Operating Systems Poll

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

It might be useful to have a count of how many operating systems are in use.  See this thread for why we might need this.

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

Windows 7 is mine.

[mightygoose 92]

XP all the way.... i use my W7 machine for things that appreciate it.

[Tysons4 68]

7

[astronelson 339]

I too run Windows 7. The last OS I had on a computer I could call mine was Windows 98, so it is definitely a step up.

[DCMetro34 576]

I run mine on Windows 7- 32 bit  and I haven't had problems with relations to Windows 7. 

Interesting concept on the link there, intriguing ideas there....

DC

[Jt1996 3]

Sadly I run on Vista

But atleast it's Windows

[Yonk 2]

It's Windows Vista, for me, too. I feel so pathetic and sad with my three-years-old computer chugging along like a sad little single-prop aircraft while everyone else on here has Learjets...

- Yonk

[Follarch 326]

Win7 because thats what was installed on my Toshiba when i bought it. lol Good enough operating system though. And I always grew up with Windows.

[minissna 0]

Linux mostly

Though other games that don't work well in linux has me useing XP more than linux at the moment

[alex48111 9]

XP. No worries, except I'm maxed out on memory.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Originally posted by: Yonk

It's Windows Vista, for me, too. I feel so pathetic and sad with my three-years-old computer chugging along like a sad little single-prop aircraft while everyone else on here has Learjets...

- Yonkquote>

Don't feel bad.  I used an Athlon 2400+ until about a month ago.  I'd still be using it, but the GPU was failing, and the new distribution for it was broken.  So, if I wanted the new features of the operating system, I had to upgrade.  Took me six months to save enough cash, but now I have a middle of the road twin piston-engine bomber.  Of course I run Linux, since playing with operating software is one of my hottest passtimes.  I have a lot of Microsoft licenses, but I don't have any of their software loaded at all except libraries needed to support wine.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

I used to run SC4 on Windows XP, then moved it to 7. Now I may be running it on a Mac.

I just need to install and duplicate the files...

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

XP all the way. I'll need to upgrade to 7 eventually to maximize the use of my software, but I'll probably keep my XP machine around for as long as I can.

[Jasoncw 11,841]

Yeah, me too, still using XP!

Everything works great as it is, and upgrading would be a bit of a hassle. I'll do it sooner or later, but for now I'm set with XP.

[Zelgadis 638]

You may as well remove the "apple other" option.  It is not possible to run SC4 on anything but OSX.

ISF

 

[Hamish 1,369]

I have both OSX and win 7 on mine, which I use pretty much only for sim city modding. But I use OSX more, so I suppose that's my vote.

[hittwice99 618]

I have three desktop computers, each running on a different OS. My primary computer is Windows 7 64 bit. The other ones (that I'm trying to find a use for) are Windows XP and 98 respectively.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Originally posted by: Zelgadis

You may as well remove the "apple other" option.  It is not possible to run SC4 on anything but OSX.

ISF

 quote>

I could, but let it run.  I didn't know that, and let's see if others don't either.

[Nardo69 51]

Oh well, I made my first  steps on Windows 98  which made buy a new PC with more RAM and Windows 2000  which I used for a loooong time  until I installed XP the day before they started selling Vista (which I completely and deliberately ignored), then used Windows 7 beta and RC until the end of their lifetime (boy, do I still miss the RC!) and now I am using XP again ... 

[Owaen 5]

Windows 7 64 Bits

Intel i7 920

6 GB Memory

AMD/Ati 5870

Runs like clockwork, although a bit overkill for this game

[jigsaw 227]

i have run SC4 on XP, Vista, and now W7. no probs with any of them at all.

[Arvendragon 1]

Win 7 - 64 bit.

Sad to see there's no more Win2000's, or even 2003/2008 servers...

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Five days of polling, so far, and only 65 people, including me, have voted.

As expected, more than half are on Windows 7, with a goodly number of the remainder on the last two "user" releases of Windows.

Around 11% use other operating systems, and considering that this is really a Windows 95/98 program, I think there is clearly some ingenuity out there.

As far as the server versions of Windows are concerned, doesn't W7 Ultimate support being a server?  If not, then you are probably stuck with a public domain one like apache, or a proprietary one from Novell or Cisco.

[doorknob60 11]

Arch Linux here

[enslaved_viking 4]

I run SimCity 4 on Windows Vista Home 32 bit, 2GB Memory, and runs good.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

One interesting thing stands out so far.  No one has admitted using a version of windows earlier than XP.  The game was written for windows '95/'98.  I am surprised there are no hold-outs.

[diamonddog_74 32]

Win XP SP3 here, but the hardware is Apple.

I only use XP for the game via Boot Camp.

[HookerHeels 309]

Originally posted by: hittwice99

I have three desktop computers, each running on a different OS. My primary computer is Windows 7 64 bit. The other ones (that I'm trying to find a use for) are Windows XP and 98 respectively.quote>

As do I. My desktop runs Xp, my laptop runs Vista, and my dad's (even though I'm not allowed on it) runs W7. Most modding programs work better with XP, so I do all my modding my my desktop, but it has a slow cpu( 1.6ghz) so I switched to my laptop (2.0ghz) and play on it.

[jigsaw 227]

does anyone here play SC4 on W7 in virtual XP mode?