Lifehacker is running a poll on what Windows version people are using. We’re expanding it to all operating systems. Now if you’re like Uncle Dave (one with Vista, two with XP, two with OSX) you have multiple OS’ and versions going. Since the poll software apparently will only let you vote once, enter the OS you use the most.
And if you have something else, tell us what. And why.
Technically I’m running Vista x3, Windows 7, and XP x2.
I have a MBP running OS X 10.5.7 and an Acer Aspire One netbook running Vista beautifully. I liked the idea of boot camp, but in the end using windows on a netbook works quite well, and it much easier to carry around than the MBP.
Two OSX
One XP
One Windows 2007 Server
One Windows 2008 RC
One Win7 RC
One Solaris
Two Linux (Ubuntu, Mint)
No frackin’ Vista, thank you
Typo, 2003 Server. Yes they drive me crazy with their naming conventions. Oh, and 2008 SP2 RC. I’m really getting tired of figuring out patch and service pack levels for projects.
Interesting that so many are on Mac OS X.
Kinda makes JD’s negatories sound a tad hollow.
Sure, the total windows-like population is bigger, but imagine what this would have been five years ago.
2 linux boxes, 1 linux server, 1 linux/XP dual boot laptop for me. 2 Macbook something or others for the wife, Vista for my son and another OSX for my daughter. It’s difficult to quantify the other random laptops and boxes that haven’t been booted in over a year, but they’re all XP except for a single WinMe that had some expensive add-on hardware.
I use Linux myself and just had to do the survey. Looks like I am not the only one as nearly 10% of the people who answered run Linux. Probably more close to 2-3% if you check the numbers with analytics. People who do these surveys are a self selecting group.
Vista on my main PC, Win7 32bit / 64bit and Linux on my second PC. Will upgrade to Win7 64bit upon release.
Triple boot (Vista/Win7-32b/Win7-64b) on my main PC, mix of XPs (Home/Pro/Media) on 5 others, and FreeNAS on the home server. And there are only two of us living in the house. This would be incredible to me 30 years ago. (First PC: Northstar Horizon running CP/M as seen above!)
What’s it going to be in another 30 years?
OBTW, the real figures are here: http://tinyurl.com/5vchbb
I am running Vista, only because it came with the new computers and personally, I think it’s a piece of shit. I’d much rather be running XP SP2 as I was previously, it’s not perfect but at least it’s more stable and user friendly than Vista is.
Typically, I wouldn’t put a Microsoft operating system on my machine before it hits SP2, that’s usually about the time it actually becomes usable and the biggest bugs have been squashed. Win7 might get on my machine sometime around 2011, maybe.
#27
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=8
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/chartfx62/temp/CFT0519_1146051624F.png
I’m a bit surprised at the number of XP users compared to Vista or Win7. I use XP myself, but only because the machine is older and doesn’t run Vista too well. Clearly there are a disproportionate number of Mac users here, but if the Windows stats reflect the general population, it doesn’t say much for Microsoft.
#31 62% of computers are XP
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10
If it weren’t for John C Dvorak…he convinced us all to switch…CP/M would rule…I miss my Kaypro.
I run Widows XP on my computer and dual boot WIndows XP/Ubuntu on my netbook. I am never going to buy a PC again. Next computer will be a Mac. I am fed up with every version of Windows having more and more bloat.
Well, “running” Vista is relative, isn’t it?
Vista is massively bloated. I don’t know how much space it takes up right out of the box, I never looked before I started installing software, but just my Windows directory right now is about 20 gigs, that doesn’t include anything else like Explorer, other directories Vista uses, etc. That’s 20 gigs for the OS ALONE!
I might not complain if it worked well, it just doesn’t.
U are all correct…in a parallel universe, where the denizens of Microsoft hell are released, and walk the earth…they will be seeking, not brains…but John C Dvorak…it was he who, like the proverbial pied piper, led the masses out of cpm, with its tight machine language and program portability, to msdos…even though he confessed, it was inferior in many respects…
The walking dead, suffering in dos hell, now windows vers. 666….coming to get you John C…no doubt pushing Curry out of the way…
Yeah OSX stats three times nominal stated values. ( I believe this poll) This is just another example of current level of truthful statements by players in the world’s marketplace.
There needs to be a statistical quality number (like chi) I’d call it ‘bs’. How would it be calculated?