Operating System poll - Page 2

NTJedi · #11 December 2nd, 2006, 09:26 PM

I dual boot and even triple boot with different operating systems... most dual boots and triple boots are with the MS operating systems.

PashaDawg · #12 December 3rd, 2006, 12:07 AM

Hey! I am have a Mac, and I am well under 50.

I got a Mac for the sake of trying something new, even though I like games a lot. I like my Mac a lot, but I don't have many of games for it because there are very few good games that come out for Macs. That's ok. I save money that way.

I wonder if Macs were a 50 yo & up thing because they were too expensive. Prices are lower now. How old is that research?

Uh-Nu-Buh · #13 December 3rd, 2006, 01:15 AM

The Mac demographic research was just brought to light in the last week. I think it was done in the last 6 months. Check Slashdot for an article this last week. Most people are guessing it is because of prices and cash availability....

Kristoffer O · #14 December 3rd, 2006, 05:13 AM

Mac is also used by developers under 50 who likes to make games for those over 50

PhilD · #15 December 3rd, 2006, 07:58 AM

More and more of my colleagues (computer science lab and engineering school) use MacOS, apparently. Others use mostly Linux (and system administrators love them for it, since it's apparently soooo much easier to administer lots of Linux machines than lots of Windows machines). Oh, and those MacOS users I'm thinking of are under 50, too.

Personally, I use Linux for anything serious, and Windows for anything that I can't make work on Linux (which included Dom3 until I recently reinstalled a newer Linux distribution, which let me get past the "graphics works slow as hell" problem).

Agrajag · #16 December 3rd, 2006, 09:44 AM

Well, I have to have Windows for all my computer games to work.
I can't dual boot linux because I can't spare any space on my hard disk (its almost permenantly filled).

So yeah, single boot Windows, how dull.

Chacal · #17 December 5th, 2006, 05:23 PM

Well, a triple install ; Windows, Linux, Dos on desktop and Linux and Windows on laptop.

I keep Dos for playing around some very old games (Mofm, Xcom, Dungeon Master, Doom ,Civ I, Tie-Fighter, Monkeiy Island I&II etc, and some autoexec.bat and config.sys editing... I know i know, DosBox do it better.

Gandalf Parker · #18 December 5th, 2006, 05:39 PM

Yes Gandalf is really my name (well technically a middle name but I go by it)

I think that the surveys on Mac reflect the fact that many people use Macs when they want a computer that will let them do all of the usual computer things without alot of experimentation into other things (and therefore a whole let less headaches). So in my experience I see two large groups. Grandparents who want to keep up with the family online. And SysAdmins who have enough computer headaches in their life without running into crap when they just want to type something or connect to a problem machine.

I really got to get myself that mac)

Agrajag · #19 December 5th, 2006, 06:08 PM

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Gandalf Parker said:
Yes Gandalf is really my name (well technically a middle name but I go by it)

Hehe, I can't wait until enough time passes so that I'll see people with middle names such as: Guybrush, Threepwod, Marley, LeChuck, Zaphod, Beeblebrox, Agrajag, Prefect, Slartibartfast, Stavro, Mula, Bowagger (or was it Wowbagger?) or countless other amusing references

reverend · #20 December 5th, 2006, 07:08 PM

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Agrajag said:
Hehe, I can't wait until enough time passes so that I'll see people with middle names such as: Guybrush, Threepwod, Marley, LeChuck, Zaphod, Beeblebrox, Agrajag, Prefect, Slartibartfast, Stavro, Mula, Bowagger (or was it Wowbagger?) or countless other amusing references

That would be Wowbagger (the Infinitely Prolonged).

And I would actually accept bets on Stavro Mueller (or M�ller). It's a common German last name.