hamster01 Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Wich OS do you prefer? Please post why as well, don't just vote, or. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorless DarkChaos Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? I prefer Windows but it looks like Mac Os IS going to be able to Run on Pc soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayfrommo Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? i like windows i don't know much about the others but i to own a mac and it sucks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? Ive only ever run windows...so meh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isomerizer Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? Windows ftw. Linux confuses me :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? Mac OS X 10.4.8 can be ran on a PC. You just need the hacked image, either by becoming a dev or by downloading it illegally. This is down to OSX being intell based now. It will run on both Intell and AMD CPUs as long as the CPU supports a minimum of SSE 2. For those that don't know much about OSX, I will explain a few features it now includes, the ability to run Windows along side OSX and benchmarking has proved that Macintosh computers can now run windows faster than a PC! So if you a business user a Mac is for you, if you like designing a Mac is for you and if you like coding a Mac is for you! If you like ermm, gaming then stick with windows, as Mac have very little support for games right now. I'm not going to say that Windows is the best for gaming either... take for example Microsoft's Xbox and Xbox 360 they both have Linux's Cromwell bios, although there dashboard(Operating system) is basically a cut down version of Windows 2000. Windows based PCs are easy to use and excellent for the beginner and compatible with practically everything. Mac is the second choice, also easy to use and great for a beginner, although not for someone who games... Also the switch from Windows to Mac will take a while ;) Unix is great if your running servers, its pretty secure although also pretty complex... Linux is basically UNIX but with a GUI, making it a tad bit more easier to use, great if you know how to use it. Mac OS came from UNIX and therefore shows the pentencial the fact that its open source puts many people of the idea due to compatibility issues. I choose Windows, whilst not my favorite, it is the best out there you can get for the minute, until Mac takes over :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster01 Posted August 26, 2007 Author Share Posted August 26, 2007 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? Oh No.. Mac OS X, although it is intel based now, is still a long way from becoming windows. The user expieriance for the basic user with windows gives them a kick. Most people I have met is your average guy wanting a computer, when you should ask them wich OS they prefer, although XP and 2K is much cheaper, and even though linux is free, they would go for Vista. It's just the user friendlinesses and GUI, that makes them go for it, even though they don't know it is a very unstable ans unsafe OS. Anyway, I will still go for Linux, Unix is for servers and stuff, Mac OS X, uhm.., I have never really seen it, but my step mom works with it, she says it is good(She herself did programming), so I'm pretty sure it is good aswell. I just like A command prompt, it gives me a kick. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungGold Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? i mainly use windows as i am more familiar with it all and all the programs..My brother uses mac and personally i dont like it much. linux i know what its used for but never thought about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artfull Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? windows, simpluy for the reason that most games are windows games. plus i dont know the others well enough to work on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster01 Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? windows, simpluy for the reason that most games are windows games. Do you know that for a fact? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decepti0n Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? They are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster01 Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? The popular ones, yes. But when I got into VB for the first time, and also began C++(never get it right), There was actually more developers that programmed for linux/unix. I actually spoke to one of the developers that made an stragedy game like AOE, he actually prefers to write linux based games, although not major ones, he also writes programs just for linux. The reason why there aren't many popular games for linux; there just simply isn't a market for it. I know that you know why that is.. But there are archives with thousands, if not millions of scripts for linux games/programs. So give linux a few years, then lets see about it. Overall, not just speaking of popular games, there are more games for linux than windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? The popular ones, yes. But when I got into VB for the first time, and also began C++(never get it right), There was actually more developers that programmed for linux/unix. I actually spoke to one of the developers that made an stragedy game like AOE, he actually prefers to write linux based games, although not major ones, he also writes programs just for linux. The reason why there aren't many popular games for linux; there just simply isn't a market for it. I know that you know why that is.. But there are archives with thousands, if not millions of scripts for linux games/programs. So give linux a few years, then lets see about it. Overall, not just speaking of popular games, there are more games for linux than windows Agreed. But there more to it than that. Most of the popular games do have Linux installers around the net. If not then they can be emulated to run on Linux. Games will run better on Linux because Linux is less resource hogging than windows, hence why it can run on outdated machines compared to windows. The main reason is because there isn't a market for it there is hardly any drivers available, there is lack of directx 10 support and pretty much all graphic cards. Microsoft know this and this is why with the first Xbox they created was a stripped down Windows 2000 dashboard running on the Linux cromwell bios. The Xbox 360 is much the same, I also believe this is why Windows Vista is going more into the Windows gaming side of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorless DarkChaos Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? They did a test to see how fast programs were to run on Windows Xp on A Mac against Mac OS Window Xp Won Everything they tested ran faster on Windows Xp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezza` Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? although i voted for windows i have vista which i hate, i prefere XP way more. -Tezza` Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickson Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? I like windows, don't love it, don't hate it just like it. It's quite easy to use for the things you need to do daily. I have always been able to run each program i needed on windows, probably because the world market is based on windows and not unix/mac. And also because I'm used to windows, that's mainly the big thing, i know a few guys in my neighborhood that grew up with Ubuntu and well they work with Ubuntu like they want, even in environments that are made more for windows. Anyways I also use Ubuntu and going to try Gentoo soon i think, so it's not that i don't know how it works. It's just a lot easier to work with windows. But like in previous posts is already said, give it a bit of time and Linux will peek here and there more then it does now ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POG1 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? Windows is what most people use but MAC is the best because the interface is sexy and it runs on unix then linux, allthough i dont hae it on my pc lol 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickson Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? Windows is what most people use but MAC is the best because the interface is sexy and it runs on unix then linux, allthough i dont hae it on my pc lol 8-) uhm ... big uhm? since when does mac run on unix? Mac = mac and unix = unix they don't have to do anything which each other. And if i'm wrong, correct me with proof, a lot of it please... but i'm pretty sure i'm right here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chase779 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? Windows for gaming and Macs for programming/designing and doing work in general. Far more programs are compatible with windows due to the larger user base. Therefore there are far more viruses. I don't mind what I am using whether it be OSX or Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoth Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? got vista and like it so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? Unix -- FreeBSD being my favorite - I liked the FreeBSD daemon so much (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_Daemon), I even have a tattoo of him! Now there's dedication! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdshare Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? my triton and helix irc servers run on freebsd laptop screwing around with selinuxthat receives 100 updates a day... welcome to the world of linux gaming desktop, xp ... dev desktop, xp again ... pda windows mobile nokia phone runs on symbian as my psion my old armada 700 compaq laptop, wonderfull msdos with wfw 3.11 connected to the old compaq deskpro which runs NT... both see still some electricity as my GF is stuck at old Word and Excell. And she doesn't need more, for her it's a luxery typewriter. These 2 have switched often between novel lite and wfw 3.11/NT but last install years ago was wfw so it stays on it. (tells also something of the super quality of Compaq, can't be killed ;) ) Next gaming machine I'll buy is the HP blackbird that receives 100 updates a day... welcome to the world of linux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? ROFL I know, the updates can be a royal pain in the ... under Linux. And WFW 3.11 - The only decent version. my you have a lot of history there. I hope the NT is 4SP6 again - the only decent version ever constructed ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdshare Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? WFW 3.11 was the most stable version as shell over ms-dos and actually have to check which version of NT forgotten... but wfw is/was super for small peer to peer networks, way better than novel lite that had more hickups than anything else, Novell itself super ,Novel lite... well like all downgraded versions of good software... they kill it. And history well Compaq as old HP is quality you pay a lil bit more but it kinda lasts forever.. all my modern systems are HP till now no issues... allthoug I always buy business line so can't compare it with their normal line of PCs that are way cheaper and where I have no experience with. If I would co locate a server it would be a HP pro reliant, not a dell like everyone uses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parelem Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Re: Wich OS do you prefer? Windows is what most people use but MAC is the best because the interface is sexy and it runs on unix then linux, allthough i dont hae it on my pc lol 8-) uhm ... big uhm? since when does mac run on unix? Mac = mac and unix = unix they don't have to do anything which each other. And if i'm wrong, correct me with proof, a lot of it please... but i'm pretty sure i'm right here mac os is built on UNIX. FreeBSD to be exact. Check the mac site, they have information about it. Check the BSD site, they have information about it as well. Here's a quick overview of OSX gaming - XP dev - Linux Mint 3.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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