Survey for School Project Please Help <3

hey doing a project for school on computer operating systems and i need to gather a little data.

First:
When considering an operating system for your computer what aspects are the most important.
Rate the following from 1-10 10 being most important and 1 being least important
User Friendly:
Support:
Security:
Compatibility:
Stability:
Virus Protection:
Popularity:
Virus Protection:
Popularity:
Programs:
Easy of Install:
Ability to run Servers:

2)
What operating system do you prefer
Windows
MAC OS
Gentoo
Red Hat
Linspire (Lindows)
FreeBSD

3) What do you use your computer for?
EX: gaming, servers, watching "movies"

thanks your help is appreciated

If you need to you can just make up answers, teachers aren't looking for scientific data so much as how well you use it when writing an essay.
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See?

Made it easier for me to answer your poll, if I rearranged things a bit. You had "Virus Protection" and "Security" twice. HTH.


#1. When considering an operating system for your computer what aspects are the most important? Rate the following from 1-10, 10 being most important and 1 being least important.

User Friendly: 4
Support: 3
Security: 9
Compatibility: 5
Stability: 10
Virus Protection: 8
Popularity: 7
Programs: 6
Easy of Install: 2
Ability to run Servers: 1

#2. What operating system do you prefer?
[X] Windows
[ ] MAC OS
[ ] Gentoo
[ ] Red Hat
[ ] Linspire (Lindows)
[ ] FreeBSD

#3. What do you use your computer for? (EX: gaming, servers, watching "movies")

Video encoding, DVD authoring.

1)
When considering an operating system for your computer what aspects are the most important? Rate the following from 1-10, 10 being most important and 1 being least important.

User Friendly: 10
Support: 5
Security: 10
Compatibility: 10
Stability: 10
Virus Protection: 1
Popularity: 1
Programs: 8
Easy of Install: 10
Ability to run Servers: 1

2)
What operating system do you prefer
Windows X
MAC OS
Gentoo
Red Hat
Linspire (Lindows)
FreeBSD

3) What do you use your computer for?
Some gaming, lots of internet, DVD viewing, other stuffs.

Don't make up data. It's much more meaningful when you're actually using real numbers to tell a story.

When considering an operating system for your computer what aspects are the most important.
Rate the following from 1-10 10 being most important and 1 being least important

(not sure if this is how you wanted it)

User Friendly: 4
Support: 5
Security: 7
Compatibility: 9
Stability: 8
Virus Protection:6

Popularity: 2

Programs: 10
Easy of Install: 7
Ability to run Servers: 3

2) What operating system do you prefer

Windows
Only because I'm too chicken to try Linux

3) What do you use your computer for?

I have computers for everything. One server, one entertainment center (CDs, DVDs) and two gaming machines.

First:
When considering an operating system for your computer what aspects are the most important.
Rate the following from 1-10 10 being most important and 1 being least important
User Friendly: 10
Support: 8
Security: 9
Compatibility: 6
Stability: 10
Virus Protection: 5
Popularity: 2
Programs: 10
Easy of Install: 9
Ability to run Servers: 1

2)
What operating system do you prefer
Windows
Knoppix Linux

3) What do you use your computer for?
Gaming, movies, internet

Hope I helped!

First:
Rate the following from 1-10 10 being most important and 1 being least important
User Friendly: 3
Support: 5
Security: 5
Compatibility: 3
Stability: 10
Virus Protection: 3
Popularity: 1
Programs: 9
Easy of Install: 3
Ability to run Servers: 1

2)
What operating system do you prefer

Of the bunch you listed, Gentoo Linux, though I personally use Suse Linux.

3) What do you use your computer for?

Primarily programming (in C and Java, if that matters) and web browsing / email. I also do a fair amount of gaming from time to time, for which I use Windows XP Pro (I have a dual boot).

First:
When considering an operating system for your computer what aspects are the most important.
Rate the following from 1-10 10 being most important and 1 being least important
User Friendly: 1
Support: 1
Security: 8
Compatibility: 9
Stability: 2
Virus Protection: 1
Popularity: 1
Programs: 10
Easy of Install: 4
Ability to run Servers: 7

2)
What operating system do you prefer
Windows and Fedora Core linux

3) What do you use your computer for?
main comp = gaming
server = being a server

First:
When considering an operating system for your computer what aspects are the most important.
Rate the following from 1-10 10 being most important and 1 being least important

User Friendly: 4, not really very important. I go back to the days of dos 2.0 and command line unix. I consider an OS to be user friendly if I can figure it out fairly quickly. The transition to a new OS can be annoying but once I get friendly with it, it is friendly with me.

Support: 2, don't make me laugh. 800 numbers are a joke. Press 1 for this, press 2 for that. What number do I press to speak to a human? That is the last number on the list (if they even bother to make that an option).

Security: 3, I use windows and take responsibility for that on my own.

Compatibility: 4, see my points under user friendly.

Stability: 8, it had better be. I remember win 3.1 and the dreaded GPF. I got then like 20 times on a good day.

Virus Protection: 1, back in thr days when MS was borg assimilating every good idea under the sun, they should have made anti-virus a system service.

Popularity: 1, who cares? I am the only person who uses my computer and that is just the way it is.

Programs: 8, but then there are plenty of programs for most O/Ss these days.

Easy of Install: 2, I only do that twice a year, as long as I can do it in an afternoon I am fine with it.

Ability to run Servers: 2, not really. I am behind a dybnamic IP#.

2)
What operating system do you prefer

I am using win2k right now. I can't do mac without spending way too much on hardware. After I finish my current upgrade, I will have some working hardware that I can use to play with linux w/o taking my main box down.

3) What do you use your computer for?
EX: gaming, servers, watching "movies"

Gaming, music, movies, surfing, general use.

#1. When considering an operating system for your computer what aspects are the most important? Rate the following from 1-10, 10 being most important and 1 being least important.

User Friendly: 9
Support: 3 (that's what ocforums is for )
Security: 9
Compatibility: 9
Stability: 10
Virus Protection: 1 (not the responsibility of the OS)
Popularity: 5
Programs: 9
Easy of Install: 4
Ability to run Servers: 3

#2. What operating system do you prefer?
[X] Windows <-- first vote
[ ] MAC OS
[X] Gentoo <-- second
[ ] Red Hat
[ ] Linspire (Lindows)
[ ] FreeBSD

#3. What do you use your computer for? (EX: gaming, servers, watching "movies")
C++ coding, tumor simulations, watching movies, playing games, web surfing

First:
When considering an operating system for your computer what aspects are the most important.
Rate the following from 1-10 10 being most important and 1 being least important
User Friendly: 6
Support: 8
Security: 3
Compatibility: 3
Stability: 1
Virus Protection:5
Popularity: 10
Programs: 1
Easy of Install:
Ability to run Servers: 4

everything else really doesn't matter. I want to run the software I require and I want it to be stable, fast, and secure.

2)
What operating system do you prefer
Windows

I play games. I need windows.

3) What do you use your computer for?

I use my computer for gaming, web surfing, watching DVDs, and programming.