What Operating System is on your computer?

[Jebediah]

I triple boot personally, Windows 7 for office and administration applications and usually turking.
Mac os X Lion for media application's.
And linux when I need to diagnose an issue and have no other way to do it.

[johnsmith]

Yeah, the only time I run a Linux distro is on removable media when my computer is borked, usually for recovering data off the hard drive to an external.

Otherwise, unless you're on an ancient XP system, I don't see any reason not to run Windows 7. Amazing combination of stability and speed.

I don't own any Macs, as I never really had any reason to learn another OS when the one I use already does everything.

[ennaira]

Mine is Windows 7 Ultimate, though I still have to explore.

[eeka]

Old version of OSX on a five-year-old MacBook.

[Streiph]

For people that don't know, you can run them all with virtual software such as VirtualBox.

I currently run Windows 7 as my main install, and I have Mac OS X and Ubuntu Linux running virtually whenever I need them. Switching between the 3 depending on what I am doing and what programs are best for the task at hand. So it looks something like this:

Windows = Surfing, Turking, Gaming
Mac OS X = Anything that has to do with designing anything
Linux = programming

Won't this require you to own each of the OS's? I'm pretty sure Linux is free, but I don't know about Mac OSX. And of course Windows OEMs are always parked at $100..

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[iceman.j]

Running Windows Vista for most activities but boot up the Linux partition from time to time.

[savetheunlikely]

Windows Xp for the win!

I've got a computer that could easily run Vista or 7 with no issues, but XP runs all of the programs I need it to, flawlessly. I love the build and how simple it all is, and I'm very experienced in fixing most issues.

[Dolphindove]

Windows 7 on my laptop & XP on my desktop, I go back & forth when I am turking.

[jumpingRabbit]

My technogeek brother has warned me to avoid Win 8 at all costs, advised me to just upgrade to 7 when Xp stopped working. He's a Linux guy, but Ubuntu just wouldn't work on the laptop I had. I never tried it on this machine.