I have asked this in many forums (if you have already answered, don't bother answering again), but just out of curiousity, what is your favorite OS? Windows for me, just cuz I've used it pretty much my whole life, and it's just so familar to me.

I voted (Windows) but I feel this topic may not last very long.

I voted for windows ...
but I've been using mandrake-Linux for a while, and is pretty good.

As much as i'd like to switch to osx or linux, i like running windows-only applications, and don't want to bother rebooting to run open source versions of mainstream programs. Maybe when there's an open api (that runs at fullspeed, sorry java!)

DOS

@Jizzylax: Is it for the ground-breaking gui?

i fucking hate mice

I think I'll have to vote for DOS also. I always find myself going back to the command prompt. Sometimes it's easier to just type what you want than to do all the moving and clicking.

and less chance of CTS

DOS may be useful at times, but seriously.... what are you gonna do in DOS? There's no internet, no graphics, etc.

I don't understand how DOS could be a favorite OS -- it's just a command line.

DOOM, DOOM 2, DUKE NUKEM 3D, SAM & MAX HIT THE ROAD.

that's all i gotta say ... such classics.

every os sucks.

DOS will always have a special place in my heart. I learned PCs on DOS, therefore, it'll always be my favorite. However, of the newer OSes, then I'd have to say Win XP, but Vista is sure to replace that, but I don't think any OS will ever beat DOS

i did like WFW 3.11 though ... that and DOS were so awesome together (except for boot disks, out of memory shit ....)

WFW 3.11 pwned with DOS, but it did have a few issues with memory leaks, that and when y2k hit, my files were a bit...um...weirdly dated. but once the fix was on there, it was great. when we move, and i ahve my workstation set up the way i want, i'll probably have a dos machine again i can't wait for that.

Debian

Windows, haven't really tried any other OS.

seeing as all I really do is listen to music and surf the internet its fine for me. (ok play games sometimes obviously )

dunno if mirc runs on osx, if not I wouldnt touch it ever

windows xp pro

I'm getting an error when trying to vote for Windows:

That has happened on a lot of boards with the polls made in 2.0.4 and upgraded to 2.1

I can't remember the fix now, except re-make the poll

did you pic mac osx ?

D O S
Wolfenstein 3D + Day of the Tentical + Sam n Max pwnz j00

Windows Vista is becoming my favorite cuz its pertty, but i really love how stable Server 2003 is; once u get past all the server stuff...

Vista. Its gonna be one hell of an OS.

you got the hell part right...

OS X.

Dos is definitely my favorite, and if you needed something like the internet you could always go to good ol windows but you knew that once you went back to dos, you were not crashing.

Ubuntu Linux (*nix)

My favorite non-beta Windows release is Windows XP Pro with SP2.

Now then, my overall favorite OS of all time... OS X. 10.4 Tiger is nice, but I like 10.3 as well. The same can't really be said for 10.0.3-10.2.9.

Sam & Max Hit the Road, lol what a classic.

I think I had 2 games of that genre, finished them both, such a laugh!

Windows sorry.... I am 1337 like others here.

I voted Other, because I prefer Windows for gaming and designing, but *nix for servers and rendering.