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Thread ID: 84646 2007-11-13 11:51:00 What Operating System do you use? MaXimus (13013) PC World Chat
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611308 2007-11-23 00:04:00 Leopard all day at work and Vista Ultimate on my notebook. Very happy with both. Also boot up WinXP via VM now and then for various reasons, mostly as a sandbox.

Are you happy with the Dock in Leopard? I see a lot of people wanting to change it to make it look like 10.4 		winmacguy (3367)
611309 2007-11-25 03:56:00 Linux - Mepis 7 - now Debian Etch base.

Gaming either native Linux apps or via Wine.

WinXP (good that it was) disappeared from my machine almost 6 months ago .... I haven't missed it :thumbs: 		Brooko (8444)
611310 2007-11-26 16:49:00 Are you happy with the Dock in Leopard? I see a lot of people wanting to change it to make it look like 10.4
Yep, the Leopard Dock is an improvement for me, especially with Stacks (www.imagef1.net.nz), but I do know that a lot of people find the Dock an unnecessary piece of eye candy. Sure its got a lot of functionality but it doesn't provide this exclusively (I'm a bit of a keyboard shortcuts fan).

Also, if there was a standard way of apps actioning a focus request (e.g. when you Cmd+Tab to an app) then I could probably live without a dock, but as far as Mac desktops go, the Dock kind of completes the look I suppose.

And since I haven't touted it here yet, QuickLook is just awesome, especially when your working with tons of files during the day. 		sal (67)
611311 2007-11-27 01:58:00 Leopard most of the time, and XP Pro via Boot Camp for watching HD DVDs.

<rant>Can SOMEONE please make a Mac HD DVD player?!</rant> 		Nermal (7077)
611312 2007-11-27 02:01:00 Leopard most of the time, and XP Pro via Boot Camp for watching HD DVDs.

<rant>Can SOMEONE please make a Mac HD DVD player?!</rant>

I'm guessing that will be in the pipeline when the Blu Ray/HD DVD war sorts itself out. 		winmacguy (3367)
611313 2007-11-27 02:21:00 Go Virtual PC!

I have these OSs and productivity suites on virtual pc (big breath)

Windows 1.0 (circa 1985) *shudders*
Windows 2.03
Windows 286
Windows 386
Windows 3.00a
Windows 3.1
Windows for Workgroups 3.1
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
Windows 95A (floppy - 13 disks)
Windows 95 B (CD)
Windows 95 B (floppy - 28 disks)
Windows 98 First edition (Floppy - 38 (disks!))
Windows 98 SE (cd)
Windows Millennium Edition
Windows NT 3.1
Windows NT 3.5 WS
Windows NT 3.51 WS
Windows NT 4.0 WS
Windows 2000 professional
Windows XP home no SPs
Windows XP Home SP1
Windows XP Home SP2
Windows XP Pro SP1
Windows XP Pro SP2
... but no Vista - yet!

Also:
MS-DOS 3.3
MS-DOS 5.0
MS-DOS 6.22
MS-DOS 7.1
Word 1.0
Word 2.0
PowerPoint 3.0
Publisher 2.0
Excel 4.0
Office 4.0, 4.3
Office 95 Std
Office 97 pro
Office 2000 Pro
Office XP Pro
Office 2003 Pro + FrontPage + OneNote+ Visio Std + Project (trials!)
Office 2007 Std

... And thats far too many virtual machines for one person ;) Takes up 51GB :) 		jwil1 (65)
611314 2007-11-27 02:55:00 :eek:

*blinks and wipes eyes*

:waughh: 		wratterus (105)
611315 2007-11-27 03:23:00 On my actual PCs I have:

WFWG 3.11
Win 95
Win 98
Win 2000

and from time to time I boot into DOS

I occasionally think about other OS options.

Cheers

Billy 8-{) 		Billy T (70)
611316 2007-11-27 03:29:00 :eek:

*blinks and wipes eyes*

:waughh:

yeah me too:eek: 		winmacguy (3367)
611317 2007-11-27 07:39:00 yeah me too:eek:

:D

And they all work too.

My personal fav is Windows 1.01. Garish bright primary colours for the interface and all capital filenames - even earned itself a place in the 10 ugliest products of all time! Click Here (pcworld.co.nz)

Can post screenshots of my virtual PCs if u want ;)

I'm sure glad I haven't got a physical PC for each virtual one I have - would run out of space in the garage... :)

Also have an old Compaq laptop (www.kolumbus.fi) - circa 1994 - still fuly functional. 75MHz 486 proc, 12MB RAM, 170MB HD, 12" screen etc etc. Runs Windows 95 (just!). No CD drive, this machine is FAR too old for that only a floppy drive :eek: 		jwil1 (65)
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