Can't you upgrade Windows 98 to Second Edition (or whatever) by downloading a Service Pack from Windows Update or some such thing?

Anyways, Windows ME basically is exactly the same thingas Windows 98, except that ME looks a bit different and has a few updated device drivers and has a bit more bloat / a few bugs added, things like that. I wouldn't touch either of them with a 10-foot pole, let alone use one of them on a daily basis. I'd take ME over 98, more likely, just because it looks a little better, but honestly, it's like choosing between getting kicked in the teeth or getting kicked in the groin.

ME is a "let's get everyone to spend a couple hundred dollars for no reason" release. Kind of like Office 97 -> 2000 -> XP -> 2003. Keep spending more money to re-buy software that does the same thing as what you already have, yay.