Simviation Forum - What Operating System Do You Use?

May 8^th, 2011 at 2:15am

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I still use Windows XP (laugh if you want). So what OS do you use?

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Reply #1 - May 8^th, 2011 at 2:29am

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I'm not laughing. If I could, I would still be using XP. But unfortunately, XP won't run my 64bit 4 core. I've learned to cope with 7, but I don't like it as well as I did XP. Microsoft has never,

IMHO, done it right since XP or between Win 3.1 and XP, with the possible exception of 95. I had ME for a while, but it had problems too. I don't understand why they feel they have to

change the interface so much every time they come out with a new one. Why couldn't they have just updated XP to work with 64 bit 4 core systems and left the rest as it was?

But I'm an old fogey and they don't consider folks like me. They are trying to sell to all you young folks, especially the ones running Macs. Roll Eyes

Believe it or not, I miss the days of running 3.1 and DOS.

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Reply #2 - May 8^th, 2011 at 2:40am

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Ohh... I feel so left out over here in Linux Land. Embarrassed

GNU/Linux for those picky people out there.

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Reply #3 - May 8^th, 2011 at 2:43am

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charlesed wrote on May 8^th, 2011 at 2:40am:

Ohh... I feel so left out over here in Linux Land. Embarrassed

GNU/Linux for those picky people out there.

Oh, sorry. I have added Linux now.

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Reply #4 - May 8^th, 2011 at 2:52am

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F35LightningII wrote on May 8^th, 2011 at 2:43am:

Oh, sorry. I have added Linux now.

Ah, I was just playing. Thanks for adding it.

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Reply #5 - May 8^th, 2011 at 2:59am

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Not laughing here either. When I purchased my new PC a few months ago my friendly 'puter man installed my old XP on it at no extra charge. This saved me the expense of purchasing a new OS which I didn't want & also the hassles of learning to use it. Cool

Some people seem to have more than their fair share of problems running the MS sims on Win7. I'm disappointed in a way as I would have liked to try it for myself to see if it's as bad as they make out.

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Reply #6 - May 8^th, 2011 at 5:12am

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XP all the way

my main desktop PC has XP 32bit
my mac book has mac (obviously)
and my laptop has win 7 64bit

xp is soo easy to use and way better than 7
but 7 does have some good features that XP doesnt
even still i like XP better and its my preferred OS

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Reply #7 - May 8^th, 2011 at 8:20am

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Windows 7, 64 bit.

best,

..........john

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Reply #8 - May 8^th, 2011 at 8:52am

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I use Vista.

XP is old, outdated, and somewhat unsafe nowadays.

I've only used 7 on my Dad's laptop, and it was fine, but I just didn't particularly like it.

Vista isn't without problems, but I prefer it to the other two. I just think 7 is the start of a long line of operating systems which is trying to move away from how older Windows OSs looked and worked, and I always liked that style.

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Reply #9 - May 8^th, 2011 at 2:36pm

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Flightsim machine: Win7
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Win XP Pro, Home, win 200 and suse linux

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Reply #10 - May 8^th, 2011 at 3:32pm

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I'm trying to get a few more miles on my XP pro before I trade it in.

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Reply #11 - May 8^th, 2011 at 4:41pm

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I'm running XP Pro SP3 on my Sim machine
Had Vista on my Laptop & hated it, went to Win 7 64 on that one.

I've reinstalled XP Pro on several customer machines, seems you can't beat a stable winner. Wink

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Reply #12 - May 8^th, 2011 at 9:06pm

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XP is old, outdated, and somewhat unsafe nowadays.

but still Xp its winning this poll , I can swallow win7 I bought it for my son's PC because I rather xp (I wouldn't want vista even if they give it free Grin

),but I acknowledge the things run faster in w7 Cool

W7 is the same VISTA but fixed ..right?

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Reply #13 - May 9^th, 2011 at 8:53am

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XP on all three. What can I say, I just like using software that I can count on. Wink

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Reply #14 - May 9^th, 2011 at 10:03pm

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Bought a new computer in mid March, Win07, after 7.5 years of XP. I was able to load up my XP software OK, and tracked down a copy of Excel 2002 as I really do not like the new Excel format at all.

FS09 runs just great on it, great frames, no probs whatsoever, but mainly, I think, because the new sys is super fast with lots of memory.

Win07 is OK, I got used to it quickly, no real probs, has a few quirks, you get used to it, but I think XP is a somewhat better format and also a bit easier to use.

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Reply #15 - May 11^th, 2011 at 12:03am

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I dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu (linux distro).

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Reply #16 - May 14^th, 2011 at 1:11am

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I use Microsoft Windows Xp Home edition and I like it.

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Reply #17 - May 23^rd, 2011 at 2:23pm

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alrot wrote on May 8^th, 2011 at 9:06pm:

but still Xp its winning this poll

It's also the oldest of the options, which means it has had longer to gain popularity. Not to mention, a lot of people don't bother upgrading (a trend I've noticed on SimV - If people are happy with their rigs, they typically stay there. Only a select few are about getting the latest and greatest)

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Reply #18 - May 23^rd, 2011 at 2:31pm

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machineman9 wrote on May 23^rd, 2011 at 2:23pm:

alrot wrote on May 8^th, 2011 at 9:06pm:

but still Xp its winning this poll

It's also the oldest of the options, which means it has had longer to gain popularity. Not to mention, a lot of people don't bother upgrading (a trend I've noticed on SimV - If people are happy with their rigs, they typically stay there. Only a select few are about getting the latest and greatest)

From what I've been reading, Windows 8 is already in beta testing. Aero, rumour has it that 8 is to use 64 bit and possibly 128 bit, and Aero Light addresses 32 bit. (Rumour of course)

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Reply #19 - Jun 25^th, 2011 at 7:44pm

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I'm using Win7 x64 on all my computers here. It's generally fast, it's good-looking, and overall it's not a bother.

I switched my second laptop over to 7 this week also, because I've found that XP has no native support for WPA2 Wi-fi encryption... It wouldn't connect to the net over at my GF's place... So I upped it to 7.

The worst thing about 7 to me, is that MS decided to scrap the very entertaining Space Cader Pinball Game by Maxis for that god-awful Purble Place thing. Wink

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Reply #20 - Jun 25^th, 2011 at 7:47pm

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HarvesteR wrote on Jun 25^th, 2011 at 7:44pm:

The worst thing about 7 to me, is that MS decided to scrap the very entertaining Space Cader Pinball Game by Maxis for that god-awful Purble Place thing. Wink

I agree. Pinball never gets old! Cheesy

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Reply #21 - Jun 25^th, 2011 at 8:01pm

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I much prefer windows 7, better for sim and better in general IMHO. but using vista now. 7 cost money i dont have:)

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Reply #22 - Jun 25^th, 2011 at 9:24pm

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IronHand wrote on Jun 25^th, 2011 at 8:01pm:

I much prefer windows 7, better for sim and better in general IMHO. but using vista now. 7 cost money i dont have:)

I used to run Windows7.....had a PC catastrophy.........the manufacturer wanted to charge me 145 bucks to restore my operating system.......even though the PC was still under warranty......no more Windows 7 for me.....back to Vista........keep those disks around Wink

It is probably a combination of many factors, but it seems like I've had fewer problems with Vista than I did with 7 as far as FSX goes

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Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"

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Reply #23 - Jun 25^th, 2011 at 9:32pm

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CHUCK79 wrote on Jun 25^th, 2011 at 9:24pm:

IronHand wrote on Jun 25^th, 2011 at 8:01pm:

I much prefer windows 7, better for sim and better in general IMHO. but using vista now. 7 cost money i dont have:)

It is probably a combination of many factors, but it seems like I've had fewer problems with Vista than I did with 7 as far as FSX goes

That's not surprising. FSX isn't really compatible with Windows 7.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/Details.aspx?type...

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Reply #24 - Jul 29^th, 2011 at 8:23am

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I am still using Windows XP SP2....
and even i didn't ever felt the need of switching to any advanced version.. Wink

Cheers..!

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Reply #25 - Aug 29^th, 2011 at 6:35am

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Yes right even I haven't think like that, I am also using Windows XP only!!! In windows 7, I felt there is too much problem in compatibility.Because most of the software's like TC are not working on it!! May be Xp is old but i think it is the best!!

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