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Posted: 1/26/2009 7:22:32 AM EST
Did anyone at all actually like me?

What was so bad with it, I constantly hear how vista is the next ME and I must admit I actually enjoy vista never, ever really had a problem with it.

What made ME so bad?

For the record I have have used 95, 98SE, 2000 (my all time favorite,) XP sp1,2, and 3, Vista and now 7 64x
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:24:18 AM EST
[#1]
Worst fucking OS I've ever used.  If I ever saw Bill Gates I'd shake his hand, say hello and then snatch his balls off like a paper towel just because of Windows ME.
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:25:26 AM EST
[#2]
Quoted:
Worst fucking OS I've ever used.  If I ever saw Bill Gates I'd shake his hand, say hello and then snatch his balls off like a paper towel just because of Windows ME.


but what made it so bad, I know people complain about the UAC in vista and how its a resource hog with little to show for but what made ME so bad?
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:26:37 AM EST
[#3]
I never really had any issues at all with ME...

I will admit I did like XP a lot better once I started using it..
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:26:51 AM EST
[#4]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Worst fucking OS I've ever used.  If I ever saw Bill Gates I'd shake his hand, say hello and then snatch his balls off like a paper towel just because of Windows ME.


but what made it so bad, I know people complain about the UAC in vista and how its a resource hog with little to show for but what made ME so bad?


For me it was stability.  It would constantly crash when doing anything.  It finally culminated in a corrupted OS that would no longer even boot.
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:28:43 AM EST
[#5]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Worst fucking OS I've ever used.  If I ever saw Bill Gates I'd shake his hand, say hello and then snatch his balls off like a paper towel just because of Windows ME.


but what made it so bad, I know people complain about the UAC in vista and how its a resource hog with little to show for but what made ME so bad?


For me it was stability.  It would constantly crash when doing anything.  It finally culminated in a corrupted OS that would no longer even boot.


x2.  Same thing happened to me.
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:30:46 AM EST
[#6]
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:30:56 AM EST
[#7]
Quoted:
Worst fucking OS I've ever used.


Same here.
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:31:22 AM EST
[#8]
I didn't actually have any issues with it if I installed it as a new OS.  If I upgraded 98 with it, then it became buggy and crashed all the time.
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:37:59 AM EST
[#9]
I actually found a copy of it laying around at the casa, what would happen if I loaded it on an old xp era PC, would it work would it update itself?

would it play nicely in a Virtual Maching
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:38:13 AM EST
[#10]
I used it for years. Never had a problem.
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:39:10 AM EST
[#11]
It's main problem was it was Windows 98 drug out too long and made to do more than it could handle. Like XP is very long in the tooth now.
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:41:57 AM EST
[#12]
Quoted:
Did anyone at all actually like me?

What was so bad with it, I constantly hear how vista is the next ME and I must admit I actually enjoy vista never, ever really had a problem with it.

What made ME so bad?

For the record I have have used 95, 98SE, 2000 (my all time favorite,) XP sp1,2, and 3, Vista and now 7 64x


–––– TICKET CLOSURE NOTES ––––

RESOLUTION:

Informed user that IT support does not offer counseling.

Recommended replacing bastardized OS and finding psychologist for closure on why they think nobody actually likes them, and to determine what makes them so bad.

_MaH

–––– TICKET CLOSURE NOTES ––––


Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:44:42 AM EST
[#13]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Did anyone at all actually like me?

What was so bad with it, I constantly hear how vista is the next ME and I must admit I actually enjoy vista never, ever really had a problem with it.

What made ME so bad?

For the record I have have used 95, 98SE, 2000 (my all time favorite,) XP sp1,2, and 3, Vista and now 7 64x


–––– TICKET CLOSURE NOTES ––––

RESOLUTION:

Informed user that IT support does not offer counseling.

Recommended replacing bastardized OS and finding psychologist for closure on why they think nobody actually likes them, and to determine what makes them so bad.

_MaH

–––– TICKET CLOSURE NOTES ––––




Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:45:23 AM EST
[#14]
Quoted:
Did anyone at all actually like me?

What made ME so bad?


I used ME a lot, and liked it.
There were a number of things to tweak, necessary to get it to work well...
but once you ironed it out, it was a good OS. I preferred it over Win98 by a mile.
The biggest problems I had were memory limitations and file size limitations.

WinXP is certainly more stable, but I rarely had problems with ME.

I also don't have any issues with what I've seen of Vista.
You have certain hardware requirements, and then some things to tweak.
Beyond that, it seems to run good.

Bottom line is that I expect anything box stock, such as an HP system from BestBuy, will run like shit until it's gone over.
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:46:25 AM EST
[#15]
Blue screen of death became mainstream with ME.
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:48:47 AM EST
[#16]
Quoted:
Blue screen of death became mainstream with ME.


Only for people who didn't know how to install it.
And as far as I know, the "upgrade" was very unstable...
but I think that's par for the course with all upgrade versions.
Get the full OS and do a clean install. That's the only way to go.
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:48:59 AM EST
[#17]
Very much a stopgap OS in feel.  

As previously mentioned,  W98 with a lot of partially developed extras stuffed in.

Prone to being frustratingly unstable compared to W98, unless meticilously coddled and updated.
If you had a hardware configuration with correct drivers and a stable version of Me, something as simple as adding a CD-ROM or video card could sent it into fits of crashing.

Last MS OS using DOS in the background.

I have a few versions of Me in the collection, just for reference. I've played with installing it on what for the time would have been very powerful systems, and it was still, terribly unstable.
If I have to install a MS OS in an old system, I'll use W98-SE or W2K-SP4.
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:52:49 AM EST
[#18]
Quoted:
Worst fucking OS I've ever used.  If I ever saw Bill Gates I'd shake his hand, say hello and then snatch his balls off like a paper towel just because of Windows ME.


Roger that.  And I thought 98 was unreliable.  ME was less stable than Mike Tyson himself!
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:54:13 AM EST
[#19]
Here is a picture that represents the stability of Windows ME:

Link Posted: 1/26/2009 7:56:16 AM EST
[#20]
A bloated, unstable answer to a question nobody asked.
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 8:07:02 AM EST
[#21]
I miss NT 4.0
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 8:08:30 AM EST
[#22]
wasn't me just a version of 98 packed with crap (themes, and more crap)?? Kinda like XP home to XP Pro. Both are crap but better than the other.
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 11:44:55 AM EST
[#23]
only thing i liked about it was the restore feature. but the blue screen of death sucked.
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 11:54:42 AM EST
[#24]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Worst fucking OS I've ever used.  If I ever saw Bill Gates I'd shake his hand, say hello and then snatch his balls off like a paper towel just because of Windows ME.


but what made it so bad, I know people complain about the UAC in vista and how its a resource hog with little to show for but what made ME so bad?


UAC takes about 10 seconds to turn off.
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 11:59:03 AM EST
[#25]
*shrug*  In my experience ME took longer to get to be unstable and crash prone than 95 did.  My 95 installs were re-installed roughly about every 6 months to keep it running right.  My first ME install lasted until I dropped the computer and got XP on the next one.
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 12:01:47 PM EST
[#26]
Quoted:
Did anyone at all actually like me?

What was so bad with it, I constantly hear how vista is the next ME and I must admit I actually enjoy vista never, ever really had a problem with it.

What made ME so bad?

For the record I have have used 95, 98SE, 2000 (my all time favorite,) XP sp1,2, and 3, Vista and now 7 64x


apparently you didn't download the grammar checker
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 12:02:31 PM EST
[#27]
I think most people's Windows problems are related to bad installations.  If you start with a system, a blank hard drive and a Windows CD, you will rarely have problems. But too many PC makers pile on a load of useless crap and never check to be sure that it doesn't cause problems.  Corporate IT departments are just as bad or worse.  The next problem is that instead of including a genuine MS-Windows disk, they include a "Restore" disk that lets you put the system back to the same screwed up state it was in when you bought it.
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 12:05:28 PM EST
[#28]
Vista is Windows ME Jr. Regardless of where the fault lies, it was a horrible rollout. Driver problems, terribly annoying "features", etc.

I've got the beta of 7 running, and I'm quite impressed. I'm running it on an old box, and the ONLY problem I had was getting an older video driver to install. Memory and CPU wise, it's running at least as good as XP did, and I actually think it's running faster(apples:apples, both clean installs).
Link Posted: 1/26/2009 12:08:37 PM EST
[#29]
Quoted:
I used it for years. Never had a problem.


Link Posted: 1/27/2009 4:11:13 AM EST
[#30]
Link Posted: 1/27/2009 4:18:20 AM EST
[#31]
Link Posted: 1/27/2009 4:19:05 AM EST
[#32]
I took my new computer out of the box and connected it up.

Turned it on for the first time and got "The Blue Screen Of Death".  

I knew it was going to go down hill from there.
Link Posted: 1/27/2009 4:20:09 AM EST
[#33]
WTF is this thread about?  A history lesson?

We all know that MICROSOFT SUCKS
Link Posted: 1/27/2009 4:22:47 AM EST
[#34]
It had more bugs than a rain forest.

Link Posted: 1/27/2009 4:24:06 AM EST
[#35]
ME = BSoD (Blue Screen of Death)

It crashed once while I was writing a thesis in college.  I've never been so close to chucking a computer out a 5th floor window.
Link Posted: 1/27/2009 4:27:20 AM EST
[#36]


POS Makes Yugos (cars) look like a Mercedes
Link Posted: 1/27/2009 4:29:38 AM EST
[#37]


Link Posted: 1/27/2009 4:57:54 AM EST
[#38]
I never had it on any of my computers but from what I can remember it was slow, unstable, and constantly looking for updates that didn't exist.

I want from Windows 98 to XP.  Quite happy with that actually.
Link Posted: 1/27/2009 6:02:25 AM EST
[#39]
I've run across a few people who liked ME.

I didn't use it much, and the few times I did play with it was on machines that had issues already. That really didn't inspire me to get it, but I can't say that was really ME's fault.

By the time I was in a position to leave 98SE, 2k was out and I saw no reason to go any other way, until XP SP1 came out.
Link Posted: 1/27/2009 6:08:03 AM EST
[#40]
I installed it, used it for about a week, it crashed about 20 times, and then i re-installed 98 SE. I upgraded to windows 2000 shortly after that, and never looked back. I am now running the windows 7 beta.
Link Posted: 1/27/2009 2:48:17 PM EST
[#41]
Quoted:
It had more bugs than a rain forest.



lol
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