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#1 ETHANATOR360

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Posted 18 May 2013 - 09:50 PM

whats your favorite os? i prefer windows 7 and android (because i love java) altough i do also use ubuntu

#2 Grim Reaper

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Posted 18 May 2013 - 09:51 PM

Out of all of the operating systems that I've used, I personally like Windows 8 the best.

#3 ETHANATOR360

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Posted 18 May 2013 - 09:54 PM

wow really? i thought metro UI was terrible and cluttered although i do like the live feed icons but i guess thats an opinion

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Posted 18 May 2013 - 10:01 PM

I keep my start screen fairly clean and anything use on a daily basis is in my task bar when I switch to the desktop.
Here are screenshots of both:

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Posted 18 May 2013 - 10:06 PM

Linux Mint FTW. It's way faster than other distros, uses less resources, is stable, has a nice set of default programs, and manages to have that nice balance between customizability, attractiveness, and lightweight-ness.

And yeah, W8 isn't really that bad. It's better than 7 imo. I prefer more simplistic interfaces and themes. I refer to both the Metro UI and the desktop theme. Plus, having an updated version of windows is generally better in the longrun for software compatibility and support.

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Posted 18 May 2013 - 10:17 PM

i just never liked leaving the desktop to launch a program

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Posted 18 May 2013 - 10:40 PM

This cannot end well...

#8 Pharap

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Posted 18 May 2013 - 10:43 PM

I use Windows 7. I have seen Windows 8 and while I like the new window border, I haven't seen enough of it to make me get it. I don't hate it, I just don't think what I've seen of it warrants spending the money when 7 is still good.

Never used any form of Unix system and I'm unlikely to any time soon. It's not that I don't like them, it's just that It would be too much effort and right now I have more important things to do. Plus I don't want to have to run C# through Mono or get the Linux versions of the programs I have, it's just effort.

I will use Linux someday when I can afford a better computer for my main stuff and a secondary netbook for Linux.

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Posted 18 May 2013 - 10:46 PM

OSX!They rule

#10 Pharap

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Posted 18 May 2013 - 10:55 PM

View PostETHANATOR360, on 18 May 2013 - 09:50 PM, said:

whats your favorite os? i prefer windows 7 and android (because i love java) altough i do also use ubuntu
Out of interest, did you know that technically android doesn't actually run Java bytecode?
So it could in theory run code written in any language.

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Posted 18 May 2013 - 10:57 PM

I have a MacBook Pro, and it crashes. The video card is ok, but I also have a HP Touchsmart TX2 with Windows 7, and apart from the video card, it's amazing.

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Posted 18 May 2013 - 11:58 PM

Windows 8 only works on tablets/smartphones/touch screen devices. Ios sucks and Linux is cool. Ubuntu is weird.

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Posted 19 May 2013 - 12:02 AM

View PostEnderbane, on 18 May 2013 - 11:58 PM, said:

Windows 8 only works on tablets/smartphones/touch screen devices. Ios sucks and Linux is cool. Ubuntu is weird.

Wish my 10.04 disk is still there

#14 Pharap

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Posted 19 May 2013 - 12:14 AM

Can we make a "you must give reasons for liking|disliking things, not just fanboy|hate over them" rule?

#15 Kingdaro

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Posted 19 May 2013 - 12:18 AM

View PostEnderbane, on 18 May 2013 - 11:58 PM, said:

Windows 8 only works on tablets/smartphones/touch screen devices. Ios sucks and Linux is cool. Ubuntu is weird.
W8 works better wihout a touchscreen than with, actually. I still don't know why people say this.

#16 Grim Reaper

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Posted 19 May 2013 - 12:31 AM

View PostPharap, on 19 May 2013 - 12:14 AM, said:

Can we make a "you must give reasons for liking|disliking things, not just fanboy|hate over them" rule?

That and, unfortunately, internet forums are often not places in which people recognize the universal law of "to each his" own when it comes to preferences and other subjective matters.
Dat internet.

#17 Pharap

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Posted 19 May 2013 - 01:05 AM

View PostGrim Reaper, on 19 May 2013 - 12:31 AM, said:

View PostPharap, on 19 May 2013 - 12:14 AM, said:

Can we make a "you must give reasons for liking|disliking things, not just fanboy|hate over them" rule?

That and, unfortunately, internet forums are often not places in which people recognize the universal law of "to each his" own when it comes to preferences and other subjective matters.
Dat internet.


I would hope that everyone here is just about civilised enough to accept such a rule if the thread creator instated it as a rule.

I'm being optimistic about human nature for once, I say we allow the rule on those grounds alone lol

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Posted 19 May 2013 - 01:20 AM

Personally I do prefer anything UNIX, but due to the nature of work I perform OS X is definitely my OS of choice.

View PostKingdaro, on 18 May 2013 - 10:06 PM, said:

And yeah, W8 isn't really that bad. It's better than 7 imo.
It is much better imo too. It uses way less resources, Windows Aero was something that shouldn't have lasted as long as it did.

View PostPharap, on 18 May 2013 - 10:55 PM, said:

So it could in theory run code written in any language.
Well it would need a runtime for any language that isn't C/C++, just like Java running through the Dalvik runtime.

#19 M4sh3dP0t4t03

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Posted 19 May 2013 - 01:31 AM

I prefer OSX/Linux because they are UNIX systems. Also for OSX there is xCode, which is my favourite IDE. I still use windows a lot, but most times more for gaming than development.

#20 Pharap

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Posted 19 May 2013 - 03:09 AM

View Posttheoriginalbit, on 19 May 2013 - 01:20 AM, said:

View PostPharap, on 18 May 2013 - 10:55 PM, said:

So it could in theory run code written in any language.
Well it would need a runtime for any language that isn't C/C++, just like Java running through the Dalvik runtime.

And therein lies the 'in theory' part of my statement.
Although if someone made a bytecode translator, they could make other languages or bytecode convert to Dalvik bytecode (obviously permitting for missing features such as function pointers, unless the Dalvik VM can emulate their functionality. Last time I checked, it couldn't).





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