Which operating system(s) do you use? Why?

Wednesday, 20 May 2009

Which operating system(s) do you use? Why?
I was born a Windows girl; I will die a Windows girl.

Just like the hokey commercials spoof, my boyf is a Mac and I'm a PC. This is something we continually (jokingly, but not without standing up for our OSes) argue about.

He says he likes to be able to find his things right away without having to look for them; I say I like the challenge of finding my stuff (and sometimes, you want to hide files, amirite).

He also says he never gets viruses because he has a Mac. While this is true, anyone who has successfully killed spyware knows the sheer joy and the ohyesIdidjustslaythatgarbage feeling of eradicating harmful files from your computadora. Honestly, I like the feeling of knowing I can control how things work and occasionally totally screwing things up. I'll hit the "advanced user" button on the install because I know what I'm doing. Sometimes I download stuff by accident and it gets ugly. But I can handle it.

Last, he says he can do more artsy stuff on his computer, which is admittedly accurate. My artsy stuff is limited to making stick people drawings on Paint, making awesome MIDI arrangements of pop songs on NoteWorthy Composer (that was what I spent the better part of high school doing) and making ringtones with Sound Forge.

I think of Macs as being like

typety type apple iLoveMyMac blah blah blah iMovie Garage Band omg

and PCs being like

!!!!!!!!! yeah pwned!!!!!!1 and stuff

You nerds know what I mean.
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omg windows <3333!
- 5/20/2009 5:02 PM
- Dare2BDiferentt (message)
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Hahaha, I'm a mac user & my boyfriend is a PC user. We pretend fight about it all the time :P
- 5/20/2009 5:08 PM
- steph@datingish (message)
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Windows is just so nostalgic for me. I grew up playing old Sierra DOS games, and I remember when we got our first Windows system. Those were the days.
- 5/20/2009 5:11 PM
- wherethefishlives (message)
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I <3 Windows!
- 5/20/2009 5:14 PM
- The44thHour (message)
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I <3 Windows too
- 5/20/2009 5:16 PM
- Kristenmomof3 (message)
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i have windows :)
- 5/20/2009 5:22 PM
- Cynsjrl (message)
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Macs are all backwards. Everything that should be on the right is on the left. I get confused.
- 5/20/2009 5:29 PM
- saintvi (message)
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I grew up a Windows person and thought I would always be a Windows person...until I was officially exposed to the ways and wiles of a Mac. Now I am officially someone who is angry at oneself because it took me sooooo long to make the switch from Windows to Mac. I cannot ever see myself going back to Windows ever again. Windows is like the matrix...you have to be shown there is something different before you believe there is and then truth is a freeing point. LOL!
- 5/20/2009 5:36 PM
- oeshpdog2 (message)
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Windows XP Pro 64 bit, because it is extremely virus resistant. Most viruses are written for 32 bit windows.
- 5/20/2009 5:40 PM
- Da__Vinci (message)
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Windows
- 5/20/2009 5:41 PM
- my_final_username (message)
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I have a Mac-only virus on a flash drive somewhere that I keep on reserve for those pesky die-hard mac fans that don't know what they're talking about.
- 5/20/2009 5:41 PM
- DrugInducedDuck (message)
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Brilliant choice in pictures. I may have to steal that.
- 5/20/2009 6:00 PM
- tracy (message)
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<3 Windows! XP Pro on all my computers.
- 5/20/2009 6:07 PM
- buddly47 (message)
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PC please!
- 5/20/2009 6:39 PM
- MyToxicDreams (message)
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I lurv windows. Why get a Mac when you've got this totally awesome compu right here?
And yes, being a complete nerd, I know what you mean by "pwned"!!! ^^
I AM a nerd. THE COOLEST ONE YOU'LL EVER MEET!!! ^^^^^^
- 5/20/2009 9:41 PM
- Queen_of_You188 (message)
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this is precisely the same thought process many have before they switch over to mac
- 5/20/2009 11:10 PM
- slamjoe (message)
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Like I told you before, I was a Windows 98 person. Yes folks. Windows 98. I know my computer is like a very heavy paperweight now. That's why I am a Windows XP guy now. And when I think of Macs, I think of Steve Jobs. And when I think of Steve Jobs, I think of Jobs. And when I think of Jobs I think of Windows cause it gives you a "job" to find your crap on your computer. Yes folks. I went from Mac to Windows in about 0100111000111 seconds. Thats why there's the word "Win" in Windows cause Windows just won! BOOYAY!
- 5/21/2009 12:00 AM
- batmanfan27 (message)
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I love my Mac.
But Windows are chill for me, too.
- 5/21/2009 12:22 AM
- CrisaRei (message)
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I've always wanted a Mac purely for the reason that I've never had/worked on one before. A new experience brings new wonders, and I want that new experience.
- 5/21/2009 12:52 AM
- landlockedeyes (message)
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lol good post
- 5/21/2009 1:47 AM
- christin0 (message)
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Hey, is that the new Mac Powerbook?
- 5/21/2009 5:21 AM
- Lithium98 (message)
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Linux FTW!!! Unfortunately I have Windows Vista on this PC only because it came with it preinstalled and it runs PC games the best. I do have Yellow Dog Linux on our Playstation 3 though.
- 5/21/2009 7:10 AM
- brainandpinky (message)
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i have windows vista because my parents bought this computer. my bff has mac, and tells me that windows sux every time i have a problem w/my computer
- 5/21/2009 8:33 AM
- anyamoor (message)
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I have windows vista premium because it was installed with the pc I bought before Circuit City closed its doors forever. (sob) I will be glad when Windows 7 comes out I can tolerate Vista but certain programs I like to use I am getting errors now.
- 5/21/2009 3:14 PM
- harryswifie (message)
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Wow, Natalia. You just lost some major cool points with this post! LOL Windows is like driving with your eyes closed, praying you don't run into a wall or hit someone. The only reason I ever work on a PC is because the place I work is too cheap to buy Macs and make the employees triple productive.
- 5/21/2009 6:49 PM
- MyxlDove (message)
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