Windows, Mac, or Linux?

Well,,I built this computer myself,,and it's from around the year 1889,,haha.

It's got a P4, at 1.8 GHz, 1Gig of RAM, plenty of drive space.

 

it was because i needed to load a software update onto the phone. i don't think you need to connect to a computer to do it anymore.

 

Ahhh....

Yeah, that's why I'm running the original software that shipped on the 2nd gen touch I think I could have way cooler shit, but my mac moved into planned obscelesence and they stopped giving me software updates. I dual boot xp, but don't care that much, I have katamari and music.

 

Windows. MAC just seems to be all aesthetics. I've tinkered with Linux and have nothing negative to say, but windows is definitely where it's at for me.

 

mac. all my windows comps have just completely demolished over time.
Mac Os X Lion specifically is just amazing, not so much Snow Leopard and such. just works flawlessly for me.

 

I'm running Debian on my workstations and OpenBSD on a couple of servers, with my development server multi-booting Debian Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD. Prior to migrating my workstations to Linux in 1996 I was running FreeBSD. I have a (legal!) copy of windoze XP that I run in VMware for watching Netflix and occasionally updating some consumer device that demands it, and used for playing online poker before the feds busted things up.

I remotely administer several flavors of Linux and BSD, and even a smattering of Unix boxes. I can get by in Mac now that it's a BSD but would just as soon not, and windoze is freakin' insulting.

 

yes windows does need good antivirus, microsoftworks is quite the oxymoron. but past the malware, its nice

 

No one who thinks there's a computer called a "MAC" is remotely qualified to speak on it. Especially someone who's never seen past the fact that it ALSO has beautiful asthetics, and gotten a bit dirtier.

 

dont lie! macs are the coolest by far.

 

No.....


No, they aren't.

 

Bump. I'm going to start learning linux, open source community ftw!

 

Mac runs on OS X which is a modified form of Unix, cousin to Linux, so I am fine with that, but I don't like being locked into their proprietary hardware.
I want to build my own systems, so I use PC hardware.
I prefer Linux for its stability and security, but tend to run Windows OS for the same reason people from small European countries tend to learn English or German to converse with those outside their little nation.
The lack of daily use of Linux command line also makes me less familiar with it at that level. There's also something to be said for having a skill (Linux administration) that is not so widely known.

 

just bought a mac. ive always used windows on pc and sometimes installing my own OS, but im becoming accustomed to Mac os, im not really sure if i like it, yet.

 

Depends onthe device, os x is great on this tablet,I absolutely love it! You want a Linux machine for safety issues, such as online banking, brokerage accounts or online shopping. And windows is the best for hardcore gaming and what not, after dealing with those pesky driver issues hehe, and most good software is for windows . Mac has real great software for image and video editing though,multimedia programs and what not, all depends what unwed andwhoyou are lol imjust glad there's plenty of options

 

im an linux geek for 2 years now im running linux mint!

 

I think a lot of us like building our own systems.
If Apple had clones like PC's did, we would not have to rely on Apple to supply ready-built systems.
If you are an artist, musician, architect, any kind of graphics then yeah, Apple's got just the machine for you.

I am not a serious gamer, but I like the way a PC with high-end graphics adapters, plenty of RAM and powerful CPU improves performance when I do play games and improves my scans and multi-tasking when I am working.

Linux boxes are amazing. You get so much more speed with older machines.
And I love the way I can so often boot to something like an Ubuntu CD and prove that the hardware is fine and that it is a Windows drivers issue.
I am also impressed with how secure you can make a Linux box.
I am not skilled with that, but I know that saving root for when you have admin tasks and being logged in as user will offer a lot of protection from that alone.

 

Do a search for Hackintosh.

 

I much prefer PC/Windows based machines for music creation and recording...

 

It's so easy to install OS X on a home built PC it's amazing more people don't do it, maybe they do they just keep quiet. Just a question, why do people keep saying Linux is is more secure then any other OS? I'm interested in what folks are going to answer. Have a great weekend everyone!

 

I won't claim that Linux is more secure than all other operating systems, but it has features that have traditionally not been available on others, perhaps Windows has adopted some of them by now.

In Linux, you log on as administrator "root", only when needed for administrative tasks. Otherwise, you are logged in as a user and even if someone hacks in, since user privileges to modify the system are severely curtailed, this also makes it harder to corrupt your operating system.

This can be done in Windows, but at least in the past, it required more steps to set up. Out of the box, it is not secure.

Regardless of OS, security is largely a function of your skills as an administrator.

Linux has historically been more stable than Windows as well.
It is more modular in design, that is, if one function crashes, it doesn't take down the entire OS.

There are operating systems that do not require rebooting nearly as much as Windows. In the server world, rebooting can mean downtime for hundreds of users. You want an OS that needs less of that.
Unix and its Linux cousin can be modified without reboots in many cases.