Battle of pointless operating systems!

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11-14-2006, 04:09 PM
Peegee

Battle of pointless operating systems!

Windows 98 or Windows ME

Which do you prefer (if you had to; and you do). Why?

Be as technical as you'd like. I'm very curious.
11-14-2006, 04:15 PM
escobert

98. ME is the worst.
11-14-2006, 04:22 PM
jrgen

98 was when Windows started being crap. 95 was good.
11-14-2006, 05:00 PM
fantasyjunkie

95 was good so was 98. I never used ME
11-14-2006, 05:01 PM
Fatal Impurity

ive never used ME but from what ive heard its the glitchiest thing since Pokemon blue!!
11-14-2006, 05:11 PM
escobert

Pokemon blue must be pretty smurfing glitchy.
11-14-2006, 05:15 PM
Fatal Impurity

oh the humanity.....how many times have i have to restart pokemon blue because of the smurfing glitches.....still at least it isnt as bad as FF7!
11-14-2006, 05:46 PM
Zidane Ultimate

Windows 98 for nostalgic reasons. I've never actually used ME apart from at a friends house, but it worked fine.

And wouldn't this be better called the battle of obsolete operating systems?
11-14-2006, 05:52 PM
Fatal Impurity

i think windows XP Service pack 2 should be included.....it has been the worst thing i have ever done to my hardrive to soil it with the service pack 2.......it worked much better and faster with service pack 1!!!
11-14-2006, 05:53 PM
Nominus Experse

ME...

It ought to be titled Y2K Bug edition, or something to that effect...
11-14-2006, 05:59 PM
XxSephirothxX

Windows ME deserves a very special place in software hell. :p God, that OS was awful.
11-14-2006, 06:08 PM
bipper

98 SE. 98 was [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img], as was ME. I mean, [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img] son, they were all [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img], but the block of [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img] known as 98 SE was less [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img]astic than the other [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img]s. [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img], I dunno why they even bothered [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img]ting out the [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img] hole system restore feature for [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img] ME. Short answer, NT < 2000 < XP < [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img] < ALL < Linux.

Linux 98 ftw. [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img].

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11-14-2006, 06:17 PM
Nominus Experse

Quote:

Originally Posted by bipper

98 SE. 98 was http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif, as was ME. I mean, http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif son, they were all http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif, but the block of http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif known as 98 SE was less http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gifastic than the other http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gifs. http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif, I dunno why they even bothered http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gifting out the http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif hole system restore feature for http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif ME. Short answer, NT < 2000 < XP < http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif < ALL < Linux.

Linux 98 ftw. http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif.

http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif http://forums.eyesonff.com/xxx.gif

Wow, bip... 52 skulls in that post...
11-14-2006, 06:29 PM
Mirage

If I was to choose a Windows OS from that era, it'd have to be Windows NT 4 with Service Pack 6.
11-14-2006, 07:19 PM
Flying Mullet

98 with ease. ME always crashed on me and anytime I tried to change any settings on my comp it would die.
11-14-2006, 09:02 PM
escobert

My computer would die like everyday no matter what I did, I had horrid problems with overheating and my RAM got all smurfed.I switched that computer over to XP asnd never had another problem.
11-14-2006, 09:15 PM
Yamaneko

They're both terrible OSes, even compared to XP. Try plugging in any PnP device and neither OS will recognize it correctly. By todays' standards that's the mark of a bad OS.
11-14-2006, 09:18 PM
Old Manus

I couldn't install ME. Then again neither could I unistall 98 to install ME.
11-15-2006, 02:58 PM
Fatal Impurity

Quote:

Originally Posted by Old Manus

I couldn't install ME. Then again neither could I unistall 98 to install ME.

They never want to let go.......such is the nature of bill gates' early success.....
11-15-2006, 03:01 PM
RiseToFall

ME deserves to burn in hell, it's hair ripping bad. Dammit the memories are coming back.
11-15-2006, 03:04 PM
Fatal Impurity

Quote:

Originally Posted by RiseToFall

ME deserves to burn in hell, it's hair ripping bad. Dammit the memories are coming back.

i always thought ME was software hell......its where all the naughty glitchy software go after they die.....
11-15-2006, 03:06 PM
Iceglow

I remember actually getting an ME box to work properly for about 6 weeks, I was at my brothers and his ME box worked for me without fault for 6 weeks daily use. I mean come on that was miraculous in my eyes.

Apparently it died on him when I went home, oops.
11-15-2006, 03:08 PM
Fatal Impurity

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iceglow

I remember actually getting an ME box to work properly for about 6 weeks, I was at my brothers and his ME box worked for me without fault for 6 weeks daily use. I mean come on that was miraculous in my eyes.

Apparently it died on him when I went home, oops.

you must of been his lucky charm, either that or your the patron saint of windows......:tongue: :greenie: :)
11-15-2006, 03:18 PM
Iceglow

Going with luck on that but still. I could fix it at any rate I was already studying the building and repairing of computers.
11-15-2006, 03:44 PM
RiseToFall

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iceglow

Going with luck on that but still. I could fix it at any rate I was already studying the building and repairing of computers.

You can't repair what was meant to be broken.
11-15-2006, 06:56 PM
starseeker

I can remember my home computer with ME being glitchy and prone to crashes. The school computers on Windows 98 were slow as hell and would only recognise 1 brand of USB data stick.
11-15-2006, 07:38 PM
Iceglow

that is because for USB in windows 98 you had to install drivers for the utilities including for each brand of data stick or usb adapted technology. Sucks but necessarry, your school probably sold the ones their computers recognised to students did they not? most schools with software that would need a driver for that sort of thing would make money out of it.
11-16-2006, 05:57 PM
starseeker

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iceglow

that is because for USB in windows 98 you had to install drivers for the utilities including for each brand of data stick or usb adapted technology. Sucks but necessarry, your school probably sold the ones their computers recognised to students did they not? most schools with software that would need a driver for that sort of thing would make money out of it.

I dunno. My school didn't sell data sticks at the time. Me and one other student in my tech class had workign data sticks. I had people harrassing me for floppies most weeks.
11-16-2006, 07:21 PM
Laugh at face of Danger

Good old 98, it's never done me wrong before.
11-16-2006, 07:50 PM
Cipher

O.o Was I the only one that had no problems whatsoever with Windows ME? Had it installed on one of my boxes way back in the day. Didn't glitch out, didn't roll over and die or anything. It was....normal. Sure it might not have agreed with a few PnP devices, but my experience wasn't nearly as horrible as the rest of you guys.

Windows SE, however... :rolleyes2
11-17-2006, 12:53 AM
Sylvie

98. Never used ME, but I loved 98.
11-17-2006, 02:03 AM
Dr Unne

I've had to maintain software at work that is supposed to run on Windows 98. I want to find everyone who ever worked at Microsoft during the Windows 98 development process and punch them all in the face.
11-17-2006, 09:31 AM
Iceglow

Out of the two I would say that 98 was better. I have to say though that once when sorting out the massively spread out music files I had I managed to lose all of them simply by cutting and pasting them to another folder....sucks.