Computer-wise, I am in the middle of two worlds. Most businesses I go to use PCs, but all the computers around me at work are Macs. I see Windows XP as the most predominant OS for the PCs. I use it on my two PCs at home, as does one of my roommates, and when I get a glimpse of the OS on different computers around town, it is usually Windows XP. The Macs is my life are almost universally running Mac OSX, except for one ancient laptop that was running OS 9, but has since been upgraded. Finally, I have one roommate who runs Linux. I’m no sure of the version, because he tends to get pretty long-winded if I ask him about his precious computer.
I think that Windows XP is predominant simply because many businesses buy new computer with an OS already installed instead of building a computer and installing their own OS. The most common systems for these cookie-cutter computers is Windows XP. Of my two home PCs, one came with XP preinstalled, and the other was pieced together from spare computer parts by a friend, who installed Windows XP because that was the disc he had handy. Windows XP will continue to dominate the market as long as people are buying pre-packaged computers and accepting whatever OS the company dictates they should have.
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