How is WinME different than Win98se?

[Passions]

I cant really tell besides the startup logo, and other minor changes. so whats the real differences? bah.

 

[MaJik]

WinME isn't supposed to be MS-DOS Based (So ive heard)
And its not MS-IE Based anymore (like Win98 & Win98SE), its based on the original Win95. Because they got busted out by crackhead Netscape, because they couldn't come up with something that was good enough that people downloaded/installed it, so they had to make up stuff about how its wrong to give something *FREE* with another product they sell.....

BLAH

Actualy i installed it a while ago, about a week later formated HD and Installed Win2k... If i needed another version of Win for games (I don't play any games that don't support win2k) I would go with Win98SE not WinME

 

[SUOrangeman]

http://www.winsupersite.com/FAQ/millennium.asp

Also check out the reviews there.

-SUO, ME beta tester

 

[Prodigy^]

you sure it's not DOS based? I think it is.......and I'd prefer a DOS based Windows, I like to have DOS to rely on when everything else goes wrong 🙂

EDIT: from SUO's site:

Q: I heard that Windows Me would not use DOS as its base and would, in fact, be a full 32-bit operating system like Windows NT. Is this true?
No. Windows Millennium Edition, like Windows 95 and Windows 98 before it, is based on DOS and is therefore a 16/32-bit operating system. Microsoft is doing what it can to hide the MS-DOS prompt in Windows Me in an effort to simplify the OS, but DOS is as fully entrenched in Windows Me as it was in earlier versions of Windows 9x.

What's missing in Windows Me is support for 16-bit Real Mode DOS, which is rarely, if ever, used anymore anyway.


Q: So will my DOS games like DOOM and Duke Nukem 3D still run in Millennium?
A: Yes, absolutely. Every DOS game should run in Windows Me.