Which in ur opinion is the Best OS till date?

The best operating system in my opinion is definitely windows xp....i have tried many other os but its either very slow ....or isn't compatible to any good software....xp is fast and simple.....when they launched vista i started using it for its great looks but soon found that it was slow and doesn't gives good framerates for my games....so i switched back to xp ....to solve the looks problem i now use rocket dock and the bricko packs.

I too have used many OS's throughout my life and it goes way back to using Tandy's and Commodores. Right into DOS and eventually all the Window's OS's. I haven't tried 7 yet and I have still yet to give Apple's OS's a try. I have used Linux in some courses. XP is still a good OS to work with. The first time I tried it was when it first came out and a friend gave me a copy. I put it on my IBM Aptiva 333 that had the K6 AMD chip, worked like a charm. I still use XP on my two main computers while my wife and daughter use Vista. I stay away from Vista but have to deal with it when I do repairs and such for people and they have it. Obviously, upgrading from XP to Vista is not easy with older computers, that's why MS has those applications to test your computer to see if it can be upgraded. Often you need new hardware such as graphic cards and more RAM. If I could afford it, I would switch to a MAC and leave behind so many headaches that Window's OS's has with viruses, worms, trojans, spyware and so forth. It just gets tiring sometimes having to spend a portion of your time on maintenance.

Linux is still the best operating system for me. I use it to do all the things that I use to do with Windows OS. With Linux I don't have to worry about viruses and spyware. No only it available for free and I can also update for security patches for free. But for gaming platform I must say Windows XP is still the best but I guess it will be replace by Windows 7 soon.

I am currently working on Windows XP 2003 and its working excellent for me so its the best as far as I am concerned

when i design ,develop asp.Net or IDE and play game, using windows XP, when i manage server and develop C++ or perl,using linux or windows server 2003. i think linux doesn't have a large number of users, but all linux are released free,and companies use linux to found free server.

Windows XP all the way. It is starting to become an old OS, but it works really well, and no later OS will beat it. :)

For myself, it has been the availability of software which has been the driving force in upgrading to a more recent Windows Operating System. At this current time, there is still alot of XP software on the market as well as the Internet, so I don't feel the need to go to Vista yet. XP is great but it loads a ton of background programs which are largely unneeded, had there been more software for ME, I would have been running that system. My sister runs Vista on her laptop, and she complains about the issues with security it has for legitimate software. So it is unlikely I will ever get that OS.

My favorite are Windows 98 and Xp till to this date. I did not like Vista much because one need to upgrade lot of hardware before installing it. I did not like Windows 95 because in those days ever driver has to be loaded for that OS. I did not much like Windows 2000 or Me. Windows Media center too was useless OS. I had opportunity to load Windows 7 in my sister new laptop and this Os is awesome and I feel better than Vista. But lot of menus are incomplete, I hope Microsoft comes up with better screens while it launches in coming days. Media player look too is not good.. But working is very fast compared to Vista.. Once I had opportunity even to try Sussee Linux and it was dam good. What I like in Linux is we need not have to load the dam antivirus kit.. I never had the chance to try Mac.. will somehow will have a look at this OS one day..

Hey, To tell you the truth, I would have to say that Windows XP was quite a successful operating system for the whole world. It was a great improvement on the older ones, hopefully Windows 7 will take its place. Make sure you have a good day, Happy Lotting!!