop..

For now I'm looking for the downside^^

Post by **hck** » Sun 26 Sep 2010 22:09

ubuntu on my girlfriend's pc, seven 64 + fedora (whose grub broke when I switched seven 32 to 64 ... naughty bilou) on mine ..

Post by **safirion** » Sun 26 Sep 2010 22:38

3 Windows 7

And very happy with them

Post by **salahpayne** » Sun 26 Sep 2010 23:18

And I switched (a year ago) I'm now on Windows Seven.
and my living room pc is on Xp/vista

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