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Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => Hobbies and Recreation => Computer and Electronics => Topic started by: landbeforetimelover on July 08, 2008, 05:47:53 AM

Title: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: landbeforetimelover on July 08, 2008, 05:47:53 AM

I've used all of the above except for brown bag and windows NT.  Never found a reason to use NT.  Now, I went from MS-DOS 5.0 to windows 95 to windows 98 to windows ME to windows XP.  The jump from windows ME to windows XP was a VERY big jump and I resisted for a few weeks after it came out, but it soon became my most frequently used OS.  But ya see, there were advantages to upgrading to XP from ME.  There really aren't any advantages to upgrading to Vista so I'll wait till Windows7.

Title: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: Mumbling on July 08, 2008, 06:39:25 AM

Windows 98, ME, XP and Vista for me :)

Title: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: landbeforetimelover on July 08, 2008, 06:54:07 AM

I wanted to try brownbag, but it was so intimidating!  It looked like a code mess!  My uncle wanted to give me a shot on his old tandy desktop, but I refused.  I didn't want to screw anything up.  Of course, the fact that I was 6 years old might have something to do with that. :p

Title: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: Mumbling on July 08, 2008, 06:54:45 AM

I actually never heard of it... :p

Title: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: pokeplayer984 on July 08, 2008, 08:45:30 AM

Me and my family started with MS-Dos.  It was not long after the internet was created that we went to Windows 95.  Then we upgraded to Windows 98, Windows 2000.  Then when I first got this desktop I got my first taste of Windows XP.  Finally, a few months ago, I bought my laptop, which came with Windows Vista.

From all that experience, I'll say that Windows XP is the best. :)

Title: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: Lillefot on July 08, 2008, 10:26:26 AM

95,98, 2000, XP and Vista for me.
XP and Vista... Can't really say. Haven't made up my mind about it yet.
Comfortable with both, belive it or not.

Title: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: Kor on July 08, 2008, 12:25:30 PM

I've not heard of brownbag.  I have used:
Dos 2.11, 3.11
Windows 3.11, 95, 98, 98se, me, xp, vista
Linux [eeepc version of Xandros]

Title: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: landbeforetimelover on July 08, 2008, 06:57:08 PM

There's something wrong with those EEEPC's.  You can get them all over craigslist for $200 and less.  It seems they're not really well liked.

Title: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: Lillefot on July 08, 2008, 06:59:37 PM

I'm quite curious about Linux.
I might try it out on the PS3, just to see.
Don't know much about it anyway, could be an experience.  :rolleyes:

Title: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on July 08, 2008, 07:15:39 PM

MS-DOS was what I started out with, version 6.20 I believe, then 6.22.  I have used Windows 3.11, but upgraded to Windows 95 on my own computer - though it was a different computer, actually.  Then, moved on up to Windows 98, and Windows 98 Second Edition after that.  I stayed with that for YEARS, before finally moving to XP.  Media Center Edition is my current OS of choice...

Title: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: Kor on July 09, 2008, 01:50:14 AM

Quote from: landbeforetimelover,Jul 8 2008 on  05:57 PM

There's something wrong with those EEEPC's.  You can get them all over craigslist for $200 and less.  It seems they're not really well liked.

never heard of Craig's list, and I like mine so tough.

Title: Re: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: Littlefoot505 on July 22, 2018, 02:15:40 AM

I've used:
Windows 98, XP, Vista, 7 and 10 (also played a bit with Windows 8 and 8.1 at stores)
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite, and 10.11 El Capitan
Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark and 18.04 Bionic Beaver
Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Q4OS Linux 2.4
OpenSUSE Leap 15.0

Title: Re: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: DarkHououmon on July 22, 2018, 06:22:55 PM

Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Manjaro Linux

Title: Re: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: Metro717 on July 24, 2018, 12:18:50 PM

MS-DOS 6.22
Windows 3.11
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 2000
Windows XP (for a very long time)
Windows 7
Windows 8.1
Windows 10

Title: Re: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: Sneak on July 24, 2018, 05:00:59 PM

home PC:
Windows XP Professional (2004 - 2011)
Windows 7 (2011 - today)

my netbook:
Windows 7 (2011 - today)

University PCs:
Windows XP (2011-2015)

office PC:
Windows 7 (2015-today)

Title: Re: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: DiddyKF1 on August 08, 2018, 10:20:19 AM

Here's what I've used, over eight different computers my family has had over the years; emulators not included:

Packard Bell Legend 10CD
-MS-DOS 6.22 (1997-2001)
-Windows 3.1 (1997-2001)

Compaq Presario
-Windows 98 (1998-2018)

HP Pavilion Desktop
-Windows XP (2003-2009)

Gateway DX
-Windows Vista (2009-2016)
-Windows 7 (2013-2017)

Dell Inspiron E1505
-Windows 7 (2012-2015)

HP Notebook
-Windows 8.1 (2015-present)
-Windows 10 (2017-2018)

HP (My newest laptop)
-Windows 10 (2018-present)

Title: Re: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: Littlefoot fan 1990 on September 29, 2018, 11:21:20 PM

MS-DOS (1992-1995)
Windows 95 (1995-1998)
Windows 98 (1998-2000)
Windows Millennium (2000-2005)
Windows XP (2005-2009)
Windows Vista (2009-2014)
Windows 7 (2014-Present)

Title: Re: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: rhombus on September 29, 2018, 11:39:29 PM

IBM Ps/1 (family PC)
MS Dos 5.0 (1991-1996)

Gateway PC (family PC)
Windows 95 (1996-2001)

Custom PC (personal)
Windows 98 (2001-2005)

Dell Inspiron Laptop (personal)
Windows XP (2005-2011)

Dell XPS Desktop (personal)
Windows Vista (2010-2016)
Ubuntu 10.04 (2011-2016 - dual boot)

Custom PC (personal)
Windows 10 (2016-present)

Title: Re: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: Mumbling on September 30, 2018, 08:36:12 AM

Quote from: Mumbling on July 08, 2008, 06:39:25 AM

Windows 98, ME, XP and Vista for me :)

Since then, Windows 7 and Windows 10. Running Win10 happily since its release :)

Can't believe I ran Vista. Must've been a very short while, because I remember making the switch from XP to Win7!

Title: Re: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: RubberDucky on October 03, 2018, 06:07:25 PM

Windows XP, 7, 8 and 10, and Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Lubuntu and Arch Linux.

Title: Re: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: pokeplayer984 on October 09, 2018, 10:36:05 AM

So, from my original post, here's how things have gone since.

I have now tried Windows Vista. (Laptop where I had little other choice.  Tried not using it back then.) Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 on my current laptop.

If you wish to count Android, I've tried their 4.0 and up versions on my phone.

Title: Re: Which Operating Systems Have You Used?
Post by: ImpracticalDino on July 27, 2019, 02:49:17 PM

I have used Windows XP, Windows 7 for most of my time, and more recently Windows 10. Honestly, I really see no difference performance wise between 7 and 10, and now I have all of this stupid spyware crap on the system. I've gotten rid all of that a long time ago with the use of third party programs, manual deletion, and the change of some system settings.