Which Operating System Do You Use?

witek · May 17th, 2009, 10:51 PM

Looks like I'll really have to check W7 out. Is it hard to get a key for it? It is probably a stupid question. Will it make any difference if I'd start on W7 programs that are already installed on my Vista HDD in performance I mean? It won't, will it?

SpectatorX · May 17th, 2009, 11:03 PM

Since few months usually windows 7 x64, but to do test of creative x-fi mx extreme gamer sound card (0730) i installed windows xp x64 becouse it has hardware audio acceleration, vista/7 doesn't have it and sound at them sucks! From time to time i test new versions of ubuntu x64.

zme-ul · May 18th, 2009, 07:57 AM

spectator, you can use alchemy to transform direct3d sound into openal

SpectatorX · May 18th, 2009, 08:55 AM

Now i can't becouse i had this x-fi for few days only :-) And OpenAL works only with short list of applications so my integrated audio sucks at vista/7 and is not so bad on xp and all pre-vista windows'.

Cannyone · May 18th, 2009, 06:15 PM

I'm using Vista 32 bit, because XP drivers for a previous motherboard did not support SATA ROM drives. After that Vista was installed on my secondary system so we could get a software package for an HP color laserjet All-In-One to work. And my sister's laptop had Vista. Thus it became apparent that for our network to work consistently, I needed to stick with Vista.

Now I heard that Windows 7 was supposed to be superior to Vista in a number of ways. But I don't have time for clean installs lately, and my attempt to "upgrade" my system to the Windows 7 RC failed. So it seems I'm stuck with Vista, at least until the end of the year. Still I'm not convinced that Windows 7 will be some "huge leap" forward... All I know is that it no longer makes sense to revert to Windows XP.

IModIntel · May 19th, 2009, 05:42 AM

I now use my desktop PC almost exclusively for gaming, running Windows Vista x64 Business, I'll make the switch to Windows 7 when it goes RTM and not before.

For pretty much everything else besides gaming, I now use Mac OS X.

AfterLife · May 22nd, 2009, 06:59 AM

Vista 64 here. Seems to be ok now after I installed the SP2 but I would like it to be alittle more faster. Windows 7 is good but in the version I tried they had taken out the classic startup which I dint like.

mirecek1965 · May 22nd, 2009, 07:32 AM

From 7100 RC x64 i stick with it. Max satisfied and dont have any probs, compat or drivers :-)

Zamoldac · May 25th, 2009, 10:56 PM

just made the switch to w7 and so far so good

Wougz · May 26th, 2009, 01:22 AM

well i use, vista 64. win32 sadly doesn't support 4go...
I think i'll try w7, with all good comment than you said about it. i must check it out !