Which OS are you using, and which will you be using next year

[Babrbarossa]

I'm curious to see what are people here using for operating systems, and what they plan to be using in a year.

I'm using Windows XP MCE 05 now and have Vista 32 Premium on the way, I'm not sure what I'll do with the Vista 32 (install it right away/wait a bit/ install it on a second drive) but I do reckon that in a year I will be making the switch to 64.

[SKYMTL]

Laptop: Windows XP Pro
Home PC #1: Windows XP Home
Home PC #2: Windows XP Home
Work PCs (20 of them): Windows XP Pro
Work PCs (4 of them): Windows 2000
Work (servers): Windows Server 2003

Vista = Disaster for professional oriented computers. Period.

Which will I be using next year: I don't plan on changing.

[Forge]

Windows XP Pro

[enaberif]

XP Pro w/Sp1

I'll be switching over to linux as soon as I can get a few hard drives to backup my drives onto another as linux doesn't like NTFS.

[Babrbarossa]

Ahhhh...sp1, eh? shall we say yarrrrr?

[Gav]

Currently:

Office Computer: XP Pro SP2
HTPC #1: MCE
HTPC #2 (Currently Out of Commission): MCE
Crappy Laptop: XP Pro SP2


Near Future:

HTPC #2: Vista Ultimate

[SHaCK]

Main rig : Dual booting XP Pro SP2 / Vista ultimate (rarely use it)
Server : Windows XP Pro SP2

Next year ? Probably XP , unless anything major happens.

[Deathspawner]

Main Rig: Gentoo 2006.1
Bench Rig 1: XP Pro SP2 * 2, Vista * 5, Gentoo 2006.1
Bench Rig 2: XP Pro SP2, Vista, Gentoo 2006.1
Laptop: Gentoo 2006.1

Vista is still a waste of time as far as I am concerned... just no real reason to upgrade. I've had so many problems, I try to avoid using it entirely. In a year I am hoping it will be a LOT better.

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by Babrbarossa

Ahhhh...sp1, eh? shall we say yarrrrr?

IMHO SP2 is crap. I don't like the security center, firewall or any of that crap.

[sswilson]

XP home X3

XP MCE on the new HP (Dual boot with Suse, but I still haven't had much chance to play with it yet)

XP pro on the laptop

I can't see upgrading to Vista any time soon. Not only does it not really offer me anything I'm looking for, I'm a bit leery of the stronger DRM it's not yet using, but which is coded and just waiting for content providers to enable.