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What does everyone think about WindowsME. A few of my friends use it and I have the cd for it. I'm going to try it out whenever I get a chance. I only have the full version so I have to fully reformat my other box. Anybody else try WindowsME and have anything either good or bad to say about it.
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Had ME Beta 3 (I think it was build 3499). Was the final beta before release (at least that's what M$ told us here at work).

It sucks ass. It's 98 with a different look.

Go buy/borrow/steal a copy of 2K Professional. It's makes a slow machine faster, and a fast machine FLY. Unless you've got a bunch of hardware that isn't on the 2K HCL list, go for it. It's by far the most stable M$ OS I've seen in a long time.

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I have win2k professional and it blows. I don't like it. and it didn't make my piece of a machine any faster. it made it soooo incredible slow I just couldn't take it and went back to win98
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From what I've read in computer mags win 2k is slower for gaming, but faster for somethings - it does have the ability to use dual CPUs
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WinME is just Win98 with the look of Win2k. Still based on the 9x kernel.

I'll be sticking with Win2k and it's stability. The only times I have to reboot is to install drivers or BIOS upgrades ... disreguarding crap software that needs a reboot (wtf is that?)

Don't know about it making a slow system faster, but mine seems about the same as when I had Win98SE on it, but it does _seem_ to boot quicker.

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winme = win98 without command prompt mode for when u fuck things up big time.

use beos any day

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I'm currently running win me, and it pleases me well. It boots up pretty quick, because it doesn't have to go through dos-mode. And there's lot's of other features about it as well that makes it worth installing. I didn't have to pick up one single driver disk from my drawer for instance. Even my ATM-card was properly installed. Then it simulates lots of audiochannels, so you can hear the icq when gaming, even with cheap soundcards such as mine. Go!Zilla still annoys me though

And it's not like win2k at all, btw..

I'd compare it to win98 as if it was win98se2. I'm happy with it, just not that happy about the auto-update feature. Who knows when M$ goes into Metallica-mode and...you know...GRABASSES BAD!!

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i've run both windows 2k and ME, and was most happy with 2k, excepts its lack of OpenGL support... (quake 3 out the window).

While win2k opperates quicker/ smoother, and without any crashes hardly, the fact that it networks 1/2 as fast with win9x boxes (un-acceptable in my house hold) and doesnt allow for some games (my sole reason for owning a computer) makes it not worth while to me.

Now, win ME- its the 95 kernel with 2k drivers, and everthing that runs in 98 works fine in ME.... nothing is different. and thats the problem, its not better in any way exceot it doesnt crash as much.. (i guess at Microsoft thats a BIG improvement).

right now im running ME on 2 of my machines solely for the reason that it doesnt have to be re-booted as often as a 98 machine.

(if i had choice, i'd run win2k, but as of now i cant live with out my quake/unreal tourny)

- but thats just me

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I just put Win2k on my system, and it rules, except for the lack of OpenGl drivers so it won't run games that I like, so it's out the window until they get some drivers...

So, for now, I'm sticking with my Win98 SE.

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I run Quake 3 in win2k. Why can't you others?
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