What consumer operating system(s) will you be running by years end?

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What operating system(s) will you be running by years end?  

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  1. 1. What will be your MAIN consumer Windows OS?

    • Windows 8
      110
    • Windows 7
      126
    • Windows Vista
      3
    • Windows XP
      7
    • Windows 2000
      1
    • Windows 9x
      3

  2. 2. I will dual boot with this OS

    • Windows 8
      22
    • Windows 7
      14
    • Windows Vista
      0
    • Windows XP
      6
    • Windows 2000
      1
    • Windows 9x
      2
    • None. I won't be dual booting.
      205

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Phouchg

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Windows 7.

As for Windows 8 - its place will be to sit in a VM, so I can keep it at hand, and to see how people bend it to their will. Once it's fully bent, I'll probably capitalize on performance increase, but I doubt it will be by this year's end.

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+Majesticmerc MVC

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50/50 between Windows 8 and Windows 7. I put Windows 7 though since that's what I'm running now. I am dual booting, but my main OS is Arch Linux so I had to put "Not dual booting". Any chance of an "Non-Windows" OS option or something?

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Gary2MBz

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Windows 8 and Mac OS X 10.8 when I get a second Crucial m4 128GB SSD for Mac :woot: :laugh:

This is all on my new build, but I don't know if I should try it out first using my spare WD Scorpio Black being replaced by a 64GB m4 in my laptop? This is too much temptation lol

Edit: Windows 8 was obtained through DreamSpark (w00t for being a college student in CSIT) and I will get Mac after the SSD

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remixedcat

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Windows 8 on the HTPC and Windows 7 on the workstation.

Server will be 2008R2 when I get the money to build a dedicated box.

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+unabatedshagie Subscriber¹

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Ideally if I had the ??? I'd be using a mac but I don't so I'll probably still be using 7 and re-assess after I hear what SP1 for Windows 8 will bring (assuming it's not just a hotfix bundling pack)

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PGHammer

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The reason I dual-boot with Windows Server 2012 *currently* is because my hardware on the Windows 8 side currently does not support SLAT/EPT, which Hyper-V in Windows 8 requires; once I upgrade the hardware to solve that, the need to dual-boot goes away. I am currently running Windows 8 Pro x64 (Microsoft Partner) on my *desktop* (Q6600/4GB/AMD HD5450) in that dual-boot configuration.

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