What OS do you use the most?

[DrClout]

hahaha
I'm going to be optimistic and assume those are logging servers just reading BG and spreading the word of the dicks that we are to the interwebs.

[archibaldcrane]

Just thought I'd leave this here.

Actual OS usage for the people browsing BG:

Does the mobile data count people on tapatalk?

[Gustave]

Windows 8.1 for home, anyone who is still sitting on win7 and talks about how its superior I just laugh at now these days. Can't wait for a full release of Win10

I've been running W10 at home and on my work laptop since enterprise preview release. Even during the early stages I preferred it over my 8.1 at work.

Another thing, I just don't get why most OSX users in my workplace have them. 99% of the time they remote in their Windows box or Vmware View desktop (Windows).

[Ragns]

Does the mobile data count people on tapatalk?

No, these are only the people using a web browser.

[6souls]

Snow Leopard? upgrade man! most are free now!

Okay, so we are actually using Mavericks with SL being our previous OS. On the minus side, the last build our machines could handle was released a year ago.

[Kaisha]

Snow Leopard was the best. Unfortunately my Macbook Pro has gone the way of the dodo with Apple's steller egg-cooking thermal specs after five years even with a logic board replacement that they covered.

Windows 8.1 on my main rig otherwise. No real preference for OS as long as it can run what I need it to and can be navigated with the keyboard/keyboard shortcuts.

[Isiolia]

What breaks it? Offhand, stuff that can run 10.8 should be good through 10.10. 10.7 to 10.8 was the last big break in machine compatibility, due to the requiring 64-bit EFI (if nothing else).

[synistar]

I'll be frank. At work, I was browsing on XP + IE 6.0 until the company finally switched over to Win 7 shortly before support for XP ran out. That was 2012 right?

[Spicyryan]

I have always really hated Windows after messing around with Linux for the first time ~10 years ago. However since I play FFXI (Windower doesn't work in Linux, but the game does), and do some windows specific tasks I am stuck just sticking to shitty Windows. I live my Linux vicariously through my mobile devices.

While Mac is derived from Linux. I would easily rather use Windows over Mac. Soon enough I might be able to say that about Chrome OS too

[6souls]

What breaks it? Offhand, stuff that can run 10.8 should be good through 10.10. 10.7 to 10.8 was the last big break in machine compatibility, due to the requiring 64-bit EFI (if nothing else).

I can't really say as I am not fluent in Apple and our IT guys refuse to let me know the in's & out's. Primarily we run FileMaker Pro, along with some stripped down add-on s. For years we experienced chugging, but with our setup, we finally have a stable build.

[Deadgye]

Why the hell are that many people still on Windows XP? Good lord people.

Well if those stats include anonymous visitors, then I contribute to that any time I go to bg on the crappy pos pcs at my part time job.

I use W7 on my computer and laptop(that I haven't used in over a year), android on my phone, and W7 again on the computer inside my computer. I've been planing to use linux and dual boot on my main pc, but I've never gotten around to it because I'm lazy.

[Isiolia]

I can't really say as I am not fluent in Apple and our IT guys refuse to let me know the in's & out's. Primarily we run FileMaker Pro, along with some stripped down add-on s. For years we experienced chugging, but with our setup, we finally have a stable build.

Oh. Filemaker. That makes sense then >_>

While Mac is derived from Linux.

Not to be pedantic, but, BSD and NeXT based. =P

[Exander]

Windows 7 x64 until windows 10 launches in July!

[Snoctopus]

Windows 7 x64 until windows 10 launches in July!

I wish to help us get excited for Windows 10 that MS would also make 8.1 update a free download. My media center is still running 7 and I hate it... but I don't feel like spending $100 for a license that will only be for 2 months.

[Sho]

Laptop with W10 Pro Technical, but I swap HDD to Ubuntu from time to time. Gaming laptop has W8.1.

Windows 10 is going to be the new Windows XP.

[avelle]

Windows 7 for home/gaming, OSX Yosemite for work / personal dev, Linux for server stuffs. Hoping Windows 10 isn't the giant shit stain that 8 was.

[Exander]

Windows 7 for home/gaming, OSX Yosemite for work / personal dev, Linux for server stuffs. Hoping Windows 10 isn't the giant shit stain that 8 was.

I played around with the latest Build of the tech preview for 10. It was actually quite enjoyable and much better than 8.1 on every level. I have an Asus Laptop with 8.1 and I have to use Classic Shell to deal with how horrible it's set up without it. Gained 650 points testing Fire Strike on Windows 10.

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/4651061

For whatever reason it counts it in 3D Mark as Windows 8.1 but that's the tech preview score.

that was before the new recent Windows 10 Exclusive nVidia drivers.

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/4655785

Link above is performance in Windows 7.

[Niya]

Hoping Windows 10 isn't the giant shit stain that 8 was.

It has a built-in start menu, can't fail as hard as 8.x

[Spieler]

Windows 7 at home and work. I'll be upgrading the gaming rig to 10 when available.

iOS on the iPad (used for flight charts)

[Spicyryan]

Laptop with W10 Pro Technical, but I swap HDD to Ubuntu from time to time. Gaming laptop has W8.1.

Windows 10 is going to be the new Windows XP.

Windows XP will never happen again (thankfully). Especially now with Microsoft consolidating and streamlining the process.

7 is the new XP anyway.

Any office on 7 right now will be until at least 2020.