Is anyone switching from Windows 98 to Windows Me?

[nexialist]

I bought and have it on another hard drive but I have not used it because it won't run my Digital 80 sound system.

 

[robg1701]

Nope. Been there, done that, threw away the cd....ok, well maybe i just unistalled it
I know quite a few people with new PC's that came 'blessed' with WinME that are switching to WIN98! IMHO, its a POS - it was good for a few days but then things went to hell

Now WHISTLER on the other hand - WAY TO GO M$ !!!

 

[silver24]

I have used it for more than 2 mo with no broblems at all.

 

[Blayze]

its ok
I have more problems with it than 98 1st edition though

 

[MulLa]

Tried it a bit on my dad's machine. Haven't got any problems with it but in the end I still got rid of it, for it's a resource hog ^^

 

[Homer]

Some is... some isn't... I isn't...

Can't see any reason to switch.

 

[freeway]

Just the reverse - I "upgraded" a few of my PC's to Me and now I am bringing them back to 98se. Me just feels slower and the number of BSOD shot way up. I would use Windows 2000 on all of them, but I like to play games.

 

[nexialist]

Mula,

I agree, it's a resource hog

 

[sparkle]

I have used it since about a month before it shipped. Runs great (if you do a full "clean" install) However, you can expect some probs if you "upgrade" it. IMO it runs hella better than my win98 ever did.

 

[dirtboy]

I haven't heard of any compelling reason to upgrade, so I'm stay with 98SE.

 

[JellyBaby]

Ditto what dirtboy said. I'm waiting for Whistler which actually looks decent.

 

[Horsepower]

When I built my new system 3 weeks ago, I installed Me. I have had no problems (or BSODs). I still run 98SE at the office, and I have to admit it was just as trouble free. FWIW
1.1g TBird on Epox 8KTA2

 

[glenn1]

tried upgrading 2 systems to ME.... one went fine, no problems whatsoever.... when i tried the install on my system, i uninstalled it before the afternoon was out. Seems to be hit or miss whether or not it works out with any given system. If it's free, give it a go, but there's no way i would pay for it if i had 98SE already....

 

[Elledan]

I borrowed a copy of ME from a friend to try this new OS, but less than 8 hours later, I had Win2k installed.
Never before I had experienced such an instable system, and worst of all: as soon as I started a 'big' program/game, ME said that the system was short on memory (this PC had 64 Mb RAM) and it refused to do anything else. Same after I rebooted. I installed it two times: first upgraded from Win98 SE (worthless, a BSOD every 5 mins), then a clean install (still memory problem).

Go Win2k!

 

[KouklatheCat]

I bought the $49 copy of ME because I had nothing better to do with my money. It is okay, I run it on my laptop.

 

[ismellsmoke]

i upgraded from win98se , don't know why , just did it . no problems with either

 

[Celstar]

I maintained a lot of computers where I work and our latest batch of computers came with winme because it was the same cost as win98. So what the heck, I ordered the systems with winme. To me, it's mostly cosmetic. I haven't noticed any improvements. I have noticed the lack of some drivers... grrr... what a headache. I'd go with win98 if I had to choose again.

Anyway, i dont see any good reason to switch over unless you just want to try it.

 

[Chatterjee]

everybody bashes the heck out of Win ME because it's some type of resource hog but i don't think it eats up so much of anything. It's been running smoothly on my machine without any problems at all.

-S

 

[biscuitlover]

I think ME is pretty cool.

 

[danielshoes]

My WinME is so unstable as Win98se was. Win 2K is stable. Maybe now M$ is doing a serious product. But I like to play my flight simulators, so...

 

[Claw57]

Switched from 98 ( with all downloadable updates ) to ME. So far has been fine. Did a fresh install ( from the upgrade CD ). Seems faster but could be because my previous setup was upgraded from 3.1 to 95 to 98.

 

[Mem]

I was going to try it but since my Win98 OS1 is rock stable & too many people having problems with ME plus driver support is not quite there yet,I`ve changed my mind I will wait & see what happens in a year from now OS wise.

 

[todd_r]

I have it on one system and it runs ok--haven't had any problems with it....it really isn't significantly better than 98SE in any way that I can determine....and it is a resource hog.....just my .02

 

[velvtelvis]

I got the upgrade just to see what the fuss was about.

Now I can't give it away.

I think I'm going to put it on a system I build just so i don't have to include any other OS and try and get some money back that way.

I figure it will go on a celeron machine in a star-treck case sold to someone who doesn't know any better.

 

[Locutus of Board]

I didn't like ME either. Wish I never upgraded.

I don't play games, so w2k is doing nicely now. Posting from it now.