Do you use Windows Mac Linux Chrome OS or other device

RIGHTisRIGHT

I gave up using PCs years ago the last one I had was using Widows Vista.
I got fed up virus scans and disk defragmentation.
I use Mac so I have never used Windows 8 or 10.
On my last Mac I had Windows 7 installed on a disc partition but I deleted it because whenever I used it loads of updates were waiting.
Not an Apple fan as such I will only use a Samsung or HTC phone.

For me I use the computer for watching movies and playing music a bit of Youtube some message boards and email that is it.

So my question is what kind of device are you using to post on boards and how hassle free an experience does it provide?

Is Windows 10 a pain free experience these days?
Are the days of nasty porn filled pop ups gone?

tuxy

When you say Mac or PC do you really mean OS X or Windows?

RIGHTisRIGHT

tuxy wrote: »

When you say Mac or PC do you really mean Mac or Windows?

Yes.

tuxy

What about Linux,Chrome OS ect.....

RIGHTisRIGHT

tuxy wrote: »

What about Linux,Chrome OS ect.....

By all means if you have experience of them please share.

I was thinking of getting a Chrome book a while back.
Seeing as Google have a Movie service just like Itunes.

Ruu

Just upgraded to Windows 95.

RIGHTisRIGHT

Ruu wrote: »

Just upgraded to Windows 95.

You need one hell of a power house computer to run that.

RIGHTisRIGHT

RIGHTisRIGHT wrote: »

I gave up using PCs years ago the last one I had was using Widows Vista.
I got fed up virus scans and disk defragmentation.
I use Mac so I have never used Windows 8 or 10.
On my last Mac I had Windows 7 installed on a disc partition but I deleted it because whenever I used it loads of updates were waiting.
Not an Apple fan as such I will only use a Samsung or HTC phone.

For me I use the computer for watching movies and playing music a bit of Youtube some message boards and email that is it.

So my question is what kind of device are you using to post on boards and how hassle free an experience does it provide?

Is Windows 10 a pain free experience these days?
Are the days of nasty porn filled pop ups gone?

I use windows 10/ Ubuntu dual boot on my PC and Laptop. I use Windows for gaming/microsoft office/etc and I use Ubuntu for development. I sometimes use different distros of Linux at times but mostly Ubuntu. I never had any real problems with Windows 10 to be honest, porn pop up? Wasn't that some guy who had porn pics stored and they showed up on his live tiles :P I mean windows 10 isn't perfect but I never found it any worse than any previous Windows versions.

I use Chrome os on my Chromebook :pac: I use my chromebook when i am just relaxing on the couch to watch youtube, browse boards, facebook etc. The Chromebook is awesome for just relaxing, weights about a pound and start up of like a second or something.

The os on my phone is android 6.0

Ruu

RIGHTisRIGHT wrote: »

You need one hell of a power house computer to run that.

Remember when it was cool to have your specs in your boards signature? I think some of the regulars in Comp/Tech still have it.

RIGHTisRIGHT

Ruu wrote: »

Remember when it was cool to have your specs in your boards signature? I think some of the regulars in Comp/Tech still have it.

These days for the vast majority I think specs are irrelevant.
I ran Ubuntu for a while also but there is a reason it is free.

Used Windows, then OSX for two years, then Mint for about three before going back to Windows for a specific piece of software I needed to use often.

Actually really like Windows 7 and 10 is ok. Even for web dev, I don't feel like I'm missing out.
And I drop into rocket league or halo for a game or two every so often to clear the head so it's easier to be on Windows.

Wompa1

Windows, Linux (a few flavors) and OS X.

My Macbook is my leisurely device. I bought it thinking I could use it for my media work. Editing videos, images, working on my site etc. I also figured with cloud computing and virtualization it's worth knowing OS X. It hasn't really turned out that way. I pretty much only use it for browsing the web...so it's a bit of a waste but the hardware is so S3XY!

Linux. I have Ubuntu on a VM just for testing certain things. I also have CentOS and other Linux flavors running as appliances on my server. I also setup my home VPN using OpenVPN on my Raspberry Pi which is running Linux. I've thought about trying to make Ubuntu my day to day OS but I just can't do it. Technology wise, ideology wise Linux is pretty great but the UX is pretty awful.

I'm running a bunch of Windows servers, Windows 7 and Windows 10 machines. I'm proficient with Windows. Also, since Windows 7 and the advent of 64-bit using and maintaining Windows has become much easier. I have unfortunately had more issues migrating from Mountain Lion to Mavericks, Mavericks to Yosemite, Yosemite to El Capitan than I have moving from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Windows has got much better....hopefully Microsoft's ideology and attitude continues to change. It's been looking better with the latest CEO.

Antar Bolaeisk

Main computer is Windows 10 and work computer is windows 10 but I've multiple other computers running various linux distros for various different tasks.

I've rarely used OSX simply because I've rarely had a need to.

RIGHTisRIGHT

Antar Bolaeisk wrote: »

Main computer is Windows 10 and work computer is windows 10 but I've multiple other computers running various linux distros for various different tasks.

I've rarely used OSX simply because I've rarely had a need to.

The joys of running a real computer I feel we have lost something with the casual use of smartphones and tablets.:D

It will be a cold day in Hell before I watch a movie on a phone or tablet.

Antar Bolaeisk

RIGHTisRIGHT wrote: »

The joys of running a real computer I feel we have lost something with the casual use of smartphones and tablets.:D

It will be a cold day in Hell before I watch a movie on a phone or tablet.

Sadly I've had to downgrade to a smaller, more portable box but I've still got a full-fat graphics card in there with SSD and HDD plus some other small bits and bobs.

Jordan 199

Both my laptop and tablet are running Windows 10. My phone is running Windows Phone 8.1 and I can upgrade that to Windows 10 mobile.

Esel

Other device(s).
ASICs for mining.

Badly Drunk Boy

Ruu wrote: »

Remember when it was cool to have your specs in your boards signature? I think some of the regulars in Comp/Tech still have it.

I don't think that was ever cool. It was done a lot, but it wasn't cool. :pac:

mickoneill31

I use Windows for work pc and home pc, and Android for phone / tablet.
I've used windows for years and never had the problem of constant anti virus or disk defragging you mention. But I barely install any stuff from the internet anymore. I have my 20 or so programs that I need. Once they're on, the pc stays constant.
Updates are annoying but that's for 5 mins a month.

Antar Bolaeisk

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I don't think that was ever cool. It was done a lot, but it wasn't cool. :pac:

It was only cool for the first couple of weeks after an upgrade. After that you were looked down upon for having old specs

lawlolawl

Win 10 on desktop and laptop, Android on my phone. Tried a few different versions of Linux but it just seems a bit pointless really, doesn't do anything that windows doesn't do already.

Never used OSX because I have no interest in Apples overpriced fashion accessories.

osarusan

Windows on laptop, android on phone and tablet is apple.

Wibbs

Wompa1 wrote: »

I have unfortunately had more issues migrating from Mountain Lion to Mavericks, Mavericks to Yosemite, Yosemite to El Capitan than I have moving from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Windows has got much better....

Apple OS releases have steadily gone downhill since 10.6 Snow Leopard IMH. One of my machines is the last Macbook(i7 8 gigs ram) that could run Snow Leopard and I still have it on a partition. When I compare it to the latest El Capitan the six year old OS, loads faster, wakes from sleep faster, runs more smoothly and crashes and hangs on a spinning ball of doom far less. The GUI makes more sense too. EG after Snow Leopard by default scroll bars only show when a window is active/moving. Like on a phone. This makes great sense on the limited screen real estate of a phone, but is utterly daft on a desktop screen. Thankfully you can switch that stuff back on. Don't me get started on the default trackpad direction of action. Again "eeee it's like a phone". Fcuk off. The latest OS' have some extra bells and whistles, but the old OS is by far the superior and measurably so. They remind me of the recent Boards makeover; "We've been listening to the wrong people so here's our new crapper product, but it is new and more mobile friendly, cos that's the future you know"…

Their hardware has also dropped in quality IMH. At best it has stayed stagnant. Johnny Ive's rightful place in the design pantheon is assured, now fcuk off and retire. Your one trick pony is eyeing the glue factory. It's over, you're tired. Get off the stage. Compare their genuine innovation in design and hard/software from 1998-2008 that blew the doors off any other IT company(Doze and Ux heads will melt at that, but it's a demonstrable fact. Sorry), then contrast that with their output from 2008 to today. Yep. The only difference between any of their range today and the same range 8 years ago is in the thickness of the casings. Never mind the quality, feel the (lack of) width. The only innovative design they've come up with recently has been the Apple watch. Victims of their success, and hubris and Jobs' demise.

I'd agree with W, I find Windows has gotten better with time and they're innovating more with it. I find it far less clunky that I found the last release and every release is an overall step forward.

Linux is great for certain applications, brilliant for old "obsolete" machinery and I love that it exists, but it's a level of nerd I don't like to descend to too often.

On the mobile devices? Apple. I find Android extremely clunky and when it's not being clunky it's extremely and blatantly derivative of the Apple iOS. The latter is by far the superior OS on phones. Though again MS' efforts are bloody good. I've been very impressed with their phone OS. Very slick and TBH I prefer the design over the Apple one. And MS proved you can make a brand new OS that's at least on a par with every one else without the wholesale theft of a competitors ideas. I don't like Google anyway, I don't like their work practices, I don't like their ethos and avoid using their products as much as possible.

One eyed Jack

Windows 10 on all my devices, I don't get all the hate for it from people who complain about telemetry, yet plaster everything about themselves up on Facebook, complaining about the telemetry!!

I'd dual boot and dabble in Linux only the odd time, just handy to know what's going on in the community and see how it's coming along. There are a couple of Irish distros too from Irish developers which is great to see, but I just have no practical use for it.

OSX, I know how to get my way around it, but I have an irrational discomfort with it, again useful to know about it, but no practical use for it.

GLaDOS

Windows 8.1

I'm quite happy with it despite the hate it gets

cowboyBuilder

Windows 7, updates disabled - no ****ty virusguard - just the microsoft security essentials which is synced with windows.


Also really carefull what I download and view on my machine.

Never had any problems yet.

Ursus Horribilis

I've two computers. The main one I use runs Windows 10 and I've not had any problems with it.

My other one is an underpowered laptop that a friend gave me when he was moving abroad. I took Windows off that because it was desperately slow and put Linux on instead. It has definitely made it work a lot more smoothly and it's grand for basic tasks such as Internet, email etc. I'd hate to start trying to add peripherals to it though. Getting the laptop to work wirelessly was quite a headache.

Duggy747

Windows and Android, though the latter tends to piss me off on a regular basis. Apple iOS used to drive me silly too but that was because I used to fix them and had to deal with particular monotonous problems with the software and the phones themselves.

Windows 7 on pretty much all the machines at the moment, in the middle of working on some projects so upgrading is on the hold for the moment. Will move up to 10 when I get the chance.

stimpson

Gaming Rig: Windows 10
Work Laptop: Windows 10
MacBook: Snow Leopard (OSX 10.6)
Home Server: unRAID (Slackware)
Phone: iOS
Tablet1: iOS
Tablet2: Android
Wifes Laptop/Tablet thing: Windows 10
Wifes work Laptop: Windows 7
TV: Raspberry Pi running RasPlex
TV: Apple TV4 (tvOS)
TV SteamBox: (Steam OS)



I'm pretty sure I've forgotten some...

syklops

Primary laptop - Centos 7
Secondary laptop - Kali
Pwncannon(Portable server) - Centos 7
Pwncannon2(Lenovo Thinkcentre) - kali
Work computer - Windows 7 with Kali VM.

Phone - Android and Kali NetHunter
Tablet - Android.

Assorted raspberry Pis - Debian.

Did I mention I like Kali?

Peregrine

I use Windows 10, Chrome OS and Ubuntu.

Gwynplaine

Ruu wrote: »

Just upgraded to Windows 95.

Very fancy. I'm due an upgrade soon, I'm going for the Nokia 5110. It has Snake, and you can change the cover on it. And the best part, a fully charged battery lasts about 10 days.

Mr. CooL ICE

Windows 10 for gaming, development and general power usage. Has a 4K monitor which I can use to remote desktop into my work PC (3 screens, also Windows 10) and cascade them into the one screen.

OS X (macbook air) was originally purchased to learn iOS development, but is now used as just a laptop and occasionally for music recording. Linux Mint on some old hardware to act as a media center hooked up to the TV.

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I don't think that was ever cool. It was done a lot, but it wasn't cool. :pac:

*raises hand*

Guilty. I wasn't cool then and I still am not cool. My current CPU is a i5 2500K from 2011, but is still perfectly fine for development and gaming.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Work PC has Windows 7
Personal laptop has Windows 10 (only recently upgraded from Windows 7 and haven't used it since the upgrade)
Phone is iOS
Tablet is Android

MarcoAntonio23

Android & Linux Mint

MarkAnthony

Workbench 3.1

diomed

Komplett PC running Windows 7.
The PC is about six years old and good enough for what I do.
Very happy. Use it about ten hours a day.

stimpson

stimpson wrote: »

Gaming Rig: Windows 10
Work Laptop: Windows 10
MacBook: Snow Leopard (OSX 10.6)
Home Server: unRAID (Slackware)
Phone: iOS
Tablet1: iOS
Tablet2: Android
Wifes Laptop/Tablet thing: Windows 10
Wifes work Laptop: Windows 7
TV: Raspberry Pi running RasPlex
TV: Apple TV4 (tvOS)
TV SteamBox: (Steam OS)



I'm pretty sure I've forgotten some...

Just had an offer on Adverts for my MacBook. Looks like I'll be Mac free for the first time in over a decade.

Jordan 199

RIGHTisRIGHT wrote: »

I gave up using PCs years ago the last one I had was using Widows Vista.

Is Windows 10 a pain free experience these days?

I never liked Vista.

Windows 10 is great. One great feature for me is that I can stream games from my Xbox One to my laptop/tablet.

scamalert

OP its vista to blame propably for your bad experience-worst of since 98 or smth like that,win 7,xp were best ones,win 10 is pain in the whole with forced updates,but even that is not so often.

Mac-if you like spending double to use pc or laptop its your choice really they arent superior-more like stupid friendly.

Linux - is slowly gaining popularity,given that its free,only thing most wouldnt like that its not stupid friendly,but given advances in last few years there are tons distributions to choose from,only drawback for many is getting switched from windows environment - since every app has different names and some tasks can be more difficult to do,since you dont get that same layout where programs are in one place or just running single .exe file to install smth,also not much support for games even thou many are diversing like steam so were getting there.

Sleepy

Windows 10 on the work laptop and home PC. TBH, I still miss Windows 7. It and XP before it would be about the zenith of OS design imo. Later versions of Windows and OSX are designed for imbeciles and are infuriatingly difficult to navigate to access the hardware setup.

I like the look of some apple hardware but wouldn't pay the over-the-odds price they command for it and would be replacing the OS as soon as I got it home anyway.

Mobile is an Android but I'm tempted to try a Windows mobile next time out, my 3 years with a company iPhone put me off ever owning an apple product again and it seems like Microsoft have finally gotten their act together in the mobile market.

My *nix experience is extremely limited, mainly command line / FTP connections to web servers. I've a raspberry PI I played with for a few hours but haven't ever found a need to develop the skills in it. Like someone else said, I love the philosophy and that it exists though!

Mars Bar

OS X

I did sound engineering for college and MacBook's were the recommended devices for audio. I'm not doing that any more but I just can't see myself moving back to Windows at any point.

I use Android for mobile.

mcmoustache

I use Windows 7 at work.

At home, I use Windows 7 as well but this is only for gaming. It's a very clean partition with only Steam and a few other applications installed such as anti-virus, malware removers, VLC, winamp, emulators and browsers.

I have Kubuntu on another partition and this is where I spend most of my time. I used to use Ubuntu but they changed the UI sometime around version 12.04 to some tablet hybrid nonsense so I switched to Kubuntu and never looked back. It looks, feels and works very similarly to Windows.

I can understand why linux can be difficult for people. You often need to google the windows equivalent of a program. For example, you might be used to utorrent on windows so you might instead need to use ktorrent on linux. Worse than that, other software such as games or MS Office just won't exist and similar linux programs just won't do.

There's also a few myths still floating around such as linux being command-line only, that there's a lot of text file configuration required and that drivers won't work. I haven't encountered this myself in years but I'm sure that if you use slackware or redhat server that this might be the case. It's not the case with the modern user-friendly distros.

My favourite thing about linux though is that I can browse and download questionable content safely without getting a malware infection. It's not perfectly secure but its market share is low enough on home desktops that it's more profitable for those pesky russians to target Windows.

riclad

One laptop has linux mint on it,
one has windows 7,64bit version.
Gwx Control panel, installed on windows 7 ,as i have no wish to run windows 10.
It stops windows 10 being installed .
All i hear is people having problems with windows 10.
i dont buy new laptops ,so i might never run windows 10.
I think ms want to copy apple,
they are running ads in windows 10,
menu,s and they want people to buy programs from the windows store .
i use android on my phone .
Windows 7 works fine ,i see no point in running windows 10.
People with security updates set to auto install
will wake up soon ,oh look windows 10 is installed whether you want it or not.
good for maybe the 1per cent of users who might stream games .
IF you want a fast secure private os,
then linux is the best choice ,especially for older pcs or laptops .

Hugo Stiglitz

I've been a Mac man since 2007. I'll never go back to Windows. That being said, Macs aren't perfect either, but I'm just so used to them now.

Antar Bolaeisk

mcmoustache wrote: »

There's also a few myths still floating around such as linux being command-line only, that there's a lot of text file configuration required and that drivers won't work. I haven't encountered this myself in years but I'm sure that if you use slackware or redhat server that this might be the case. It's not the case with the modern user-friendly distros.

It just doesn't feel like your using any flavour of linux unless you've recompiled the kernal at least once in the last day or so

Capt'n Midnight

Why choose ?
VM's , remote desktop and remote command line are great
cygwin means you get a better command line for windows


Windows 10 is running on 270 million devices.

But Linux is running on billions. Most tablets and smartphones run Android which is a version of Linux. There's about 60 Billion ARM processors out there.


My satellite receiver runs Linux. And thanks to some nice people out there it now has background apps for web management and streaming and other good stuff.



Currently waiting for my £8 Raspberry Pi Zero computer to arrive

Eggonyerface

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I don't think that was ever cool. It was done a lot, but it wasn't cool. :pac:

It was about as cool as SigPo

One eyed Jack

riclad wrote: »

IF you want a fast secure private os,
then linux is the best choice ,especially for older pcs or laptops .

If you want a fast, secure, private os, then get to know your os inside out, and don't run it on antique hardware. Windows will run on older hardware too if you skin it down to the same level as some linux distros, but for the average user, they'll be able to do fcuk all on it. By that standard, I've seen some places still using DOS on ancient hardware, because it does a very specific job, and it does it very well. It's suitable for it's purpose.

If you want really want fast, secure and private on old hardware, there's BeOS... for sadomasochists!! :pac:

Agricola

Put off upgrading my gaming pc to Windows 10 til now but finally got it all installed and playing nicely driver wise etc. Picked up a cheap hard drive, made a clone of the new Windows drive for fast recovery in the event of things going tits up. Happy days.
Still have Win 7 on my laptop. I'll probably put 10 on it before July is out although theres not much need.
Along with those it's just a really crappy Sony smartphone with some ancient android version on it and a cheap android tablet that I use primarily for Youtube in bed.

Mostly Windows myself.

Windows 10 on the desktop and 8.1 on the laptop and tablet. In theory, 10 would work fine on the laptop and tablet but I'd have to disable updates since it insists on replacing working drivers with broken ones without my consent. :rolleyes: That's my only real complaint with 10, I can use it just fine otherwise.

I used to have a Mac Mini G4 back in the day and have some experience with OS X but I'd by no means be a pro at it. It's not an OS I'd ever dismiss though.

Phone-wise I'm iOS all the way. Tried Windows Phone but the lack of apps just annoyed me, even though I liked the OS itself.