Computer Survey

[Minor Axis]

What kind of computer do you own and what OS do you run? I own 2 Macs and 1PC but don't really use the PC any more. If you are curious about Bootcamp, it is Apple's utility that allows you to install Windows on your Mac computer and run programs natively. See the poll.

 

[retro]

self-built PC running Windows 7

 

[Tuffdisc]

Should be a multiple choice one, where I could choose windows 7 and Linux, one being a laptop, the other being homebuilt

 

[retro]

self-built PC running Windows 7

oh, and a Gateway laptop running Windows 7 as well

 

[Peter Parka]

Windows Vista

 

[Guyzerr]

Self-built PC running XP

 

[edgray]

Mac OS X 10.6 on 2, 10.4 on another.

 

[RandomDude]

I have ubuntu

 

[Francis]

New Laptrop has Windows 7
Old Laptop has XP
Older PC Has Trays on it of which one has XP Pro and the other has Ubuntu so I can switch operating systems.

 

[TGLucario475]

I'm currently using Windows Vista, but I want to downgrade to XP.

 

[itsmeJonB]

Windows 7

used Mac in college for about a year, not as great as every fan boy makes it out to be

 

[Kyle B]

Windows 7

used Mac in college for about a year, not as great as every fan boy makes it out to be

I agree. In our house, we have three computers with Windows and one mac. I wouldn't be surprised if this is due to the fact that I've used Windows for so long, but I've found macs to be much less user-friendly.

 

[edgray]

Out of interest, how would you say a mac isn't user friendly??

 

[Kyle B]

Out of interest, how would you say a mac isn't user friendly??

For one, I had an impossible time trying to figure out how to access the internet. Apparently the web browser on mac is called Safari, which I thought at first glance, was anything but an internet browser.

 

[itsmeJonB]

Out of interest, how would you say a mac isn't user friendly??

we can start with deleting, or savnig a file to the desktop

 

[Natasha]

I'm on Windows 7. Me likey!!!

 

[Minor Axis]

For one, I had an impossible time trying to figure out how to access the internet. Apparently the web browser on mac is called Safari, which I thought at first glance, was anything but an internet browser.

Very weak, dude.

we can start with deleting, or savnig a file to the desktop

Oh, please, come up with a real reason. There is absolutely nothing hard about saving to the desktop or deleting from said on a Mac.

Windows 7

used Mac in college for about a year, not as great as every fan boy makes it out to be

What version of Windows was out then? If it was XP, XP was a huge mess compared to the stability of the MacOS. As I understand even 7 still has a registry, one of the largest Achilles heals of computing ever created.

 

[Azazel]

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[edgray]

For one, I had an impossible time trying to figure out how to access the internet. Apparently the web browser on mac is called Safari, which I thought at first glance, was anything but an internet browser.

well that's nothing to do with user friendliness, just a misunderstanding of apps!

we can start with deleting, or savnig a file to the desktop

to delete a file you can: drag it to trash, hit cmd + delete, or select file and go File > Move to Trash.

Saving a file to the desktop? File > Save will do it... easy peasy

 

[edgray]