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Which OS

AndyPix
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edited 5 August 2016 at 2:09PM in Techie Stuff
After many discussions on this and other boards regarding the merits (or lack of) of upgrading to Windows 10, I though it would be interesting to see what percentage of users are on what Operating system , So please vote below :)

What OS are you running on your main machine ?? 100 votes

Windows 10 (Chosen)
50% 50 votes
Windows 10 (Forced on me)
4% 4 votes
Windows 7
22% 22 votes
Windows Vista
2% 2 votes
Windows XP
7% 7 votes
Linux variation
15% 15 votes
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  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    Win 10 latest update .
    + Android .

    Linux deleted many times over the years .
    Apple not willing to pay the price or be told you cannot do that .
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    There's no dual-boot option ... I have Win10 Home and Linux Mint.
  • hawkeye9999
    hawkeye9999 Posts: 55 Forumite
    What about Windows 8/8.1
  • AndyPix
    AndyPix Posts: 4,847 Forumite
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    Win 10 all round for me .. Fresh install on my home machine (rather than upgrade) and the new XPS i use at work came without the usual windows 7 "downgrade" so i thought id give it a try in the corperate environment ..


    So far im liking it and its caused no issues with any existing netowrk infrastructure / bespoke apps :)


    I do use Kali Linux on a laptop for pen testing though and i agree with your Apple comments wholehearteldy :)
  • AndyPix
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    hawkeye9999 wrote: »
    What about Windows 8/8.1


    Dam, totally forgot about 8 !! I think my mind has removed that memory as it is too distressing !!
  • AndyPix
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    bod1467 wrote: »
    There's no dual-boot option ... I have Win10 Home and Linux Mint.


    :) Vote for the one you would class as your "main" OS
  • Baby_Angel
    Baby_Angel Posts: 540 Forumite
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    Old home Laptop - Vista
    Main home Laptop - Windows 7
    Home Laptop - Windows 8
    Office Machine - Linux centos
    SPC 08 - #452 - £415
    SPC 09 - #452 - £298
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
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    Windows 8, Windows 8.1 on a VM, Windows Server 2008 R2 on my 'main dev VM'

    Sons laptop is on Win 10 (We upgraded from Vista)
  • Baby_Angel
    Baby_Angel Posts: 540 Forumite
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    ringo_24601 wrote: »
    Sons laptop is on Win 10 (We upgraded from Vista)

    How did you manage that? I couldn't figure out how. It said something along the lines, that the free upgrade wasn't available for Vista. Did you pay for the upgrade?
    SPC 08 - #452 - £415
    SPC 09 - #452 - £298
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    AndyPix wrote: »
    :) Vote for the one you would class as your "main" OS

    I already did ... just letting you know that your poll is flawed. ;)
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