Which OS would you go with?

sup2jzgte · 01-09-2008, 08:42 AM

If you were to build a PC tomorrow for surfing the web, some game playing, alot of music and just every day general use which would you install?

Motoxrdude · 01-09-2008, 08:57 AM

Linux. It's stable, virus free, doesnt slow down overtime, extremely fast.

hermeslyre · 01-09-2008, 09:10 AM

Vista, as long as I could use some imaginary money to purchase a Q6600, 8800gts, etc. Then when Alan Wake and all the other Vista only games come out, i could play them.

_simon_ · 01-09-2008, 01:23 PM

As you mentioned gaming it would be XP, otherwise Linux.

[-0MEGA-] · 01-09-2008, 06:46 PM

Vista for DX10 support, also since XP doesn't support my RAID array (no drivers for it).

patrickv · 01-09-2008, 06:52 PM

footballdude2k3 · 01-09-2008, 07:11 PM

vista ultimate

Garethman!!` · 01-09-2008, 09:28 PM

Vista Home Premium or Vista Basic.

[-0MEGA-] · 01-09-2008, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garethman!!`

Vista Home Premium or Vista Basic.

Why would you go with Vista Basic??

Garethman!!` · 01-09-2008, 09:52 PM

Vista Basic is perfect for music and gaming + internet, Premium is more for movies and recording television. Also, Vista basic is less on system resources, and I do not regret getting it for my laptop 1 bit.

So you get the security of Vista, without all the resources.

View Poll Results: Which OS would you go with
Linux	9	15.52%
Vista	27	46.55%
XP	22	37.93%
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01-09-2008, 08:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
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01-09-2008, 08:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
Motoxrdude Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nor Cal Age: 17 Posts: 5,820	Linux. It's stable, virus free, doesnt slow down overtime, extremely fast. __________________ RIP Mom 9/17/55-02/22/08.

01-09-2008, 01:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
_simon_ Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cannock, UK Age: 28 Posts: 946	As you mentioned gaming it would be XP, otherwise Linux. __________________ Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Dual Core + Arctic Cooling Freezer-64-LP 4GB (2x 2GB) OCZ PC2 6400 Dual CH Gold Edition XTC MSI K9AGM2-L mATX / eCute mATX Cube Case /Scythe Kama-Meter / Philips DVD RW Hitachi 160GB SATA II 8MB cache Palit 8800GT 512MB Realtek® ALC888 HD Audio + Altec Lansing VS4121 Belinea 22" Widescreen Vista Home Premium 64bit My creepy crawly collection

01-09-2008, 06:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,057	Vista for DX10 support, also since XP doesn't support my RAID array (no drivers for it). __________________ Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.83GHz Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATI HD 3870 GDDR4 @ (840/2332) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2-850 500GB SATAII HD w/16MB SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 11593

01-09-2008, 09:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
hermeslyre VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 18 Posts: 4,928	Vista, as long as I could use some imaginary money to purchase a Q6600, 8800gts, etc. Then when Alan Wake and all the other Vista only games come out, i could play them.

01-09-2008, 06:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,247	Xp __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,110GB SATA -winXP ProSP2 Work Desktop: Core Duo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,240GB HD - XP PRO SP2 Home: Core Duo E2180 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,Nvidia GForce 6200TB,320 GB (2x160GB) -Dual boot - XP / OSX 10.5.2

01-09-2008, 07:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
footballdude2k3 Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: sheboygan, wi Posts: 424	vista ultimate __________________ case- antec 900 Dell d840 cpu-intel e8400 @3.00ghz p4 2.0ghz memory- 4gb corsair 800 mhz 512 mb ram hdd- 500 gb western digital psu- 700 ocz video- evga 8800gt speakers- logitech 5.1 X130 dvd- lite on 20x os-vista home premium if anybody has any input on the left column thats what i want to get right now.

01-09-2008, 09:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
Garethman!!` Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK and USA Age: 17 Posts: 821	Vista Home Premium or Vista Basic. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 1.70GHz RAM : 8GB DDR2-800 PC6400 A-DATA / 2GB DDR2-667 PC5300 A-DATA HDD : Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 750GB SATA/ Hitatchi Travelstar 120GB 5400RPM GPU :Sapphire Radeon HD 2900XT 512MB / Radeon Xpress 1150 128MB OS : Windows Vista Ultimate / Windows Vista Home Premium

01-09-2008, 09:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
Garethman!!` Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK and USA Age: 17 Posts: 821	Vista Basic is perfect for music and gaming + internet, Premium is more for movies and recording television. Also, Vista basic is less on system resources, and I do not regret getting it for my laptop 1 bit. So you get the security of Vista, without all the resources. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 1.70GHz RAM : 8GB DDR2-800 PC6400 A-DATA / 2GB DDR2-667 PC5300 A-DATA HDD : Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 750GB SATA/ Hitatchi Travelstar 120GB 5400RPM GPU :Sapphire Radeon HD 2900XT 512MB / Radeon Xpress 1150 128MB OS : Windows Vista Ultimate / Windows Vista Home Premium

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