What version of Windows do you use?

[Hemdian]

I'm writing some software for Traveller and I want to know what version of Windows do people use?

(Obveously this question is directed at Windows users. This is not a snub to those who prefer Macs, Linux, C64, or whatever. Please don't turn this into a Windows bashing thread.)

 

[Zparkz]

I use Vista, but has a free upgrade to Win7 when it comes out. Thus I will have Win7 at the end of the year.

 

[aramis]

Win XP SP2 under Parallels.
WINE (once I get it running again.)

 

[Brian Blank]

I'm still using Windows XP Professional for most of my needs. I also have Windows 7 loaded and from what I've seen so far I like it.

I'll keep bouncing back and forth between the two for quite some time I would imagine.

 

[BlackBat242]

Win XP SP2

Same here.

 

[Icosahedron]

I generally upgrade for two reasons:

1. If there is some software/hardware I want that simply won't run on my current system (which annoys me no end, so any such software/hardware would have to be really, really important to me, or more likely I would have to build up a wish list over a number of years until it reached avalanche point).

2. If the battery on my mother board gives out, the bios crashes and the OS won't let me put my HDD into a new machine. (The boycott-worthy curse of XP+).

I really hate software and OS that try to dictate to me. I only upgraded from 95 because USB became a necessity...

 

[Border Reiver]

Won't let that Malware anywhere near my system. If I need to use a windows app I'll use a variant on the WINE build (Crossover for Mac or TRiX)

 

[Vargas]

I use XP Professional mainly because I use Word and Outlook a good deal and don't want to have to relearn them in the dreaded 2007 versions.

 

[FreeTrav]

I currently use XP SP3; I have one computer with Media Center Edition and one with Pro. I also have a VM running Server 2003 Enterprise, but I won't be running user programs on that.

I am expecting to add Windows 7 to the mix, but I am uncertain at this point whether I will be going for 7/32 or 7/64.

 

[Andrew Boulton]

Vista x64 now, W7 x64 (probably dual boot x32) soonish.

 

[coliver988]

running a 5 year old machine that went from 98 to XP Pro, SP3. It still does everything I need for home & work. Eventually I will probably get a new computer but that is probably a few years off: until this one stops working I can't see a valid reason for upgrades (and obviously I'm not a computer gamer). VS2005 is the 'biggest' program I run and it handles that just fine.

 

[BlackBat242]

running a 5 year old machine that went from 98 to XP Pro, SP3.

FreeTrav, Coliver... your computers work?

I know a guy who does IT support for a living (direct for his company and other employees, not in a call-in center), and his instructions for installing Windows XP start with "Never, ever, install SP3... if you want your computer to work!".

 

[FreeTrav]

As a matter of fact, yes they do - SP3 is the best of the XP runs. And I do IT support for a living as well, and am directly responsible for ... quick count, about 300 workstations at six locations, which is about maybe 5% of my organization's total number of deployed workstations, all connected to a MS ActiveDirectory domain.

At any given moment, if I do a spotcheck of our trouble-ticket board, we will have maybe 30 open trouble tickets enterprise-wide. And yesterday, there were NONE in my area of responsibility.

Yeah, XP SP3 works. Damn well.

I wouldn't touch Vista, however, with a ten-foot pole. Windows 7 is what Vista SHOULD have been.

 

[Icosahedron]

running a 5 year old machine that went from 98 to XP Pro, SP3. It still does everything I need for home & work. Eventually I will probably get a new computer but that is probably a few years off: until this one stops working I can't see a valid reason for upgrades (and obviously I'm not a computer gamer). VS2005 is the 'biggest' program I run and it handles that just fine.

Yay, put it there, mate. <does a high five> If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

[coliver988]

FreeTrav, Coliver... your computers work?

I know a guy who does IT support for a living (direct for his company and other employees, not in a call-in center), and his instructions for installing Windows XP start with "Never, ever, install SP3... if you want your computer to work!".

you always hear the horror stories, but I've a pretty vanilla system. I'm senior programmer (ok, the ONLY programmer other than web guys!) for a CLEC/ISP and I've never had issues with Windows. And this 5 year old machine has had a LOT of crap loaded/unloaded on it, but I've never even reformatted the drive & reloaded the OS. The OS upgrades were (gasp!) in-line updates, not clean installs. It just works for me and the multitude of programs I do run on it (VPN, telnet, VS, no real games). Heck - my old Windows 3.1 machine sitting next to me still booted up last year when I needed a file from it, and that is a 10+ year old machine (I seem to upgrade every 7-8 years). This computer is on 24/7 as well, only getting turned off if I'm gone more than a few days. And it still runs well, although I do usually reboot at least once a month or so.

So say what you will, if it ain't broke it don't need fixing. While the eye candy of Win7 & Leopard (and some of the Linux distros as well) look nice, I use my computer for actual working 90% of the time (the other 10% apparently looking at Traveller web sites!) and it does what I need it to.

 

[kafka47]

Currently using Linux Windows Emulator. So none of the above...

 

[mbrinkhues]

Windows XP currently on all boxes privat and on the job. Will upgrade to Windows-7 with the next box around late 2010/early 2011.

No Penguins here, the stains are to hard to get out of the carpet.

 

[PFVA63]

Hi

I selected Vista since I have a dual boot Vista-Ultra x64/Vista-Home x32 set up on my main computer, but I also use XP-Tablet on my Tablet, and I still have an older machine running Vista-Home as well.

Regards

PF

 

[Blue Ghost]

Hmph. I don't see any Win 3.1, Win 95 or Win 98 listed. What's the world coming to?

 

[Icosahedron]

Hmph. I don't see any Win 3.1, Win 95 or Win 98 listed. What's the world coming to?

Well, if these state-of-the-art programmers will keep writing software that won't run on the older systems, because Billy No-Mates keeps writing new systems that are incompatible with what's gone before, what can you do?