Windows XP

since unknown year (earliest usage recorded on this site was 1998)

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macmichael01

bkokash

brousch

ellisonleao

iamteem

NX172

joe

r1chardj0n3s

carljm

andyrak

cherimullins

gklein

PaulM

alecperkins

MarkofCain

johnthedebs

nathans

tpherndon

jtauber

cstejerean

bitprophet

streetcleaner

Bryan

ntoll

tlesher

RossP

Ben

bkonkle

morgs

CerealBoy

CaptainSay

davisagli

nsmgr8

hexdump42

mikl

westonruter

pydanny

supakoo

brutasse

alex

jbeigel

greyfade

jancona

leveille

enki

gregmuellegger

rogerclark

gnubardt

mcrute

Da_Nuke

adambrenecki

williamcomartin

joalcorn

eykd

bkmontgomery

shywolf9982

Izual

Indy

karlstolley

DataShed

mrlemke

stephen_mcd

louisr

Vector

mjhagen

mfandreas

xytop

adamv

thaostra

foomor

gniero

Raisapius

jeffself

mwalling

otherchirps

whosaysni

jorjun

nnrcschmdt

macmichael01 - 15 years

bkokash - 4 years

brousch - 14 years

ellisonleao - 14 years

iamteem - 9 years

NX172 - 14 years

joe - 6 years

r1chardj0n3s - 7 years

carljm - 7 years

andyrak - 13 years

cherimullins - 11 years

gklein - 13 years

PaulM - 13 years

alecperkins - 13 years

MarkofCain - 13 years

johnthedebs - 9 years

nathans - 12 years

tpherndon - 12 years

jtauber - 12 years

cstejerean - 7 years

bitprophet - 12 years

streetcleaner - 12 years

Bryan - 12 years

ntoll - 12 years

tlesher - 12 years

RossP - 12 years

Ben - 12 years

bkonkle - 9 years

morgs - 12 years

CerealBoy - 12 years

CaptainSay - 7 years

davisagli - 3 years

gg - 6 years

nsmgr8 - 12 years

hexdump42 - 8 years

mikl - 5 years

westonruter - 11 years

pydanny - 8 years

supakoo - 11 years

brutasse - 4 years

alex - 9 years

jbeigel - 11 years

greyfade - 1 years

jancona - 11 years

leveille - 7 years

enki - 3 years

gregmuellegger - 11 years

rogerclark - 11 years

gnubardt - 6 years

mcrute - 11 years

Da_Nuke - 10 years

adambrenecki - 5 years

williamcomartin - 7 years

joalcorn - 7 years

eykd - 10 years

bkmontgomery - 3 years

shywolf9982 - 5 years

Izual - 8 years

Indy - 4 years

karlstolley - 10 years

DataShed - 6 years

mrlemke - 9 years

stephen_mcd - 6 years

louisr - 4 years

Vector - 9 years

mjhagen - 4 years

mfandreas - 9 years

xytop - 7 years

adamv - 9 years

thaostra - 5 years

foomor - 3 years

gniero - 8 years

Raisapius - 6 years

jeffself - 5 years

mwalling - 8 years

otherchirps - 7 years

whosaysni - 7 years

jorjun - 4 years

nnrcschmdt - 2 years

1998–2001

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1999–2007

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2000–

Got a taste of XP when a roommate at summer camp had "Whistler" installed. Still necessary for some things (hard to believe!).

johnthedebs

2000–2008

I've spent more time on XP than any other OS. Left the Windows world for OS X in 2008, though.

r1chardj0n3s

2000–2006

Just for the games.

carljm

2000–2006

I still have this in a VM "just in case," but hardly ever boot it. Haven't really tried any newer Windows.

2000–2010

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2001–

Main OS in the years between ME and my move to Linux full-time. I still use XP on my gaming rig because I never saw the point in using Vista, and I still don't see the point in using Win7. Also useful on VMs in environments where one needs Windows software like IE, Exchange or WinOffice.

Bryan

2001–

This was my main OS for the majority of my computing career.

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2001–2005

2001–

At work

tpherndon

2001–

cstejerean

2001–2007

streetcleaner

2001–

Existed only on a second partition or as a virtual machine.

ntoll

2001–

Still use it to test websites on IE6.

Ben

2001–

bkonkle

2001–2009

morgs

2001–

Still have it in virtualbox for testing, or for configuring Dell servers via DRAC :-(

davisagli

2001–2003

RossP

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2001–2006

2001–2008

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2001–2007

2002–2010

My desktop OS for some of these years, and eventually relegated to just games.

pydanny

2002–2009

My work environment for years. In 2007 it became just for games. After 2008 it became just for World of Warcraft. In 2009 I dropped that game and started my life over partly because others did not drop the game.

supakoo

2002–

Still running on an older box w/legacy software for backwards compatibility

brutasse

2002–2005

westonruter

2002–

First introduced on my Dell laptop and have been using it ever since on PCs that I work on, both my desktop at home and at work. Never have had Vista+ installed on any of my machines. XP is a great operating system.

jbeigel

2002–

greyfade

2002

Only used XP briefly when my Win2000 installation failed. The Whistler beta struck me as being far superior than the RTM, so I've never used it since.

jancona

2002–

Still using it, but less and less. Now, if I could switch my wife to Ubuntu...

2002–2008

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2002–2007

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2002–2011

I've been using this OS for a total of 9 years. First on a new computer I got in 2002, then on a computer I built for me in 2007, then on a netbook I bought in 2008. I currently use Windows 7 on my home computer but I do miss the extreme blazing fucking fast speed of Windows XP...

2002–2006

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2002–2008

2003–2006

Windows XP is the least bad Windows version I have used, and the one I was using for the longest time. It is relatively simple to use, but unsafe and can make your computer slow over time.

Izual

2003–2010

Still using this classic OS here and then, although it's really old now, for some Windows-only applications I need.

shywolf9982

2003–2007

Been the Office-OS for a long time. For a time I had installed on top of it bash, blackbox, and various ports of GNU tools.

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2003–2008

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2004–2009

Was my main OS for quite a while. Did a lot of development on it. Stopped using once Linux became viable for full-time use.

Vector

2004–

mfandreas

2004–

adamv

2004–

Finally started using it in 2004 on a new Dell... still using it, along-side Win7.

thaostra

2004–2008

Having an operating system like XP on a family computer made it a nightmare to use, especially when AOL was thrown in the mix. I swear, AOL killed my inner child.

louisr

2004–2007

This was my favorite version of windows. This OS is best for gaming.. if there is any other OS for gaming. Security issues today make it hard to keep an install of Windows clean.

foomor

2004–2006

xytop

2004–2010

Used for long time. Like its stability and user-friendly interface

mjhagen

2004–2007

mrlemke

2004–

My favorite version of Windows. Unlike Vista and 7, it isn't incredibly bloated and can run on older hardware without much hassle.

jeffself

2005–2009