Poll:What operating system are you using Primarily?

[MacRumors]

Vote: Poll:What operating system are you using Primarily? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=17&ref=forums.macrumors.com)

[ddtlm]

No Linux?

[edesignuk]

50% for Jaguar!! Not bad for an OS that's just been released! :D

[arn]

Originally posted by ddtlm
No Linux?

People use linux as their primary OS?

just kidding... :) I added it.

arn

[LimeiBook86]

I use System 7.5.2 and System 7.0.1 also :D But those are just on the Macs that I'm fixing... :cool:

[phgreer]

Well since I use a Windows PC (2000) at work most of the time and my desktop at home is a PC (XP Pro) I voted for windows. I do own an iBook and love to use it however. I may eat bolony sandwiches or something similiar for lunch but I'd rather go out and eat steak.

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by phgreer
I may eat bolony sandwiches or something similiar for lunch but I'd rather go out and eat streak.
hehehe, very well put :) That's got to be one of the best Windows - MacOS comparisons I've heard in quite some time.

[Rags]

Jaguar, and I suppose both FreeBSD and Linux too for my test server if you want to count that. Use BSD and OS 10.2 daily, Linux when I need to.

FreeBSD isn't on the list :(

[Mr. Anderson]

I just recently got Jaguar and put in on my older 450 G4 - and what a difference, much better response than my Rev B. TiPB running OSX.1.5. That's getting upgraded next.

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[Durandal7]

I use 10.1, I'm going to update to 10.2 as soon as I can. I also use Linux a lot and am forced to use Windoze :rolleyes:

[SilvorX]

winbloze, i have linux installed on my puter (n a free copy of solaris but i dunno squat bout it) but none of my hardware (ie: winmodem, pci stuff...)
hopefully soon osx...

[pimentoLoaf]

I think I'll pass on Jaguar until sometime in December -- this should give Apple enough time to fix many of the bugs. Until then, 10.1.5 will soldier on.

Won't upgrade to Panther, though, 'cause I have a few things that crap-out under Classic (eg, Marathon, M Durandal, M Infinity, M Rubicon -- and yes! I know I'm lame for playing that antique shoot-'em- up).

[jefhatfield]

i could only comfortably use os 9.x on my 300 mhz ibook and i am quite happy with it and won't switch to os x 10.x until i get a new mac next year

from what i have seen from clients of mine and just fooling with os x at machines in stores, i like it ok...support for it grows every day and that is good and by next year...late next year, i can see apple completely going to os x

os x is not as crash proof as i had orginally believed it would be, but that is to be expected anyway

i don't like the dock too much in os x though it really looks fun to watch in genie mode...but that must waste a heck of a lot of ram

[applemacdude]

System 6.0.3 on my SE

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by jefhatfield
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os x is not as crash proof as i had orginally believed it would be, but that is to be expected anyway
...

I always thought of UNIX as being fairly crash-prone as it was usually a haphazard mess. I worked with a smaller IBM UNIX server (25-50 user) and it seemed to work fairly well compared to DEC or HP or DG. However, compared to our IBM AS/400 (now iSeries), it was haphazard. The AS/400's operating system was elegant in the extreme as programmes used the included database and its soft 256 bit architecture, never knowing that there was 64-bit hardware underneath.

Mac OS X is much better than I ever expected and a real breath of fresh air for Apple.