XP Pro with a few tweaks for performance, but vista Ultimate for the Wow factor.
OS X
Windows XP-64
Windows 2003 Server
Windows XP Home / Pro
Windows 7
Linux (all versions)
Microsoft Windows 2008 Server
Microsoft Vista X64
Microsoft Vista Ultimate
Microsoft Vista Home Premium
XP Pro with a few tweaks for performance, but vista Ultimate for the Wow factor.
Windows Me 4 Life
Rig:
Q6600
Intel BadAxe2
Tuniq 120 Tower
G.Skill HZ 4x1GB
BFG 7900 GS OC (558/675) now MSI HD 7770
WD Raptor 150GB (Primary)
2 x Seagate 320Gb 7200.10 (Storage; No RAID)
Corsair 620Watt
Samsung SH-W183 SATA drive
AuzenTech X-Meridian
Antec A900 Case
I have a Tuniq 120 Tower in my new pc. The size, in relation to others on the market, is directly proportional to the size of my penis. Therefore it is large.
and thick.
Fast computers breed slow, lazy programmers
The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich find most hard to pay.
http://www.lighterra.com/papers/modernmicroprocessors/
Modern Ram, makes an old overclocker miss BH-5 and the fun it was
Depend on which rig. I had to cast for XP pro. Though for some things I actually prefer win98se. I should go back to learning linux though.
Still overclocking and water cooling. Old stuff mostly... Still buyin' new stuff for my huge monster case though..(Project on hold til' further notice.or til' I suddenly see a fair increase in income. (Even then the gunshows do tend to grab me!!!) But really no new rig to speak of. Currently C2D E8400 on H2O Giga' p43t W/ decent pair o' ddr3 sticks stuffed in a old aluminium coolermaster preatorian case with a shrouded PA140.3 hangin' out of the side.Needs some bigger fans to keep up with this yuma heat though.. TX850. GTX460.Old yellow 1/2" tygon tubing adds some petina to the dear old thing. (As if it needed any.)Really nuthin' to call home about here at least... LOL..
WINDOWS ME!
Current Setup:
-9850 GX2's in Quad SLI config
-Asus P5N32-SLI MB
-2x512mb of PC2-5300 DDR2
-Intel Celeron D OC'd to 3.2Ghz
-Windows Me with XP theme
-WD Caviar 20GB Hard Drive
-Zip drive
-Jazz drive
-3.5" floppy drive
-5.25" floppy drive
As others have set Win Pro and Vista later on.
Intel i7 3770K @4.7GHz (1.224v) | Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H | 8GB Samsung DDR3-1866 | EVGA GTX 780 Classified
Corsair HX850 | X-Fi Titanium HD | ATCS 840 Black
Apogee XT | DDC-2 w/ XSPC Top | XSPC RX360
For speed I used to love Windows 98SE over ME and NT4, Then came along 2000 pro and I used that on my main rig until 2002 then making the change to XP PRO when I had enough ram to equal the performance of 2000. Been running XP PRo until feb this year when I moved over to Vista Ultimate.
Overall my favourite OS has been Windows 2000 pro, runs like a rocket even with only 256mb.
I have a load of systems that are currently running most of the current OSes
Laptop = Vista Ultimate 1.5gb
Main rig = Vista Ultimate 2gb
Home server = 2003 Server 2gb
Work Server = 2003 Server 1gb
2nd Rig = XP PRO 2gb
3rd Rig = Dual Boot with fedora + XP PRO 2gb
4th Rig = Vista Ultimate 1gb
5th Rig = Ubuntu 6.04 1gb
6th Rig = XP PRO 512mb
The other systems that I have spread out for family members are all XP PRO with the exception of 1 Vista ultimate.
Security features + unmatched Remote Desktop (I know there are 3rd party tools, but RDC simply rocks!)
My fav is Win XP Pro simply because of the widespread software and drivers availability.
I recently tried using Knoppix and its nothing short of amazing. It detected all my NTFS drives in ACHI mode, loaded my network and almost all the apps (browser, utils, zip funct. etc) I needed in about 5 minutes - AWESOME! Win XP cant even come close to this. It could also detect my USB thumb drive instantly. In fact Win Xp doesnt even have native ACHI drivers for the 973 chipset!! BAD!
if you havent tried it, you MUST!
Antec P-180 Silver
Fsp Group FX 700-GLN 700W
E6600 2.4 @ 3200 Mhz (400x8)
Asus Silent Square cooler (24c idle, 34c load)
Asus P5W Wifi Deluxe AP
4 GB OCZ Platinum PC-6400 OCZ2P800R22GK (Rev 2)
eVGA GeForce 7600 GS 256 MB
WD Raptor 150 GB x 1
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 x 2
BenQ 1655 @ 1650 BCIC
ViewSonic 19'' widescreen
Desis get fit here
What no Dos 6.11?
Phenom 9950BE @ 3.24Ghz| ASUS M3A78-T | ASUS 4870 | 4gb G.SKILL DDR2-1000 |Silverstone Strider 600w ST60F| XFI Xtremegamer | Seagate 7200.10 320gb | Maxtor 200gb 7200rpm 16mb | Samsung 206BW | MCP655 | MCR320 | Apogee | MCW60 | MM U2-UFO |
A64 3800+ X2 AM2 @3.2Ghz| Biostar TF560 A2+ | 2gb Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 | Sapphire 3870 512mb | Aircooled inside a White MM-UFO Horizon |
Current Phenom overclock
Max Phenom overclock
For me Xp Pro and Server2003
Server 2003 and then Vista Ultimate, especially if i had a bitlocker capable motherboard.
SB Rig:
| CPU: 2600K (L040B313T) | Cooling: H100 with 2x AP29 | Motherboard: Asrock P67 Extreme4 Gen3
| RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1866 | Video: MSI gtx570 TF III
| SSD: Crucial M4 128GB fw009 | HDDs: 2x GP 2TB, 2x Samsung F4 2TB
| Audio: Cantatis Overture & Denon D7000 headphones | Case: Lian-Li T60 bench table
| PSU: Seasonic X650 | Display: Samsung 2693HM 25,5"
| OS: Windows7 Ultimate x64 SP1
+Fanless Music Rig: | E5200 @0.9V
+General surfing PC on sale | E8400 @4Ghz
XP Pro on my Notebook, Windows Vista Ultimate x64 on my wifes rig, and XP Pro on my main rig until Vista is a little more mature.
Gentoo / Ubuntu GNU/Linux, not Linux, Linux is just a kernel, not operating system. I also run Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2. That's the only one Windows that is reliable. OpenBSD sucks.
Q6600 3.6Ghz @ 1.276v | DFI LP LT P35 | Ballistix Tracer PC2-8500 600Mhz @ 2.074v | GeForce 260 GTX | Auzen X-Fi Prelude | PCP&C 750 | Arch Linux ~ WinXP
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800 | DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR | 2x512MB G.SKILL PC3200 BH-5 | OCZ PowerStream 520W | Palit GeForce 9600 GT | Gentoo
Long Live DFI.
I just switched over to Vista about a month ago, and have been regretting it ever since. I don't recall ever having so many stability problems or encountering so many bugs even when XP first debuted.
One more vote for XP pro! : )
While I do have Windows ME on a machine...I don't think it has much to offer. I have tried many flavors of Linux and have Suse 10.2 on one now, I am kinda Luke Cool toward Linux in general. Most of my systems have XP Home w/SP2, a very good relatively economical OS. On my main two though I have Windows XP Pro X64 (Or "X64" as most people call it) and Vista Home Premium 64. I just like having a 64 bit OS on a 64 bit machine..... it sooths my brain even if there is no advantage.
I had not been happy with the trial versions of Vista 64 (Or Vista 32) so I just bought the new Vista with some trepidation... but it seems to be paddling along fairly well.... No Games on it yet...That might change my opinion and Outlook 2000 works kind of crappy, but the new "Windows mail is improved over Outlook Express so I don't really need Outlook 2000
Kubuntu is by far the my favorite OS (ubuntu with KDE); I didn't have to install any drivers, even for my 8800 GTS, played CoH with Wine straight outta the box, Doom 3 and ET work perfect, symantic package manager is just awesome, FAH worked like a charm, rock stable, KDE is beutiful, Beryl is beuatufil and is better than stupid Aero, everything is perfect...I can't stop saying good things about this OS
oh, and all the games that I've tried work as fast in Wine as they do on Win. just mentioning.
I voted XP Professional, XP64, and Linux.
Favorite OS would have to be windows xp pro. I do use Vista Ultimate on my main rig and some of the features are nice, but the drivers need some work. Also running linux on another rig, specifically ubuntu and slackware.
I personally love ubuntu. I have it installed on my Toshiba laptop, (about a year now) which the whole family uses. It's one of the best versions of Linux out there. First, I would download the live cd and see how compatible it is with your hardware.
edit: the community support base for ubuntu is by far the best.
I am amazed Linux received more votes than Vista did lol
Woot!
none of those....my vote is for Win Server 2008
C2Q Rig.... C2Q Q6600 @ 3.6ghz | Abit IP35 Pro | 2 x 1gb G.Skill DDR2 PC6400 | eVGA 8800gts 320 x 2 | Silverstone TJ-09
i7 Rig.... i7 920 @ --ghz | eVGA x58 | 3 x 1gb G.Skill DDR3 1600 | eVGA -------- | Caseless
FAH Quad / GPU Farm....To be continued....
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