[Keith in Iowa]

MacBook Pro. Because they work. :)

[discostu]

7, deluxe edition, it’s fast, it’s got cool features, and it can make XP virtual machines just in case you really need one.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Windows 7, because it works and is half the price of a Winbook Pro.

[Codeflier]

Win 7, unless you like paying 2.4x more for Mac products.

[astyanax]

Without a doubt, Win7.
Especially on a new machine.

[badpacifist]

Seven is fine for me.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

i still prefer XP.

[4rcane]

if money isn’t an issue, get win 7. Window 7 is better than XP

[Nervous Tick]

I recommend Windows 98. It’s +91 better than Windows 7.

[mnehring]

7 without question. XP is decent but will no longer be supported. 7 fixed the Vista problems and seems to be a pretty strong operating system.

[MarineBrat]

If it has 4 gigs of ram and is a 64 bit machine, you’d be crazy to not load Win-7 64.

If it’s 1 gig of ram you’d be crazy to not load XP.

[JRandomFreeper]

I don't do windoze, linux only, but a client/friend bought a new laptop that had Vista on it and wasted no time in getting 7 for it. Only problem he had was stereo bluetooth drivers, which we resolved.

Based on that experience, I would have to vote for 7.

/johnny

[arthurus]

Actually I prefer W2000. I have had XP for a while because of a couple of incompatibilities in W2K but I have found patches for those and am going back.W2K does a couple of things that I depend on very easily that are laborious in XP and 7. I don’t even consider Vista.

[tophat9000]

Win 7 .. and if you get Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7 Ultimate... it includes Windows XP that runs in Windows 7 as a virtual machine... but confirm the CPU supports virtual machines

[Thebaddog]

7 is stable. But who remembers NT for old times sake?

[taxcontrol]

Linux

[Bullish]

Windows 7 for sure.

[krb]

Get Windows 7 Pro and install “XP Mode”

[TomServo]

[dangerdoc]

I use XP every day at work and 7 at home. No question, Windows 7 is better.

It is much simpler, most devices do not need a driver disc, just plug in the USB, and it finds the correct driver and just starts working.

The task bar is much less cluttered and gives you a peak at any open window just by hovering the curser over the task bar.

It boots fast and has a lot of built in features that have replaced a number of programs I had to install on XP and Vista.

My Windows 7 went down hard last week and I posted here warning people to wait before downloading the update. After a reinstall, and further testing, I’m retracting my warning, I had a bad memory module. Windows 7 made the reinstall very easy BTW.