How many people on wrongplanet use windows as there main OS

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I would never delete a recovery partition on a preinstalled windows machine, even now I am using linux mint on my custom built machine.

I got world of warcraft running on linux, it is not perfect, but it works. I think software should run on its own native client, I have tried some native linux games, not bad at all.

This should be a poll.

Yeah good point I will do something

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My Macbook Pro broke after a year (it was a hardware thing, but for 2k you expect a bit better quality?), my linux box broke a week ago (to be fair, it was 6 years old, and the CD player burnt out, thus burning out the PSU - so it wasn't Tux's fault, it was Lite-on corp or whoever makes the CD drive)


yet after a decade-ish the IBM thinkpad and the Dell Dimension still work (both XP), not perfectly, but better than the apple mac anyway.


I like Windows cos it just works, doesnt crash and allows me to be creative (im coding my website at the mo)

I use Windows because it comes with the computer and it has the most applications ready to use.

I am too old and impatient to use command line interfaces.

ruveyn

Windows xp at work, windows xp an 7 at home when playing video games, linux for the rest and finally linux on my smartphone (android ftw )

I used to have a dual partition with Windows XP on one half of the HD and a Linux build on another. The main reason for Linux was for my graduate school work which involved using Matlab, shell-scripts / command-line applications, and other software specific for viewing weather data. That drive went kaput a couple years ago and now I just have a laptop with Windows 7. I don't mind using Linux at work where there are people to help me if something gets f****d up. I don't think I could stand using it as a home OS though. I've used Macs too but I just can't seem to get used to them.

it is great that many of you have replied to this post, thank you.

As an aspie myself I get into a tiss on which OS to use, hence keeping changing my main OS over and over. I have windows xp and linux mint 12 dual boot on this machine and I am going to work on Freebsd on the other computer.

I find wow runs a lot smoother on windows naturally than linux, I am going to try wow on freebsd with linux compatibility.

I currently prefer windows 7, however it's a love hate relationship. I also have XP dual boot on the same machine and I often marvel at how much simpler it is to solve problems with XP. XP is a nice stable environment on the most part. Well back to 7, I like it, but my sound hardware doesn't. Realtek audio is a bit glitchy in 7. But no matter. I'll use any OS that's a pleasure to use and well supported.

I use Free McBoot on my playstation 2.

It's just what I have known all my life. And I have never asked myself about advantages of alternatives, simply because I do not know.

I don't think there is anything wrong with Windows because it has always been enough for me. With OSX I get that it has a nicer look, but apart from that... Depends on what you want to do, I guess. I mostly use the internet, so I am not too bothered about the Windows or not Windows question.