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Which Operating system should i use?
Which Operating system should i use?
Replies: 18 — Last Post June 30 12:34am by anonomouse
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Windows XP Pro 8 38%
Windows Vista Ultimate 7 33%
Windows 7 RC1 6 28%
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Hello.

My computers performance is dropping, or at least that's how i feel after every month.   I normally reinstall windows. every month or so. sometimes longer if i'm busy.

What i'm going to do is delete a lot of crap that i've downloaded and stored on my HDD and then reformat and install the operating system of your choice.

Anyways, i can reinstall XP Pro, or i can install Vista Ultimate or the release candidate of the new Windows 7. I'll be installing and using programs from the adobe master collection CS3. and palying a number of new games on medium/high settings. My PC is fully capable of running any of these operating systems no problem.

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OS X Leopard.

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Go for either XP or Windows 7, as Windows 7 runs more smoothly that Vista

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Depends on your games and what you comp will be running, but windows 7. Is more friendly then vista, so that'd be my choice.

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yeah i really dont like the vista at all. def go with 7 or xp, but I guess I'm leaning towards 7

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3, 3, 3. lol. based on comments though. I'll check out windows 7.
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Quote: from Mikoto at 1:01 pm on June 17, 2009
OS X Leopard.

Does the apple OSX operating system perform well on a PC? They've only been designed for macs, so there's going to be some problems running it on a PC isn't there?

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Windows 7 isn't really finished yet.
I would suggest just getting XP Pro.

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Plus, Vista is actually pretty heavy, not that great on your processor.

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Quote: from John Cena54 at 1:09 pm on June 17, 2009
Windows 7 isn't really finished yet.  
I would suggest just getting XP Pro.  

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I think windows 7 is more finished than vista was when they decided to release that. Windows 7 is supposedly faster than Vista and XP. I might dual boot XP and windows 7 just so i can switch back easily if i run into any problems with windows 7.

Although to be honest, i've been using XP for the past 5 years, and i spend far to much time on my PC as it is. It would be nice to try something different, Vista and Windows 7 is so much easier and nicer to look at.

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I would want to try 7

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Win7, I guess.

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xp pro
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Quote: from Daveh at 8:07 am on June 17, 2009
Quote: from Mikoto at 1:01 pm on June 17, 2009
OS X Leopard.

Does the apple OSX operating system perform well on a PC? They've only been designed for macs, so there's going to be some problems running it on a PC isn't there?

I work as an editor, and in our publications lab we have a couple of computers that are PC's and that's what they're running.  The biggest thing is the command button's missing.  It runs pretty smoothly.  It's definitely not the same as a mac though.

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Quote: from Daveh at 1:07 pm on June 17, 2009
Quote: from Mikoto at 1:01 pm on June 17, 2009
OS X Leopard.

Does the apple OSX operating system perform well on a PC? They've only been designed for macs, so there's going to be some problems running it on a PC isn't there?

Biggest issue here is that it is illegal.

However, I think you should be addressing other things here. I normally find I want to install every year and a half or so to keep my machine running well. So it sounds like you are doing something a little odd, either that or expecting better performance out of not such good hardware.

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