What Operating System Are you using?

Mr. Know It All · Post by **Mr. Know It All** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:38 am

I would just lke to know what operating system people are using. LOL

Currently I am using Vista

DirtyDishSoap · Post by **DirtyDishSoap** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:39 am

Vista the newest?

Mr. Know It All · Post by **Mr. Know It All** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:40 am

I think so, (I have no clue about apple and Linux)

wicked · Post by **wicked** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:47 am

Wow, you're certainly not living up to your name.

Mr. Know It All · Post by **Mr. Know It All** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:48 am

DirtyDishSoap · Post by **DirtyDishSoap** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:48 am

I think both Linux and Apple are for work purposes

Mr. Know It All · Post by **Mr. Know It All** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:53 am

so windows is for fun?

Spuzzell · Post by **Spuzzell** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:55 am

NT at work, XP, Linux and ME at home and OSX (I think) at my girlfriends.

Which just goes to prove that Apples are for girls.

The Eleventh commandment (edited out by Mac users) was:

"Thou shalt get a proper computer, for fucks sake."

The1exile · Post by **The1exile** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:55 am

Mr. Know It All wrote:so windows is for fun?

Nope. I had Vista and it crashed within 3 days :evil:

SophiaSpell · Post by **SophiaSpell** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:57 am

I have XP.
I have heard quite a lot of bad reviews about Vista so I steered clear of it.
Whats your thoughts on Vista, is it better/worse than XP?

Spuzzell · Post by **Spuzzell** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:58 am

The1exile wrote:
Mr. Know It All wrote:so windows is for fun?

Nope. I had Vista and it crashed within 3 days

Word. They tried to do far too much all at once.

No way will I move to Vista for at least a year, or after the first Service pack.

DirtyDishSoap · Post by **DirtyDishSoap** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:59 am

The1exile wrote:
Mr. Know It All wrote:so windows is for fun?

Nope. I had Vista and it crashed within 3 days

Vista is realitvly new so its bound to have problems

I use windows for fun and games

Aegnor · Post by **Aegnor** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:59 am

I'm using the new GFY system.

Mr. Know It All · Post by **Mr. Know It All** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:01 am

DirtyDishSoap wrote:
The1exile wrote:
Mr. Know It All wrote:so windows is for fun?

Nope. I had Vista and it crashed within 3 days
Vista is realitvly new so its bound to have problems

I use windows for fun and games

LOL, my vista crashed in 5 minutes...and nothing is compatible with it

Mr. Know It All · Post by **Mr. Know It All** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:02 am

Lets see, i am only ..uh...179 posts away from entering Spamalot! hurray for me! lol 178 with this one

Spuzzell · Post by **Spuzzell** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:03 am

SophiaSpell wrote:I have XP.
I have heard quite a lot of bad reviews about Vista so I steered clear of it.
Whats your thoughts on Vista, is it better/worse than XP?

It's better than XP, but not in as big a way as XP was better than its predecessor.

I don't think it's worth upgrading on an existing machine, but when you get a new PC then I'd certainly go for Vista.

The biggest problem is that it's quite demanding on system resources just on its own, it'll be a year or so before entry level new PCs will be comfortable with it.

Mr. Know It All · Post by **Mr. Know It All** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:05 am

Spuzzell wrote:
SophiaSpell wrote:I have XP.
I have heard quite a lot of bad reviews about Vista so I steered clear of it.
Whats your thoughts on Vista, is it better/worse than XP?

It's better than XP, but not in as big a way as XP was better than its predecessor.

I don't think it's worth upgrading on an existing machine, but when you get a new PC then I'd certainly go for Vista.

The biggest problem is that it's quite demanding on system resources just on its own, it'll be a year or so before entry level new PCs will be comfortable with it.

My new pc came with vista...let me say this again, NOTHING IS COMPATIBLE WITH VISTA...ITS TO NEW FOR ANYTHING

Spuzzell · Post by **Spuzzell** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:15 am

Mr. Know It All wrote:
My new pc came with vista...let me say this again, NOTHING IS COMPATIBLE WITH VISTA...ITS TO NEW FOR ANYTHING

What? But you get to play the KICKASS version of Halo 2! An average 4 year old Xbox game! That was clearly too demanding for XP, and makes FULL use of DX10's advanced features, not including optimisation for keyboard and mouse, or high-res textures or improved graphics, or improved sound, or a PC focused online multiplayer, but apart from that, ooh, lots. (nb: sarcasm)

Mr. Know It All · Post by **Mr. Know It All** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:15 am

anyone know when windows viena come out?

Mr. Know It All · Post by **Mr. Know It All** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:16 am

Spuzzell wrote:
Mr. Know It All wrote:
My new pc came with vista...let me say this again, NOTHING IS COMPATIBLE WITH VISTA...ITS TO NEW FOR ANYTHING

What? But you get to play the KICKASS version of Halo 2! An average 4 year old Xbox game! That was clearly too demanding for XP, and makes FULL use of DX10's advanced features, not including optimisation for keyboard and mouse, or high-res textures or improved graphics, or improved sound, or a PC focused online multiplayer, but apart from that, ooh, lots. (nb: sarcasm)

yeah, sound and graphics are way cooler

Edit: who wants a screenie?

Spuzzell · Post by **Spuzzell** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:20 am

Mr. Know It All wrote:yeah, sound and graphics are way cooler

Edit: who wants a screenie?

You did get that I was being sarcastic, right? Am I missing your sarcasm now?

It's a 4 year old console port! It doesn't even look as good as Half Life 2! It's optimised for a damn gamepad!

I couldn't believe the roughness of the graphics. Or that MS seriously thought anyone would buy Vista just to play it.

Bertros Bertros · Post by **Bertros Bertros** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:25 am

I bought a new machine for Vista (admittedly its ridiculously overpowered) and have had nothing but joy from my Vista experience... It's super from all aspects as far as I'm concerned though as with any OS there is a little bit of a transition whilst you get used to what (which to the average user is not actually very much) has changed... and besides you can play with Aero windows effects when your on the phone to someone boring so all round thumbs up for Vista...

I use Windows for everything which is really only work and pleasure and the lines are blurred there for me anyway... Nothing wrong with Linux but really I mean really who wants to get involved in all that greasy haired open source milarkey, Suse is OK I suppose but I want compatibility and out of the box happiness...

Macs are for people who care more what the box their computer is in looks like than what it does... don't come telling me the hardware is better cos its the same components inside that fanyc plastic shell, and don't go telling me the OS is better cause its just *nix with a fancy skin and you have to drop to the very hidden command line to do anything vaguely technical with it...

[insert some poncey mac user whining about superior performance for music editing blah blah 10 years out of date bullshit etc]

... I used to use exclusively Mac and *nix and was fully subscribed to the "I hate Bill" club with a lifetime membership... then I grew up!

Spuzzell · Post by **Spuzzell** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:25 am

Click here for the first Halo 2 PC review I found just now.

Dancing Mustard · Post by **Dancing Mustard** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:29 am

I'm running the latest GFY interface here; it's great, you can get loads of plugins online that let you run QFT and ROFL applications without having to switch operating platforms.

Mr. Know It All · Post by **Mr. Know It All** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:29 am

Bertros Bertros wrote:I bought a new machine for Vista (admittedly its ridiculously overpowered) and have had nothing but joy from my Vista experience... It's super from all aspects as far as I'm concerned though as with any OS there is a little bit of a transition whilst you get used to what (which to the average user is not actually very much) has changed... and besides you can play with Aero windows effects when your on the phone to someone boring so all round thumbs up for Vista...

I use Windows for everything which is really only work and pleasure and the lines are blurred there for me anyway... Nothing wrong with Linux but really I mean really who wants to get involved in all that greasy haired open source milarkey, Suse is OK I suppose but I want compatibility and out of the box happiness...

Macs are for people who care more what the box their computer is in looks like than what it does... don't come telling me the hardware is better cos its the same components inside that fanyc plastic shell, and don't go telling me the OS is better cause its just *nix with a fancy skin and you have to drop to the very hidden command line to do anything vaguely technical with it...

[insert some poncey mac user whining about superior performance for music editing blah blah 10 years out of date bullshit etc]

... I used to use exclusively Mac and *nix and was fully subscribed to the "I hate Bill" club with a lifetime membership... then I grew up!

Still vista is not conpatible with nearly 80% of my current software

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What Operating System Are you using?