Windows ME

Andr�s · #1 September 26th, 2003, 01:11 AM

I'm using winME in my computer and never had any problem. XP is not an option since my outdated computer doesnt meet its hardware requirements.

Ed Kolis · #2 September 26th, 2003, 02:11 AM

You also might want to upgrade to Windows RG

Thermodyne · #3 September 28th, 2003, 12:01 AM

ME is just very picky about drivers an apps. But it is a little better at some things than SE. Just be sure that you put the new installer package in.

SpaceBadger · #4 September 28th, 2003, 05:54 PM

Hmm, I have WinMe on two machines, Win98SE on two others. Really the major difference that I notice is that WinMe lets me see thumbnails of graphics in Windows Explorer, saving me from needing to open a graphics app to browse them. OTOH, I rarely use either of the Win98SE machines, so there may be more subtle differences that I am not seeing.

I'm not interested in moving "up" to XP at this time.

Can anyone point to a good comparison of WinMe and Win98SE, as to why 98SE might be better?

SpaceBadger

Kamog · #5 September 28th, 2003, 07:16 PM

I like Windows 98 better than ME or XP.

I'm using Windows XP at work, and so far XP itself has NEVER crashed, even though individual applications might sometimes crash or freeze up. So the operating system is very stable, but I find that some of my old programs either don't work at all under XP or run very slowly.

Windows 98 crashes a lot, but at least all my programs work. Windows ME also crashes a lot, but there's more weird problems than 98.

Fyron · #6 September 28th, 2003, 10:15 PM

I suggest 2000. It is definitely better than 98, and has none of the XP garbage. XP only has a few minor good features over 2000 anyways.

2000 crashes less frequently than XP does for me.

[ September 28, 2003, 21:20: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Roanon · #7 September 30th, 2003, 01:04 AM

I also strongly recommend Win2k over WinXP on a private computer, i.e. one also used for gaming. Apart from increased spy-crap that is very annoying at least, there are many games that just don't do on XP for unknown reasons. Check also the threads about problems with WinXP and even a simple and non-demanding game like SEIV.