Your main desktop operating system for 2015 is:


  

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  1. 1. Your main desktop operating system for 2015 is:

    • Windows XP
      2
    • Windows Vista
      1
    • Windows 7
      41
    • Windows 8.0
      1
    • Windows 8.1
      94
    • Windows 10
      66
    • Windows Server
      1
    • A Windows version older than XP
      0
    • Mac OS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard'
      0
    • Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion'
      1
    • Mac OS X 10.8 'Mountain Lion'
      0
    • Mac OS X 10.9 'Mavericks'
      1
    • Mac OS X 10.10 'Yosemite'
      20
    • A Mac OS X version older than 10.6
      0
    • Arch Linux
      2
    • Debian
      1
    • Fedora
      0
    • Ubuntu
      5
    • Other Linux distribution (specify below)
      6
    • Other operating system (specify below)
      0


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I'm using 7 until 10 is released.  I'm not doing any of the previews of 10 and I'm not sure when the final release of 10 is so I answered 7 for now in this poll.  If I bought a system with 8.x though I'd upgrade to the 10 preview because for me:

8.0 < 8.1 < 10 Preview < 7 (< 10 final?)

If 10 fixes the last compatibility issues, that's what I'll be running as default - otherwise, it will be 8.1 update 1 (my current default).  Except for those three games, everything runs as well as it did on 8.1 or better.

I'm running Windows 10 (TP) right now, and I plan to install the Consumer Preview when it arrives toward the end of this month, and eventually the final.  I'm planning on getting some new hardware before the final version is installed.

sure i get that. but still, xp lacking new patches and stuff. why not using win7? 

You can still get patches. Not that it matters much any more as most malware and other nasties are targeting Windows Vista/7/8 these days. XP is actually a lot safer than the newer versions.

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