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So... what operating systems are people working with? At work I use Windows XP and at home I use Mac OS X. Looking forward to the Snow Leopard release by Apple soon.

At home, I am running Vista, because I've got a 64-bit machine, and pretty much need to utilize the 8Gb of Ram. Plus, I like playing games.


At work, I use:
WinXP (32, 64 and It64 versions)
Windows Vista
Linux on x86 (32 & 64 bit versions)
Linux on Itanium 64
Linux on Power PC (32 bit & 64 bit)
Linux on s390 (31 & 64 bit)
HPUX on Risc (32 and 64 bit versions)
HPUX on Itanium (32 and 64 bit versions)
AIX on Power PC (32 and 64 bit versions)
FreeBSD on x86
Solaris on sparc (32 and 64 bit versions)
Solaris on x86 (32 and 64 bit versions)
and Symbian (the mobile-device OS)

...

Yeah, I'm a software developer, and we specialize in cross-platform development.

You have an obscene amount of platforms there. wow.

Vista at home, XP at work.


I still think most of the griping about Vista is uncalled for, but, meh. That's just me.

Haven't used it so I don't know. I hear that Microsoft 7 is supposed to be a great release for them (as far as being a stable system).

My mate at work has set up v7 on a test PC here at work and is enjoying it. Installed with no problems.

At work I use Win XP and Mac OSX, at home I use Mac OSX and Win XP.

At work / out of office: Macbook Pro w. OSX (+Vista)
At home / office: MacPro w. OSX (+Vista, Win7, XP some Linux dists.)

The windows and linux versions are mostly to be able to check website layouts in different browsers when doing design for web.

Haven't touched the "linuxes" in a year though. Most companies are OK with the "Will work in IE7+, Firefox3+, Safari3+. Will be useable in most other browsers" paragraph in the contracts.

Vista on stationary computer at home for running games as well.


Really looking forward to Snow Leopard, or not really, I'm afraid it will break some of the Adobe-programs I use for a living, just like any other major upgrade to OSX. But the new stuff just looks great.

I know what you mean. My GF uses the entire Adobe suite for photo editing and she had to skip OSX for a while because it would have meant shelling out an ungodly amount of money for the new suite.

Windows XP. Aw yeah.

Vista.

/shields face.

sA

smiling Assassin wrote:Vista.

/shields face.

sA

"You are trying to shield your face, Allow or Deny?"

Laptop: Vista
Desktop: Win XP
I work at subway and I'm pretty sure they use Windows 3.1 [ lmao]

windows 7,
vista was Horrible so i went back to xp and just recently got 7 and i am very impressed

Windows XP that looks like 98 (best OS ever)

Once Windows 7 Comes out and someone finds a way to make it look like Windows 98. I'll switch.

Windows XP that only looks like Vista (it's a theme patch).

It confuzzles people. Also stops my brother in law from using my computer as he can't deal with it.

Windows 95.

Kickin' it old school.

xp on my desktop, for doing classwork and such
vista on my laptop, came installed, haven't wanted to fool with changing it

I use Vista on my desktop because that's what it came with, and XP on the laptop I use to run my engraver, because it's the low-dollar model and isn't compatible with Vista. I went straight from a $200 used laptop with Win98 to a brand new desktop with Vista, so I never used any of the other versions of Windows between the two that polarized people so much.

I use XP because it seems to like me.

*pats XP disc gently*


Other OSs just seem to get angry with me and cause my computer to make chewbacca noises.

XP or Kubuntu. My new laptop has Vista preinstalled but we'll see about that . I work with Vista all day because I do warranty service... other than some picky customers who snagged the downgrade, machines in warranty are 95% Vista ATM. It's faster to install though, so that's a good thing for me.