What operating system do you currently have on your computer?

Windows XP!

Windows 2000 for me

Originally posted by TigerQueen
Windows XP!

go XP! :afro:

Windows XP for me.

98 SE

XP!

winxppro
5.1.2600

i wonder how many people know that linux/unix are totally different operating systems...

ME

3.1 rocks my world!

well, i dual boot, so i'll vote Linux just to be different.

XP.

Dual booting is homo unless you have two hard drives.

natch

Mac OS 1.0

Just kidding. ;p Windows XP Professional

XP

and to go with the crowd i have xp as well.

XP

man i hav mac osx 10.4.2 and it frickin rocks!:dj:

Thanks for reviving a 2 year old topic, moron.

Well I am a post whore, so I have to say Win 98SE, even though I don't like Microsoft, and am eventually getting some sort of unix, with XP Pro on the labtop that I am getting from the school. I will probaly use Linux to run my home network. Of course I need all this massive amount of money, and stuff for hardware, before I get anything.

openbsd

Can you point me out which one you prefer?

Is it good for security/hacking?

i think FreeBSD is actually more secure

maybe even NetBSD

but you dont have to worry about security, no one uses it

FreeBSD is probably your best bet

Win 2000

Chicks Dig Linux...I'm one of those chicks.

XP home. Tried xp64 twas shit.

Oh and dyne:bolic on my xbox, xp on other pc, win 2000 on lappy and ubuntu on old shitty thingy

Ok enix, will you marry me?

I use Linux for everything except gaming, which I have another comp runnin XP to do that.

yeh linux is wikid

i think FreeBSD is actually more secure

maybe even NetBSD

but you dont have to worry about security, no one uses it

FreeBSD is probably your best bet

well not really youll probably want to get mac os x as some people actually use it and it has no security problems and they look so god dam beautiful so a mac mini is youre best bet:D

Windows XP, baby! :partyboy:

MS DOS baby!! no obviously not....XP Pro and red hat (on and off)

I got XP Home and Pro on my computers.

well not really youll probably want to get mac os x as some people actually use it and it has no security problems and they look so god dam beautiful so a mac mini is youre best bet:D

If Apple Macs have no security problems, why would Apple add elements which aim to address such problems? Furthermore, why would companies create virus scanning software specifically for Macs?

I know if I owned a company which created virus scanning software, I'd not make any such software if there was no point...simply because it is not economical to do so.

Clearly you are quite mistaken.

If Apple Macs have no security problems, why would Apple add elements which aim to address such problems? Furthermore, why would companies create virus scanning software specifically for Macs?

I know if I owned a company which created virus scanning software, I'd not make any such software if there was no point...simply because it is not economical to do so.

Clearly you are quite mistaken.

They make them for the windows users who think all computers can get viruses i have one and i scan for viruses everyday and it has never found 1. If you mean securty updates are those elements then yes they come out wth those whenever there is a bug literraly 2 hours after they find it but then that means the system is fixed from that bug forever, thus the system is secure before anything can happen to it.

They make them for the windows users who think all computers can get viruses i have one and i scan for viruses everyday and it has never found 1. If you mean securty updates are those elements then yes they come out wth those whenever there is a bug literraly 2 hours after they find it but then that means the system is fixed from that bug forever, thus the system is secure before anything can happen to it.

Nobody is saying they don't make them for Windows based computers.

Norton, McAfee, perhaps the two largest manufacturers of anti-virus software both make Mac versions? Why? Because it is possible for a Mac to get a virus. If it weren't possible as you claim, then they'd not make them as nobody would buy them. These are not security updates.

You yourself say about scanning for viruses every day, so clearly you are contradicting yourself by saying Mac OS X has no security problems then saying you scan for viruses every day.

A computer is only as safe from viruses as the operator of that computer makes it. It has absolutely nothing to do with what operating system is being used.

Nobody is saying they don't make them for Windows based computers.

Norton, McAfee, perhaps the two largest manufacturers of anti-virus software both make Mac versions? Why? Because it is possible for a Mac to get a virus. If it weren't possible as you claim, then they'd not make them as nobody would buy them. These are not security updates.

You yourself say about scanning for viruses every day, so clearly you are contradicting yourself by saying Mac OS X has no security problems then saying you scan for viruses every day.

A computer is only as safe from viruses as the operator of that computer makes it. It has absolutely nothing to do with what operating system is being used.

when did i say they didnt make them for macs? i was talking about the mac ones and yes there are security updates i would know as i download them. anyway how am i contradicting myself when the virus scans have NEVER found a virus? it just proves my point that macs have no security problems. Yes it does depend on the operating system as they are all different. windows uses DOS and linux, mac, freebsd, and solaris are all different versions of unix but all different.

Linux and xp for some games occasionaly

when did i say they didnt make them for macs? i was talking about the mac ones and yes there are security updates i would know as i download them. anyway how am i contradicting myself when the virus scans have NEVER found a virus? it just proves my point that macs have no security problems. Yes it does depend on the operating system as they are all different. windows uses DOS and linux, mac, freebsd, and solaris are all different versions of unix but all different.

When you say 'they make them for Windows users' you also say they don't make them for anyone who uses a different OS. You should be very cautious about your choice of words.

I've not had a virus on my current computer in the 3½ years I've owned it. I run WinXP.

So if we use your reasoning, it proves that WinXP has no security problems. Why? Well I've never had a virus. Even on my old computer which ran Win95 then 98 never had a virus, even with being scanned on a regular basis. That's over seven years of being connected to the Internet, over seven years of transferring files from computers at school, friend's computers, downloading files and the like and not a single virus.

So as I said, it is the user, not the Operating System. If you own a car and never service it and it breaks down, is it because the car is unreliable or because you are? The latter of course.

I run a dual boot linux red hat on one/Windows sever 2003 on one/ and Free BSD on the other

When you say 'they make them for Windows users' you also say they don't make them for anyone who uses a different OS. You should be very cautious about your choice of words.

I've not had a virus on my current computer in the 3½ years I've owned it. I run WinXP.

So if we use your reasoning, it proves that WinXP has no security problems. Why? Well I've never had a virus. Even on my old computer which ran Win95 then 98 never had a virus, even with being scanned on a regular basis. That's over seven years of being connected to the Internet, over seven years of transferring files from computers at school, friend's computers, downloading files and the like and not a single virus.

So as I said, it is the user, not the Operating System. If you own a car and never service it and it breaks down, is it because the car is unreliable or because you are? The latter of course.
windows users who are switching and anyway i bet you have a anti virus software dont you, well i dont i just have a virus scanner now if you take a windows computer with only microsoft software installed and you take a mac with only macintosh software installed and hoow them up to the internet, go on the web, set up your email, the mac will get about 5 pop ups per website and he windows screen will get absoulutly coverd with them and youll find spyware all over the place as macs dont get anything ive learnt this from experiance so you cant argue.

A virus scanner scans for viruses.
A virus scanner is not hardware, therefore it is software.
Anti means opposed to, against. Anti-virus would therefore mean 'opposed to or against viruses'. As a virus scanner scans for viruses, it must therefore be opposed to or against them.

Therefore, a virus scanner as you termed in the case of your computer is indeed 'anti-virus software'.

youll find spyware all over the place as macs dont get anything ive learnt this from experiance so you cant argue.

Wow, you're so amazing.

You have no fucking clue what you're talking about. But I guess since I run a pop-up stopper, anti-virus and anti-spyware software (which both rarely find anything - in fact the virus software hasn't had to do anything other than scan), that it means that XP, in my eyes, is perfectly flawless. No security problems whatsoever.

Fantastic. I'll go suggest it to my friends.

Lmao @ stew32 AGAIN. You just need to give up, big man.

i use windows server 2003 enterprise edition and xp prof

XP for sure

i use windows server 2003 enterprise edition and xp prof

Why are you running a NOS? Do you manage a network or something?

WinXp Pro SP2.

Only problem is my graphics-card driver, which, on ocasions, hangs some games. Off topic, so I'll stop now.

3.1 fucking hell thats old!

2000/2003 Server Dual Boot

Win XP with a recently installed Office 2003 Student Teacher Edition. w00t, go me.

And Windows 2000 Proffessional is where???

Anyway, I have a few:

On my computer:
Windows 2000 Proffessional

On the Internet computer:
Windows XP Proffessional

And soon on my computer:
Windows XP Media Centre Addition

fbsd.

Best,
Chris

yea i got xp