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Murf January 15th, 2017 08:20 PM

Is it still around
 
Curious anyone still running Windows ME?????????

renegade600 January 15th, 2017 09:41 PM

nope. have you ever noticed when someone list windows versions, they usually miss WinMe? it is almost as if it never existed :-)

Jintan January 16th, 2017 12:19 AM

Yes, I ran into one real recently, but having a tough time of it.

Jaytee January 16th, 2017 05:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jintan (Post 1296567)
Yes, I ran into one real recently, but having a tough time of it.

Yep. This is what happens when you give Windows programmers whisky..

Appzalien January 21st, 2017 09:09 PM

I would be curious to how you would rate the different versions of Windows starting with Win95 and a scale of 1 to 10.
Win95 I give a 7 (poor usb)
Win98SE I would give a 9 (one serial for as many PC's as you like with no online activation)
Win2000 I give a 7 (poor gaming support mainly)
WinME I give a 5 (no one seems to like it)
WinXP Pro I give a 10 (full customization and a neat non-destructive reinstall feature as well as fast file transfers).
WinVista 7 again (just too buggy poor search poor file transfer speeds and poor tweakability)
Win7 I give a reluctant 9 (much better than Vista but transfers still slow and seems
to be hard to customize (full row highlight, stupid Libraries and a Windows Explorer navigation pane that will not stay at the top).
Win8 (never used it)
Win10 (never used it)

The Dude January 23rd, 2017 04:36 PM

I knew a couple ppl running ME over the years and I dont think they had any issues with it....

I guess it depends what ya try and run on it......

Ned Seagoon April 21st, 2017 07:14 PM

Everything started going downhill when they moved from DOS 3.3

smurfy April 22nd, 2017 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Appzalien (Post 1296683)
I would be curious to how you would rate the different versions of Windows starting with Win95 and a scale of 1 to 10.
Win95 I give a 7 (poor usb)
Win98SE I would give a 9 (one serial for as many PC's as you like with no online activation)
Win2000 I give a 7 (poor gaming support mainly)
WinME I give a 5 (no one seems to like it)
WinXP Pro I give a 10 (full customization and a neat non-destructive reinstall feature as well as fast file transfers).
WinVista 7 again (just too buggy poor search poor file transfer speeds and poor tweakability)
Win7 I give a reluctant 9 (much better than Vista but transfers still slow and seems
to be hard to customize (full row highlight, stupid Libraries and a Windows Explorer navigation pane that will not stay at the top).
Win8 (never used it)
Win10 (never used it)

There's a heap of versions missing from that list...:rotflmao:
I'm not going to give an /10 for each but can pretty easily rank from best to worst.
Here you go for the ones I can remember using/worked on/own (not including Windows Server O/S):
Code:

Rank | Version
 17    Windows 3.1
 9    Windows for workgroups 3.11
 12    Windows NT 3.51
 16    Win95
 10    Win95a (OSR1)
 5    Win95b (OSR2)
 8    Win95c (OSR2.5)
 11    Windows NT 4.0
 13    Win98
 1    Win98SE
 6    Win2000
 18    Win ME
 4    WinXP
 14    Win Vista
 2    Win7
 15    Win8
 7    Win 8.1
 3    Win10

nb: can still lay my hands on installs for all but 1 (Windows 8.0) of the above :)

renegade600 April 22nd, 2017 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smurfy (Post 1298084)
There's a heap of versions missing from that list...:rotflmao:
I'm not going to give an /10 for each but can pretty easily rank from best to worst.
Here you go for the ones I can remember using/worked on/own (not including Windows Server O/S):
Code:

Rank | Version
 17    Windows 3.1
 9    Windows for workgroups 3.11
 12    Windows NT 3.51
 16    Win95
 10    Win95a (OSR1)
 5    Win95b (OSR2)
 8    Win95c (OSR2.5)
 11    Windows NT 4.0
 13    Win98
 1    Win98SE
 6    Win2000
 18    Win ME
 4    WinXP
 14    Win Vista
 2    Win7
 15    Win8
 7    Win 8.1
 3    Win10

nb: can still lay my hands on installs for all but 1 (Windows 8.0) of the above :)

where is win3.0 on your list :-) sorry could not resist.

I was looking at that list thinking how much I have forgotten about them. the little tidbits of info regarding the differences. In addition it reminds me of things I were doing during those times. like running a bbs when win95 was released and trying to get it to work in dos mode, , how I took off of work to get vista on the day it was released, how, I was doing this and that... really makes me feel old.

Jaytee April 23rd, 2017 02:56 AM

Wow I must of been the king of bad buying back then
I got #16 # 13 and #18 by the time XP came along I was completely over the windows o/s

The Dude April 23rd, 2017 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smurfy
nb: can still lay my hands on installs for all but 1 (Windows 8.0) of the above :)

Excellent Smurfy,thats good to hear mate :)


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