Best operating system?

Windows 7 or 8
I haven't used a Mac or Ubuntu for long enough to give a solid opinion, but now I've been using Windows 8 for quite a while I see no problem with it.

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cerealley

Windows 7 Ultimate. For me is awesome (i hate Metro UI in Windows 8)

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ozo2003

For games I like Windows 7 better.
For work, programming I prefer new Windows Server 2013.
For anything else - CrunchBang Linux on Laptop and Linux Mint on Desktop

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Xargothraxas

KolibriOS

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vidmavidma

Windows 7.

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Yoru9102

For me: Win8 :)

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CHTonRage

For gaming, it's gotta be Windows 7, Windows 8 still has some issues with certain programs in the past.
For programming, Windows 7 and/or Linux for most save iOS app dev, that goes to Mac.
For other stuff like stability and security, that goes to Linux. Both Windows and Mac have their fair decent amount of viruses and such. I haven't heard of any major security flaw in Linux before.

EDIT: iOS is oversimplified for handphones and too inflexible. Android is more flexible.
Second EDIT: iOS is not a actual Mac OS, the name of the OS that Mac uses is generally called Mac OS surprisingly. iOS is the mobile phone OS.

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Coolo

Mac OS is called OSX actually...

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CHTonRage

OSX was only one instance of it. There's also pre-OSX.

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Crazher

What issues does Windows 8 have again? Which programs? I have been using it for over a half year, for a variety of games, and have encountered NO issues, in fact, it runs older games better than win7 does with compatability.

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GPTrixie

Little to none. Win 8 is victim of the same blame game as 7 and Vista, I used all of them with little issues.

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CHTonRage

A victim you say? At least when 7 first came out, it could use the same drivers as the ones Vista used. 8 couldn't at all and thus alot of backdated computers had problems getting some of the hardware to work on Windows 8.

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Crazher

Both of my Windows 8 PCs were running Windows 7 drivers from the beginning to recently (where I formatted and did a proper update). These PCs are 4 and 3 years old respectively, and both were midrange buys.

Nonetheless, you can't expect outdated drivers to work on new software. Blame the makers first, then Microsoft.

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CHTonRage

Oh gee, I wonder why graphic card makers like ATI and Nvidia both had to remake the drivers for Windows 8 for some outdated hardware. Got a clue?

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Crazher

Yeah, me too. The problem is people use pirated and beta versions of these OS's, blame them, and never move on from the hate - and then others join in on the bandwagon hate to be cool, and feel a sense of community on the internet.

A lot of the criticism that Windows 8 received, well, if you BOUGHT Windows 8 when it came out, you would not experience it - I know I sure didn't, on either of my PCs, but using the 90 day enterprise version? I saw a few things that weren't apparent in the retail.

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CHTonRage

I said in the past, especially drivers for graphic cards.

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GPTrixie

That's the problem - Windows can do anything, why bother having 2 OS if second is going to have some niche use? Non-Windows OS is only worth it, IMHO, if you REALLY need to work in that niche field, and even then only as secondary.

Saying Linux has no flaws is like saying you can't steal a car without wheels - sure, but you can forget about most car uses, too.

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CHTonRage

The only kind of flaw Linux could really have in major is the difficulty to use it. But that's mostly dealt with in the new versions. And Linux does have better security than both Windows and Mac OS each. As for "niche field", about every of your servers run a variant of Linux. And Ubuntu is now getting Steam's sttention also. The final thing is it can serve as a backup OS should Windows fail while the Hard disk remains intact.

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daywee

It's Windows 8 for me. Fast, simple, I don't miss Start and I'm OK with Modern UI (Metro), but don't use it.

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st3fun1

1.W7
2.Ubuntu
3.W xp

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