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What Operating system are you running?
Wndows 95 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Windows 98 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
2000 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
ME 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Windows XP 50%  50%  [ 4 ]
Vista 25%  25%  [ 2 ]
Mac 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Mac OS X 13%  13%  [ 1 ]
Linux 13%  13%  [ 1 ]
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Dapper Dan
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I read an article yesterday about how Microsoft will have a tough sell for Windows 7 due in part to the Vista fallout. It appears most Windows users are standing by XP and are not yet interested in "upgrading" to either Vista or Windows 7. What are you currently running? Are you considering upgrading?

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I-W
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XP Pro Service pack 2

the company i work for is waiting for windows 7 before they upgrade. they are
going to skip vista.

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JC_Corbett
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Mac! Hey, there had to be a freak among us..... :oops:
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Dapper Dan
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JC_Corbett wrote:
Mac! Hey, there had to be a freak among us..... :oops:

If using a Mac makes you a freak, what does that say about us Linux users? :lol:

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palomino
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uhhh well, we wont go there.....LOL :lol:

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I-W
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isn't mac os now based off of linux?

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I-W wrote:
isn't mac os now based off of linux?

Not exactly. Both derive from Unix like systems. The Linux kernel was created from scratch by Linus Torvalds and was based on Minix which in turn "mimicked" Unix. Mac is now based on a version of Unix that was created at Berkley called Free BSB. So they are are both in the Unix family but different. It was a very astute decision on Steve Jobs part to move Mac into the Unix sphere as has given it a far wider range of capabilities. The new Mac OS X is awesome!

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thanks for that bit of knowledge. :)

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Dapper Dan wrote:
I-W wrote:
isn't mac os now based off of linux?

Not exactly. Both derive from Unix like systems. The Linux kernel was created from scratch by Linus Torvalds and was based on Minix which in turn "mimicked" Unix. Mac is now based on a version of Unix that was created at Berkley called Free BSB. So they are are both in the Unix family but different. It was a very astute decision on Steve Jobs part to move Mac into the Unix sphere as has given it a far wider range of capabilities. The new Mac OS X is awesome!


Whew....now that was over my head by a bunch... :P

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You're a pretty accepting bunch. Most computer people, when I tell them I use a Mac, look at me as though I just admitted to downloading midget porn. No, I don't. :lol:
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