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What do you use Windows 7 for?

thinkinblue613

thinkinblue613

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Hey guys, I installed Windows 7 on my Macbook Pro last night and I became curious to find out what you guys use Windows 7 for.

For me, my primary thing is gaming with PC only games. Not all games since I have an Xbox 360 to handle that.

Also, you're more than welcome to recommend programs you use on Windows 7.
 
I use Windows 7 only on my work laptop (a Dell). I have Vista on my iMac which is rarely used for anything, but usually gaming if it gets used at all.
 
On my mac: gaming
On my desktop: everything

I find no need to boot into Win 7 unless its for gaming on my laptop, Parallels does everything else that doesn't require peak speed.

I love Windows 7 on my desktop, which I use for all my work and hobbies.
I use my Macbook primarily for web browsing and listening to music, which it does a good job of.
 
some programs I must use for is only running on windows(in house program).
Also, There are few sites that need to be run from internet explorer(including few sites for work)..
 
Gaming, Programming, Homework, Internet, Word processing....

Actually, I use Windows 7 for everything except Final Cut. If I could just switch over to Adobe products I wouldn't even use OS X.
 
I use it to get information from people. When I need to know something, I make them use Windows for a while. If you let them do it for too long though, they begin crying uncontrollably. Its more affective than water boarding.
 
Everything, I don't even use OS X anymore because Windows 7 is faster on just about everything
 
on my MacBook, gaming. My desktop everything, at work for supporting my users.
 
Microsoft Office Project
Microsoft Visio
Visual Studio 2008

I have all three consoles and a Windows 7 desktop so I use that specifically for gaming. Everything else OS X & MBP.
 
thinkinblue613 said:
Hey guys, I installed Windows 7 on my Macbook Pro last night and I became curious to find out what you guys use Windows 7 for.

For me, my primary thing is gaming with PC only games. Not all games since I have an Xbox 360 to handle that.

Also, you're more than welcome to recommend programs you use on Windows 7.
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I use it so I can surf the web and get viruses in order to remind me of the days of my youth :)

JK, like Windows 7... though it is still ridiculously easy to get viruses through IE.

I personally use it for Quicken and office mainly, as well as civilization V occasionally. Games such as those run well on Parallels, fluid motion games don't seem to do as well.

I also use it for programming, Data base development, etc.
 
I'm a Network Engineer so I use Windows 7 to console into Cisco equipment...using SecureCRT. Currently SecureCRT is only in Beta version for Mac OS X :(.
 
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