[POLLS]Bill Gates & Steve Jobs [22.01 Which Microsoft OS' you liked most?]

[scilor]

Hello XDA-Developers,

I have to write something about Bill Gates & Steve Jobs.
For that I need some Polls
Would be nice if you could help me, just vote :)

First Poll:
[22.01 Which Microsoft OS' you like most?]

[lennie]

I made my vote...but if you had windows 7 as a choice it would've been my pick.

[hidden_hunter]

Windows for Workgroups 3.11

[Ather]

My vote goes to XP, the best OS i have ever seen, vista and W-Se7en are the biggest POS ever built :)

[liamhere]

but having to use vista at home....i miss xp :(

[maati]

What about Windows 7 ?! It's the best OS ever made.

[GWelker62]

Should of had WinNT in that list.

[mr.jaguar]

Should of had WinNT in that list.

which version, there were several?

but dos was the best os. nice and stable.. and plenty fast.

[lennie]

but having to use vista at home....i miss xp :(

if you miss it then dual boot, that should give you your "xp-fix". :)

but if you have a core2 duo or above with 2gb or more memory and a sensible video card vista will run petty nice.
I've gotten so used to vista so when I go over to my friend's house I get pissed because I have to use xp. :) it's the truth, so I think I know what you're going through but in reverse.

on my rig I wouldn't dear desecrate it's inner tubes with xp. I don't mean to start a flame war but I had to say it.

vista is good on up to date hardware, well actually the only things that really needs to upgrade in the system is the video card and memory, even an old p4 would run it well.

I setup my brother's rig with a 939 socket athlon 3500, 2gb mem and an nvidia 8600gt and vista ran smoothly. (and this isn't even up to date hardware)

the key for better vista performance is: add more memory!

does anyone remember when xp just came out and OEMs shipped it with 256mb memory and it ran like molases? and how there was a huge hoopla about it until they started shipping them with 512mb? but in reality the sweet spot for xp was 1gb memory or more. it's the same thing with vista now, people try to run it on 1gb memory when the sweet spot is 2gb or more.

the driver issues was the manufacturers' fault because they sat on their asses until the last minute, but that issue has been ironed out for a while now so that shouldn't be a problem anymore.

I know others have a lot to say about the reason they prefer xp. but it all boils down to a user's preference.


PS: I know there are passionate people here so if anyone is going go reply to my post please leave the flame-throwers at home.

[Rudegar]

worst thing with old nt4 was that one could not reinstall it without a format
so if it required a reinstall you'd best have a full backup of your data

[Confused Stu]

Another vote for Vista. Currently running 64 and 32 versions at home (gaming PC and HTPC), as well as XP (Laptop) and W2K (photoframe) so have lots of experience of each.

Just as Lennie said, so long as Vista has enough RAM to operate it's lovely. I've gotten so used to it's new little shortcuts that I find XP cumbersome now sometimes. Please don't take this as dissing XP, it's still a lovely system, but Vista was built as an improvement on XP and I personally think they succeeded.

Haven't tried W7 yet, guess I probably will if it starts gaming better than Vista.

Again - this is my own opinion and not a salvo in a flame war. If you love XP over Vista, so long as you're talking from experience and not prejudice then fair play to you.

[scilor]

Thank you for your post and answers
I will open a new thread in the day.

But first I need a idea for a poll about Apple Products

[Confused Stu]

But first I need a idea for a poll about Apple Products

Does the hype surrounding all Apple products make you more likely to buy them, or less?

Who do you feel has the control at Apple:
- The engineers
- The consumer research dept
- The marketing dept

Or simply, in your experience did your Apple product live up to your expectations?

I'd be interested to see the answers to those personally.

[denco7]

But first I need a idea for a poll about Apple Products

Now that Steve Jobs has taken a medical leave of absence, soon to retire ( pancreatic cancer ) , what will become of Apple?

1). Apple will keep on it's current path, because it's products are superior in quality and design, no matter who runs the company.

2). Apple will lose it's lustre because the product quality and design will go down hill under new management

3).The products have always been crap, Steve Jobs is just the ultimate salesman, so goodbye Apple market share.

4). The Apple mystique is ingrained , it is not about Steve Jobs or the quality and design, the Apple fanbois will continue to buy no matter what.

Or something like that.

[orb3000]

Now that Steve Jobs has taken a medical leave of absence, soon to retire ( pancreatic cancer ) , what will become of Apple?



3).The products have always been crap, Steve Jobs is just the ultimate salesman, so goodbye Apple market share.

4). The Apple mystique is ingrained , it is not about Steve Jobs or the quality and design, the Apple fanbois will continue to buy no matter what.


I second this

[Rudegar]

5) on the desktop market apart from fancy games more and more tasks are moved
to the browser and google is having a field day apple vs. ms is becoming less and less
and issue apart from on the mobile platform where browsers are less easy to access then dedicated apps
so it's iphone vs. wm rather then macosx vs. windows now