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Offline whabang

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Re: Longest used Operating System
« Reply #14 from previous page: January 31, 2006, 06:52:43 PM »
YArgh! NOOOOOOOO!
Beating the dead horse since 2002.
 

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Re: Longest used Operating System
« Reply #15 on: January 31, 2006, 08:36:54 PM »
AmigaOS 1.3      -  1989-1992
AmigaOS 3.0      -  1992-1993
MS-DOS 6.xx      -  1993-1994
Windows NT 3.x   -  1993-1996
Windows NT4      -  1996-1998
SuSE Linux 5.x   -  1998-2000
BeOS Release 5   -  2000-2002
Debian Unstable  -  2003 to present.

Although will be using Mac OSX just as soon as the iMac Core Duo arrives this week. :-)
 

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Re: Longest used Operating System
« Reply #16 on: February 01, 2006, 06:00:54 AM »
Amiga 7years
windows 3years
Linux 7years - current
 

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Re: Longest used Operating System
« Reply #17 on: February 01, 2006, 08:58:34 AM »
1989-1993 +3DOS -- 4 Years
1993-1996 MS-DOS 6 + Win 3.11 -- 3 years
1996-1998 Win95 -- 2 years
1998-2001 AmigaOS 3.0 -- 3 Years
2001-2002 AmigaOS 3.9 -- 1 Year
2002-2006 MacOS X 10.2 -- 4 Years(nearly)


While I'm getting a new OS X 10.4 laptop soon, This 10.2 machine will still remain my workhorse.
 

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Re: Longest used Operating System
« Reply #18 on: February 02, 2006, 10:20:17 AM »
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While I'm getting a new OS X 10.4 laptop soon, This 10.2 machine will still remain my workhorse.


Oooooh,  a MacBook? :-)

Anyway, I think AmigaOS 3.0 has achieved some kind of record!

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Re: Longest used Operating System
« Reply #19 on: February 02, 2006, 11:52:42 AM »
Was there only me that used OS2.x? I did run my BBS at it for years on my A2000. Well, the A2K wheren't the most bought machine....

And about OS1.3, did you realy run the WB? Most games and programs din't use that much of the OS in the kickstart, just used it for booting up the software. Like using the BIOS on a PC for booting a floppy/CD/Memorystick. :inquisitive:

And wasn't the "OS1.3" called DOS1.3 (Disk Operating System)?
 

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Re: Longest used Operating System
« Reply #20 on: February 02, 2006, 02:47:55 PM »
OS2.04 10 months
OS3.0 1992 - present (still used for testing)
OS3.1 1995 - present (still used for testing)
OS3.5 1999 - present (main 3.x partition)
OS3.9 2001 - present (secondary 3.x partition)
OS4.0b 2004 - present
MOS 0.7(?) (early demo for BPPC) - 2 weeks or so
AROS sporadically since early 2005

MS-DOS 6.2 1 year
Win95 1995 - present (old PC at parents, still gets used)
Win98 1998 - 2000
Win2K 1999 - present

MacOS 7.5.3 - used occasionally on shapeshifter
MacOS 8 - 2 years
MacOS 9 - 1 year
MacOS 10.2 - 8 months
MacOS 10.3 - 1 year

Solaris 7 months
Linux - sporadically since 2000
NetBSD - when I can be a*sed.
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Re: Longest used Operating System
« Reply #21 on: February 02, 2006, 04:22:56 PM »
@Karlos

Ok, now you're just showing off... I did specify that I was only interested in the OS you use as your Main OS. :-D

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Re: Longest used Operating System
« Reply #22 on: February 02, 2006, 04:49:40 PM »
The title says longest used and you listed a load down to 24 minutes. Why is my post bad? :-P

OS3.0 and up are all still in use on my systems.
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Re: Longest used Operating System
« Reply #23 on: February 03, 2006, 03:59:01 AM »
Mine is a bit complex:

WB1.3: 1989-1991,late 1995-early 1996: so 2 1/2 years total as main OS
Win95: late 1996, early 1998: 1 1/2 years total
WinNT 3.52: early 1997: 3 months (then went back to Win95 - no software/drivers for NT!)
WinNT 4.0: early 1998: 1 month (once again, driver problems - went back to Win95)
Win98: 2002: 5 weeks (buggy crap - had to reinstall 3 times!)
BeOS: 2002: 3 weeks (great, but no software!)
WB3.1: late 2002-present: 3 years
WB3.9: 2003: 3 months (went back to 3.1)

So for me the winner is ... Nothing! Notice that I used no OS between 1991 and 1995 and between mid 1998 and 2002 - for a total of 7 1/2 years. Other than that, WB3.1 is the winner at 3 years. (not counting the crap I had to use at work)

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Re: Longest used Operating System
« Reply #24 on: February 03, 2006, 07:49:37 AM »
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The title says longest used and you listed a load down to 24 minutes. Why is my post bad? :-P

OS3.0 and up are all still in use on my systems.


Yeah, I actually upgraded to WinME... moved over all my software, Email accounts etc... and had no other computer in my house! 24 minutes later I decided to put 98se back on that machine.

I have various other machines, with various other OSes in my house, but they are for fun, not my main machines :-)

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Re: Longest used Operating System
« Reply #25 on: February 03, 2006, 04:58:01 PM »
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Oooooh,  a MacBook? :-)


Nope, even with the hefty HE student discount, there is no way I could afford one.  I'm settling for a nice dinky little 12" iBook G4*

Which I'm actually typing this post on now.  So you can add "OS X 10.4 - 18 Hours, 14 minutes and counting" :-)


*Yes I know that all indications point to a new intel iBook being announced in April, however my {bleep} Dell laptop died an evil death at the weekend, plus after weighing it up, there wasn't really much benefit for me in the predicted features (Wider screen, iSight, Frontrow, etc)
 

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Re: Longest used Operating System
« Reply #26 on: February 04, 2006, 07:18:11 PM »
MS-DOS with Xtree gold: 4 yrs
Amiga 2x & 3x: 16 yrs or something stupid like that
Windows 98: 2 dark years
MacOS 8: 1 year
MacOS 9: 4 years
MacOS X: 3 years
 

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Re: Longest used Operating System
« Reply #27 on: February 04, 2006, 07:25:44 PM »
Hey Martin!

How did your final year project go?  Are you still at Herts?