If you dual boot, why did you?

[gymophett]

I dual boot Windows XP and Ubuntu 8.10.
I use XP for gaming, and Ubuntu for music, videos, surfing, etc.
So XP=Gaming
Ubuntu=Everything else.
How about you?

[handy]

Mac OSX is incredibly boring, but I need a little partition for my Apple firmware updates, for Crossover Games & Guild Wars as the Linux ATi drivers still suck by comparison & for my web authoring software which unfortunately has no equivalent the will run on Arch.

I spend most of my time in Arch on the iMac, as it is perfect for me, it has only what I want installed, ALL of the fonts are the size that I want them, I can control the look of everything, it is much faster than OSX & the list goes on...

I have another machine with drive drawers in it, it has multiple distro's & such that it can boot just by swapping a drawer out/in, it is primarily my test machine & web reference machine when needed, it also runs DVDShrink & NeroLinux when need be on whatever distro.

[Rokurosv]

Well Linux is for me, and XP is for my family. My brother uses a lot of software that only runs on XP and my family is very used to using XP.

[Grant A.]

I dual boot with Arch and Vista. I am currently trying to do everything in my power to remove Vista from my computer, but since I share it with my mom, it doesn't look like that is happening. :(

[Chilli Bob]

I use XP for Movie Maker, and a online utility on geocaching.com that downloads waypoints to my GPS.

And Starcraft. That's about it.

[smartboyathome]

I use XP for [snip] a online utility on geocaching.com that downloads waypoints to my GPS.

I do the same. I can't afford a premium membership right now, so I have to make do with that for Vista. I also use Vista for gaming. I don't dual boot Vista and Arch though, I run Arch on my laptop and Vista on my desktop.

[Regnulify]

Need to run Visual Studio. .Net pays the bills.

[konqueror7]

vista for gaming, ubuntu/fedora for everything else...

[stmiller]

I multi-boot for the software. I like audio and video software in OS X (hackintosh). And I play a few games in Windows.

I use mac, windows, and linux fairly heavily- but mainly Linux. :)

[jimrz]

one lousy app I sometimes need for work ... rest of the time all linux ... and fortunately do not need the one very often anymore at all (yet must still keep it available)

[my window broke]

not enough software runs under wine for me to make a complete switchover. I use ubuntu for nearly everything now, but if only microsoft wasn't so anti-linux and just let me use the program I bought.

[CrazyDesi]

I use virtualization and Wine if that counts

[swoll1980]

I use virtualization and Wine if that counts

WoW is the only reason I have a Windows partition. People say it runs in wine, but after about 40 hours of tinkering, and research, and tinkering some more, I could only get an unhuman 10 fps, so untill the get some kind of port to Linux, or wine, that does better than 1/3 my computers potential, I'll have to rely on Windows.

[andrewpmk]

Because it feels stupid to delete Windows Vista which came with my laptop. I hardly ever use it, but I will likely need it at some point for some proprietary app.

[theshibboleth]

I dual boot with Windows and Ubuntu. I use Ubuntu most of the time, but use Windows for games (in theory) and a Windows-only app that I need for school.

[Foster Grant]

I dual boot Windows XP and Ubuntu 8.10.
I use XP for gaming, and Ubuntu for music, videos, surfing, etc.
So XP=Gaming
Ubuntu=Everything else.
How about you?

Vista: iTunes, DVD mastering and some games.
Kubuntu: Everything else.

[bear54]

I use XP for games and Ubuntu 8.04 & Mepis 7.0 for everything else. I have tried Wine so I could kick XP to the curb but Wine just does not work well enough for me. Maybe in the future.
Eric:cool:

[dabomb1022]

Well I use vista for things like visual basic/ iTunes and other non-Linux stuff
I like ubuntu for everything else

[Mohamedzv2]

I use XP for wireless internet and C4D.

I'll use Ubuntu when I find my internet wires

[conehead77]

VPN is shaky with Ubuntu but stable with Windows, so i cant use a VM to do a part of my work.

[Bart_D]

Reasons:
-MS Office NEEDED because ACCESS is light years ahead of Open Office Base
-iPod usage
-waiting for price of HP C4880X(forget the exact name) to drop

[Northsider]

When I am just surfing I use linux. when I want to play games, use dreamweaver, ArcGIS, or any other windows-only programs I go to windows. Also, if something gets majorly f-ed up (not uncommon with linux) I can just scoot back to windows until I fix the problem

[cbtengr]

With XP to use CAD programs, Vectorworks & Autocad.

[Stalker72]

I dual boot Windows XP and Ubuntu 8.10.
I use XP for gaming, and Ubuntu for music, videos, surfing, etc.
So XP=Gaming
Ubuntu=Everything else.
How about you?
Exactly the same for me. ;)

Stalker72

[FraggedLocust]

Well I have windows for school/work, but I've been using Ubuntu steadily thus far. My laptop isn't anywhere near a gaming laptop, so i usually use it for just surfing and stuff anyway.

I've installed and uninstalled Ubuntu half a dozen times, but now I'm committing to using it as much as I can. So far I haven't booted to windows in three weeks. It's given me minor problems, mostly just small functionality issues.

The other reason I'm using Ubuntu is because I can't be arsed to figure out my Vista->XP networking problems. Ubuntu doesn't seem to care about it.

[binbash]

XP for gaming
Ubuntu everything else

[Twitch6000]

Well for awhile it was cause I didn't have cedega so I had to play Starcraft on XP.

Now I really have no reason to have a dual boot with XP,but I keep it anyways just in case...