Poll: Which Operating System are you Running?

[MacRumors]

Vote: Poll: Which Operating System are you Running? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=367)

[slowtreme]

After some recent reading, I guess well see if OS9 is still top dog?

[eyelikeart]

I've got Jag on one system, while Panther is on another...so I voted tof Jag. ;)

[wordmunger]

At first I thought the MacOs 8 or earlier response was a joke; then I remembered my wife's lab is still running 8.6 on cubes. Don't feel too sorry for her, though--she gets 10 new G5s this summer.

[CrackedButter]

10.3.2 baby!

[joker2]

Originally posted by wordmunger
At first I thought the MacOs 8 or earlier response was a joke; then I remembered my wife's lab is still running 8.6 on cubes. Don't feel too sorry for her, though--she gets 10 new G5s this summer.

hmm... with the amount of money that cubes are going for nowdays... she/employer could make a pretty penny if they wanted to.

[Stoffel]

I have switched recently from Debian Linux to Panther on my Powerbook. Only the virtual text consoles are missing......

[wordmunger]

Originally posted by shadow95
hmm... with the amount of money that cubes are going for nowdays... she/employer could make a pretty penny if they wanted to.
Interesting point--I suspect their policy is just to trash them, but at $500-ish a pop, it sounds a little foolish. Ironically, her employer has a very generous hardware upgrade budget, but little or no software budget. If she could convince them to eBay these babies, she could get a pretty decent suite of software for the new machines.

[virividox]

i run xp on my wintel box, win 2000 and 98 on two other machines that i dont use, but are lying around, os 7 on an old performa, jag on an ibook and panther on my pbook they should give us more choices

[MattG]

Originally posted by wordmunger
Interesting point--I suspect their policy is just to trash them Seriously???

[wordmunger]

Originally posted by MattG
Seriously???

Actually, now that I think about it, I think the policy is to allow employees to buy them for home use. I've noticed a fair number of her colleagues with PM 7200s and ancient powerbooks at home. But I don't think her lab will get the money :(

[Aldert]

looking at the poll results...

what monkey is running OS X 10.0.x???
there is no sane reason to do that

[KingArthur]

Well, my XP laptop just broke a week or two ago, and I've not gotten around to fixing it. So, I'm stuck running my 8yr old 6500 with OS9, and I am wowed by what it can STILL do. I can run Internet Explorer, iTunes, AIM, ICQ, IRC, and Calc, all at the same time with no major issues. IE is a little slow rendering pages, but that can be excused. Find me an 8yr old PC that can still SMOOTHLY run all that with no CPU or MoBo upgrade, and I'd be shocked. I'm definately glad I hung on to this thing.

[stoid]

Originally posted by Aldert
looking at the poll results...

what monkey is running OS X 10.0.x???
there is no sane reason to do that

Two possibilities:

1. Hit the wrong button.
2. Masochistic.

:D

[wdlove]

I'm a new user of Mac OS 10.3 Panther. Just had it installed January 26th. I use Safari. So far I'm dependent on Classic for Entourage, FileMaker, & Quicken.

[Krizoitz]

Originally posted by wordmunger
At first I thought the MacOs 8 or earlier response was a joke; then I remembered my wife's lab is still running 8.6 on cubes. Don't feel too sorry for her, though--she gets 10 new G5s this summer.

Actually you could try and have her convince her company to donate them to a local school. The company gets a tax write off and the school gets what are probably much needed computers. Not to mention more potential mac heads like us :-)

[mrsebastian]

Originally posted by KingArthur
Well, my XP laptop just broke a week or two ago, and I've not gotten around to fixing it. So, I'm stuck running my 8yr old 6500 with OS9, and I am wowed by what it can STILL do. I can run Internet Explorer, iTunes, AIM, ICQ, IRC, and Calc, all at the same time with no major issues. IE is a little slow rendering pages, but that can be excused. Find me an 8yr old PC that can still SMOOTHLY run all that with no CPU or MoBo upgrade, and I'd be shocked. I'm definately glad I hung on to this thing.

that is pretty darn cool. 8 years in computer years is old!

[mkaake]

still using 9 (until i magically have a mac capable of running x given to me)

but it can still do a bunch... i mean, for being as old as my mac is (7 years now from date of manufacture, a bit longer since it was designed), i'm pretty happy with it. it really is amazing in retrospect how much 9 can still do - i'd still take a box running 9 over xp any day...

matt

[wordmunger]

Originally posted by KingArthur
PM6500, 128MB, 40GB, Zip, CD, Ext CD-RW, 3.5in floppy, OS9.1, No Complaints!
.... I'm definately glad I hung on to this thing.

40 Gig Hard Drive--that can't be original, can it? You would have been a serious 1337 dude with one of them in 1996!

[cnladd]

PowerMac G3 Blue & White at home running Mac OS X 10.3. I bought that as a poor replacement to my iBook 600 when it died out on me due to the logic board problem, but I'll be getting that resolved shortly now that Apple is taking ownership of the issue. That one was (and will be again) running Panther, as well.

Two PC's at home, both running Windows XP. Both are home built, but I'm about to replace one of them with <gasp> a Dell.

Three Intel-based laptops, one running Windows XP, one running FreeBSD, and one running Solaris x86. I also have a work laptop, which is running FreeBSD.

A Virgin Webplayer that I'm still trying to configure as a kitchen kiosk for my wife. FreeBSD.

Finally, a Sun SPARCstation 5, running Solaris. That old boy is my primary server (my B&W is secondary).

No Linux, it's pure evil. ;)

[killmoms]

For all the Jag users bitching about Safari 1.2 being Panther-only, I sure don't see them reflected on this thread.

Come on bitchy Jag users! Your demographic is important to this poll!

I voted Panther, because it's what I run, and it kicks ass.

--Cless

[winmacguy]

I put Windows because I own a PC with XP but work on a Mac and as for the OS, since I am studying its OS9 when I was working it was Jaguar

[j33pd0g]

Mac OS X 10.3.x (Panther) at home - where I do most of my work, and Mac OS 8.6 at work -where I get stuff ready to take home.

Our parent company has a hatred for OS X... macs too... they are XP freaks... it's almost like they told us we could update our tech but it would be with new Dells and XP.... we'll keep our old desktop G3's., thank you very much.

[Mord]

theres no osx public beta option outragous

:mad:

back in the beta testing day :)

[tny]

The machine on the desk behind me is still running System 7. Yes, still RUNNING System 7.

[vollspacken]

I use Panther on my tiBook, XpPro on my PC in the closet (remote acces over airport via RDC) and System 7.5.5 on my maxed-out SE/30...

I voted for 8 and lower to give props to my SE/30 :D

vSpacken

[Earendil]

I grew up in my Family with an Apple 512K running God knows what operation system, I was too young to care, but now it doesn't start past the flashing question mark, so I don't know :(

An Apple PB with the same fate, don't have it in my room, but I believe it was an 80mhz beast :)

Currently have an operational 7600-120mhz running 8.6, from their we just got the iMac-233 out of the 8.6 stone age and manage Panther on it (with a hefty RAM/HD upgrade)

Parents got sick of the 7600 and Mom got a G4 Tower running Jaguar (and knowing her, forever Jaguar),

Dad has a Jaguar PB-867 that will become Panther shortly. There is also a Toshiba laptop that my Dad is forced to drag home from work that runs XP. But I can't put it down all that much, it isn't all THAT ugly for coming from the dark side. It has a swiviling touchpad screen, pretty neato (wouldn't want to drop it though...)

And then there is me, the envy of the family with my Panther PB-1.25
That was a hard and long working summer... :D

So, I voted Panther :P
Tyler
Earendil

[KingArthur]

Originally posted by wordmunger
40 Gig Hard Drive--that can't be original, can it? You would have been a serious 1337 dude with one of them in 1996!

lol. Only three upgrades to this machine are: new 40GB HD (yes, running out of space sucks ass, so I had to do that a while ago), USB Card (only b/c I hate ball mice, and I wanted an optical one soooo much), and maxed out the RAM.

Other than that, the OS is basically customed designed for ME! lol. I tweaked it like freaking crazy to get every ounce out of it I could. Only real beef I have with the computer is the slow rendering of webpages in IE (netscape communicator has poor standards compliances, so pages render weird or not at all, so I don't use it), and it would be nice to have more RAM, but oh, well. I'm just glad such an old series computer still kicks at all.

[Dippo]

Voted for Windows :(

I am running Xp but I am hoping to finally get Windows Server 2003 installed this weekend.

I know it is meant for a server and not a workstation but it's just the same thing as XP but without all the JUNK windows is famous for.

One day I will get a Mac, but until then I will have to suffer.

[Kyle]

I am using Panther.

The only thing keeping me from using OS 9 is that my iBook won't boot into it. :mad:

[iPC]

...it depends on where i am

work - windows xp pro (no choice in the matter)

home1 - mandrake linux
home2 - OS X version 10.3 with all current updates

home2 is my main machine at home (see my sig)

[Nermal]

I'm dual booting 10.3.2 and 9.2.2. I use X more than 9, so I voted for X.

[macFanDave]

92% of the people are running some version of OS X including one poor bastard running 10.0.0 and one that was outraged that Public Beta wasn't listed. (I could have one upped him and complained about the lack of Developer Preview 4 (which I don't REALLY use), but I would just be setting myself up to be passed by users of the earlier previews.)

There's supposedly a 25 million user Mac base, but Apple recently claimed to have surpassed the 10 million user mark for OS X. This suggests that OS X should have garnered 40% of the vote and the single-digit Mac systems should have taken 60%.

This discrepancy is huge and finding out why would be interesting.

1) A lot of people have copied OS X from a friend (illegally, gasp!) so OS X really has a much larger installed base.

2) OS X users read MacRumors.com at much higher rates than OS 9 or earlier users. Users of the older systems are usually handed more and more bad news by the future trends Apple is probably taking, so they probably don't want to be bothered with it.

There are probably others, you can make them up.

[Krizoitz]

Originally posted by macFanDave

This discrepancy is huge and finding out why would be interesting.
There are probably others, you can make them up.

One of the things about polls and statistics is to look at where the results came from. If this had been a poll taken of random Mac users, then perhaps you would get results more in line with Apples claims.

I would posit that this site gets a lot of traffic from your higher end, more experienced MacUsers. I think most of us here are all about getting the latest and greatest technology. I know for a fact my parents wouldn't have upgraded to Panther (and probably wouldn't have had much reason to) expect that I did it for them.

[johnnyjibbs]

Us here at MacRumors are probably not representative of all Mac users and the high Panther rating surprised me a little at first. My PowerBook, my first ever Apple came with Jaguar but now I run Panther, so that's what I voted.

I never use classic mode because I have no OS 9 programs. It looks pretty creaky anyway :p. Nice to see some people using system 7 (this I did use a little in English lessons in the early to mid nineties!). One day I'd love someone to give me a vintage Mac :)

[Freakk123]

I'm livin' large with 10.3.3... stopped using OS 9 at all this summer, and haven't once regretted it.

[MoparShaha]

Originally posted by johnnyjibbs
One day I'd love someone to give me a vintage Mac :) Pick one up on eBay. You'd probably pay more for shipping than the actual Mac :p.

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by Freakk123
I'm livin' large with 10.3.3... stopped using OS 9 at all this summer, and haven't once regretted it.

10.3.3? Have an inside line, do you? Cool...

I'm on 10.3.2.

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by Cless
For all the Jag users bitching about Safari 1.2 being Panther-only, I sure don't see them reflected on this thread.

Come on bitchy Jag users! Your demographic is important to this poll!

I voted Panther, because it's what I run, and it kicks ass.

--Cless

Shut up.

I am on Jag.

FileVault deleted all of my documents, movies and many other files I keep on my hard drive.

After that I said screw Panther until I can run it properly.

Maybe 10.3.3 or 10.3.4

Originally posted by Snowy_River
10.3.3? Have an inside line, do you? Cool...

I'm on 10.3.2.
Um... its 'been on the net' for a couple days already...

:rolleyes:

[pimentoLoaf]

Originally posted by wordmunger
At first I thought the MacOs 8 or earlier response was a joke; then I remembered my wife's lab is still running 8.6 on cubes...

I have 7.5.3 running on an old 6100/66. (And yes, it crashes rather frequently).

Otherwise, I have Panther on my main system, with Jaguar/OS 9 on a dual-USB iceBook.

[mms]

Voted 9 because that's my primary machine. G3 PB 333, to be upgraded to Panther as soon as I have enough time to do so (I've been incredibly busy the last couple weeks).

Also use a Cube with 10.3.2 and Classic, Performa 6400 with 8.6, Mac SE running System 7.x (don't remember what).

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by MrMacman
Um... its 'been on the net' for a couple days already...

:rolleyes:


Um... yeah, I guessed that's where he probably got it (a pirate version), but I thought that I'd give him a little bit of the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he's a developer, you know?

Sheesh...

[gerardrj]

I've got Macs here running each system from 6 though 1.3, from LC through Beige G3.
The "wierdest" one is an LCIII that boots from a RAM disk and is my LocalTalk/EtherTalk bridge so I can use my Laserwriter under OS X.

[jamdr]

Honestly, I think the introduction of OS X has been Apple's most significant contribution to the industry since the Mac was introduced. It offers the best user experience of any platform, period. I use Linux, but it doesn't offer the same compatibility of the Mac. Windows? Forget it. I use it all the time at work, and just when I start to think it's not so bad, Microsoft proves me wrong. It crashes, it has weird GUI glitches, and intermittently slows down even on a fresh install on a new computer. I've never experienced any of these things on OS X. Not a single crash or slowdown. Wonderfully consistent. For all you Mac OS 9 users out there--upgrade! In my opinion, it's worth the cost of new hardware.

[~Shard~]

I'm running Panther on my Mac, which is my main computer now. I stilll have my old PC, but I turned it into a Win2k3 Server box. But my vote is with Panther - bring on 10.3.3!

[mms]

Wow. Now that I think about it I have a computer each with 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, and 10.x. I'm too young to remember using the older OS's though. OS 8 and System 7 work fine but aren't in use. I'm too young to remember anything before 7.

[djdarlek]

Originally posted by macFanDave
92% of the people are running some version of OS X including one poor bastard running 10.0.0 and one that was outraged that Public Beta wasn't listed. (I could have one upped him and complained about the lack of Developer Preview 4 (which I don't REALLY use), but I would just be setting myself up to be passed by users of the earlier previews.)

There's supposedly a 25 million user Mac base, but Apple recently claimed to have surpassed the 10 million user mark for OS X. This suggests that OS X should have garnered 40% of the vote and the single-digit Mac systems should have taken 60%.

This discrepancy is huge and finding out why would be interesting.

1) A lot of people have copied OS X from a friend (illegally, gasp!) so OS X really has a much larger installed base.

2) OS X users read MacRumors.com at much higher rates than OS 9 or earlier users. Users of the older systems are usually handed more and more bad news by the future trends Apple is probably taking, so they probably don't want to be bothered with it.

There are probably others, you can make them up.

I admit I have bought ONE copy of Panther and installed it on my THREE Macs.. but as far as i see it, i've slapped a big wd of cash for their hardware and its almost my right.