Windows XP
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“One of my favorite laptops is a pink Acer Aspire One, with a 9-inch display, a 1.60 GHz Intel Atom processor, running Windows XP.”
Brendan Gregg Interview, Senior performance architect (Netflix) · via Uses This 
“I also have a Windows XP computer (also bought from endpcnoise.com) that I haven't really used since 2008 but haven't recycled yet.”
Matt Cutts Interview, Head of Google's webspam team · via Uses This 
“We use Windows XP desktops and I imagine all the backend stuff is Microsoft as well.”
Jay Stahl-Herz Interview, Forensic pathologist (NYC) · via Uses This 
“I have an old Lenovo Thinkpad with XP but never take it anywhere, though for some things it's actually way faster than newer computers.”
Brian Kernighan Interview, Computer scientist (Unix), writer · via Uses This 
“I also have a Zepto laptop with Windows XP, which I use when performing with Cello Fortress.”
Joost van Dongen Interview, Game developer, cello player, co-founder (Ronimo Games) · via Uses This 
“My main machine is a frail, elderly Dell PC, running XP.”
Maria Bustillos Interview, Writer · via Uses This 
“I do the lion's share of my work in Mac OS X, but I have a Bootcamp partition (33 GB of the whole) running Windows XP for game reviewing.”
Emily Short Interview, Interactive narrative consultant · via Uses This 

“I'm running XP on a Athlon Dual 2 gigahertz with a gigabyte of memory, a Radeon x1600 video card, and a monitor.”
Justin Smith Interview, Game developer (Enviro-Bear 2010) · via Uses This 
“Windows XP has a habit of doing this to people over the years---slowing down to the point where they feel like they need new computers!”
Jason Rohrer Interview, Game developer (Passage) · via Uses This 
“On my PC I run Windows XP Professional; Vista is a bit too high-tech for me.”
Cal Henderson Interview, Web developer, professional asshat · via Uses This