Masterpjz9
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Can someone list the Pros and the Cons of using Windows ME over Windows 98?
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Windows 98 or ME
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things I hate about WinME.
Can't boot to a DOS prompt for diagnostics.
Have had several machines (for clients) that would crash the Internet Explorer with a dial up - MS is aware of it, but can't patch it to save their butts.
Can't find drivers out there that worth their weight in snot.
Seems like Dell got ticked off while they were selling it that they reverted to selling Windows 98 because of sooo many problems. I called them and asked them about it - too many problems with the OS, and they dropped it, but people could still get it if asked for it.
All in all, it was a weak attempt at an upgrade from 98.
what I don't like about 98:
Crashes are hard to recover (compared to win2K)
That CRTL ALT DEL combo, to unfreeze a program, will 90% of the time crash your system.
Becasue all things must change, there are no new drivers embedded within the OS and you must load lots and lots of drivers, not to mention the huge amounts of updates ya gotta do.
Go with Win2K if you can.
Can't boot to a DOS prompt for diagnostics.
Have had several machines (for clients) that would crash the Internet Explorer with a dial up - MS is aware of it, but can't patch it to save their butts.
Can't find drivers out there that worth their weight in snot.
Seems like Dell got ticked off while they were selling it that they reverted to selling Windows 98 because of sooo many problems. I called them and asked them about it - too many problems with the OS, and they dropped it, but people could still get it if asked for it.
All in all, it was a weak attempt at an upgrade from 98.
what I don't like about 98:
Crashes are hard to recover (compared to win2K)
That CRTL ALT DEL combo, to unfreeze a program, will 90% of the time crash your system.
Becasue all things must change, there are no new drivers embedded within the OS and you must load lots and lots of drivers, not to mention the huge amounts of updates ya gotta do.
Go with Win2K if you can.
Yes
totally agree, heck i find win2k runs more effecient than xp
tried ME out, hated it, it is garbage, basically Microsoft is trying to turn Win98 into Win2k level, good try, doesn't work
Win98 is ok to me, yes once it crashed, you are pretty well toasted, it protects the it's kernel a bit better than win95 did when you uninstall programs
totally agree, heck i find win2k runs more effecient than xp
tried ME out, hated it, it is garbage, basically Microsoft is trying to turn Win98 into Win2k level, good try, doesn't work
Win98 is ok to me, yes once it crashed, you are pretty well toasted, it protects the it's kernel a bit better than win95 did when you uninstall programs
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