spirit_of_town_hall Posted June 17, 2002 Report Share Posted June 17, 2002 Hi there guys just wondering which operating system you guys thought was the best in terms of reliability and consistency. STH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danish30 Posted June 18, 2002 Report Share Posted June 18, 2002 Impossible to answer, it all depends on you needs, budget and religion. Best regards, Danish30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 18, 2002 Report Share Posted June 18, 2002 The one I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALHOLK Posted June 18, 2002 Report Share Posted June 18, 2002 Hi! Of the operating systems I have used VMS is by far the best. 15 years ago it outperformed anything that MicroShaft sell today. Unfortunately there aren't so many computers it will run on today. Appart from that I would say it depends largely on what you are going to with it and how computer savy you are. I personally find stable Linus distributions to be much better than Win9x and at least as good as Windows2000. Hoowever i think it does palce a certain demand on your knowledge of Unix-like systems to run a Linux OS. regards ALHOLK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straycat Posted June 18, 2002 Report Share Posted June 18, 2002 Whatever that gets the job done :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 18, 2002 Report Share Posted June 18, 2002 Ask adikgede.... To answer your query. In reply to: Hi there guys just wondering which operating system you guys thought was the best in terms of reliability and consistency. Reliability and consistency? UNIX. Why? Most of Microsoft's website are run on UNIX servers, for stability of course. For the average homo sapien? Apple's OS X. Why? It's core is BSD UNIX with training wheels. What do I use? Both. But primarily win xp pro since most of my apps are for wintels. For basic email, websurfing, and mild photoshop stuff I use OS X. Linux is not really a contender for "average" folks since the high learning curve. Plus, hardware support/drivers are lacking. The least painful installation for Linux would be the latest Mandrake distro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soongmak Posted June 18, 2002 Report Share Posted June 18, 2002 This might not be the popular answer, but I am very happy with windows XP. Before that I used windows 98 SE and windows 95, both crashed repeatedly. Sofar, I have had no crashes on windows XP. The only problem I have had sofar, were some individual programs that crashed, but I never had to reboot the computer or lost anything in other programs I was working on simultaneously. It is also very userfriendly and solved many of the little annoyances I had with the former OS'es. If you're only semi computer literate like me, I can really recommend it. Cheers, soongmak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 18, 2002 Report Share Posted June 18, 2002 For me Windows XP is the best by a mile!!! My computer background: semi-literate (compared to the general population) computer user, main uses: frequent web-browsing, word processing, powerpoint presentations, statistical analysis, CD-ROM books, storing and minimal manipulation of digital photos, downloading/storing MP3's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 18, 2002 Report Share Posted June 18, 2002 I agree. I may qualify as semi computer literate (barely). I have WIN98 on my desktop, which was my 1st and only OS until I got a laptop with XP so you know where I?m coming from. I'm in love with my laptop/XP. I'd be a content man if only it could cook and had a..........never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJsushi Posted June 18, 2002 Report Share Posted June 18, 2002 I would say that it depends on what type of software you plan on using currently and in the future. I personally use XP pro allows me to use certain applications that I couldn't use on Win2000. XP is still a little buggy and I have crashed a couple of times but I use a lot of different apps. I'm not complining since mine is a crack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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