What operating system do you use?

[StarHalo]

I hate the big glowing Apple

Gotta be creative

 

[wyager]

OS X
The hardware and software are as smooth as glass, and have more features than I'll ever use. 5.1 surround sound, anyone? Plus, UNIX opens up a lot of possibilities.

 

[AMD64Blondie]

Another update. My main Windows PC is now running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit,while my backup PC is now running Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit.

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Another update. My main Windows PC is now running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit,while my backup PC is now running Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit.

Is it possible to do an in-place upgrade from Ubuntu 32-bit to 64-bit?

 

[fishinfool]

Win XP Pro.......still. :o

 

[socalswami]

Win XP x 3, Win7 x 2
[first post]

 

[Gaffle]

Mac OS X. Bought a Macbook Pro last January and I couldn't be happier.

At some point (once my basement is finished) I will probably get a Windows box kickin for my daughter. She has some games that will not work on the Mac, and I really don't feel like installing Parallels.

 

[fisk-king]

for the past 2months Windose XP but for 2009 and the latter half of '08 it was Ubuntu

I plan to purchase a laptop from System76 this summer.

Well I decided not to purchase the System 76 laptop. On my HP laptop I have Windose 7 and booting Liberte Linux (hardened Gentoo, TORifies all connections & can use i2p) from USB. I wanted to try something different than Ubuntu.

 

[AMD64Blondie]

Second update. Main PC is still running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

While my backup Linux PC is now on Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit.

 

[Kilted]

I've stuck to Windows and dabbled a little in others. My NAS box has OpenSolaris 2008.11 on it (love ZFS), not sure what to upgrade it to what with the Oracle debacle. Hopefully Openindiana will play out well. Not convinced by Nexenta.

Solaris 11 Express is suppose to be Oracles replacement. There was a OpenSolaris branch from Oracle but I cannot see it achieving any level of success. Despite Oracle claim Solaris 11 does not run on all x86 hardware.

=D~~ Kilted

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Second update. Main PC is still running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

Any issues with lack of drivers for the 64 bit version?

 

[ozner1991]

im having constant issues with win 7 home in 64 bit, mostly flash software and some minor compatibility issues. it freezes every once in a while but nothing really bad yet

 

[Sub_Umbra]

Just finished building a cruncher for Mrs Umbra w/dual 64 bit cores, 8 Gigs of ram and 64 Bit XP Pro.

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Just finished building a cruncher for Mrs Umbra w/dual 64 bit cores, 8 Gigs of ram and 64 Bit XP Pro.

I've built a very similar machine but I've got it in mothballs for now. Interested in your experiences, Sub.

 

[blah9]

Any issues with lack of drivers for the 64 bit version?

I haven't had any troubles that I can think of with 64-bit Windows 7, and I've been running it since about the time it came out. I've installed it on some machines in the lab at school and they all seem to work fine as well.

 

[Lite_me]

Any issues with lack of drivers for the 64 bit version?

I have a Win7 (64bit of course) laptop that I don't use all that much but I did install 10-15 various programs and haven't had any problems with them. Drivers, would be in regard to peripheral devices, add-ons. Not much experience there since it's a laptop, cept for a USB external HD if that counts. Oh, and a 1080P Web Cam. They worked.