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If OSX didn't exist...

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What OS would you be using?

For me, probably Ubuntu. I mean, I would still need to dual boot into Windows for work, but I think Ubuntu would be my main OS.

How about you?
 
I'm already using Ubuntu on a server and a desktop, so I'd probably use it full time. Most of my work is *nix-based anyway, and OpenOffice would handle the rest of the stuff I would even remotely need Windows for.
 
Well for me, it was the Mac I investigated as an alternative to Windows--not necessarily OS X. So I guess the question for me would be what would I be using if there were no Macs and in that case I never would have looked for an alternative to Windows so I guess it would be Vista.
 
Without OS X would there be Mac's?

If not then probably some god awful Windows program.

And btw you wouldn't be using Vista since it's a copy of OS X gone horribly wrong. 🙂
 
I'd be using Mac OS 13, with Internet Explorer 8 and Netscape 9.

I like one of the few people who actually liked OS 9.

TEG
 
Didn't Jobs still use NextStep as his main OS even after he went back to Apple instead of Classic MacOS. I remember seeing that somewhere but don't know if it's true. Maybe I would be using that if it were continually being updated or if not then probably Windows or maybe BeOS if it had ever gained a market position. Never really cared for Linux at all.
 
TEG said:
I like one of the few people who actually liked OS 9.
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I bought my first Mac with OS9 on it. I was intending installing linux on it, but the OSX Public Beta came out so I used that instead. I really didn't like OS9 but I had to boot back into it to play DVDs. Those were the good old days 😛
 
Windows Vista here.

I'd use Ubuntu, but I need my Windows software and dual booting is just a PITA.
 
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