Win 98 SE or Win ME

[Scorp]

i know this has probably come up a few times, but i upgraded my computer from win 98 SE to win me and i noticed the boot time is about the same, everything else is practically the game. i heard the win me is supposedly meant to boot faster than 98 se? is it because i upgraded and didn't clean install win me?

anyway i'm building a new computer and i'm wondering whether to put 98 se or win me onto it... it will be a clean install of the os, so i want to know if win me is better than 98 se in a clean install...?

i mostly play games and surf the net

 

[FOBSIDE]

for playing the games and surfing the net, i would say go with 98se. my experience with winme just says stay away from it for any reason. its the blue screen of death version.

 

[jkdude]

stick with Win98 SE for now....

i guess you got lucky and didn't get any errors when upgrading, as many people have reported problems when upgradign from SE to ME.

 

[squirrel dog]

me gnaws,go with 98se.Waiting on XP myself.

 

[AncientPC]

I've had bad experience with WinME, it's hard to find an advocate for it. It doesn't significantly improve anything over Win98SE, just stick to that for now. It's what I'm using.

 

[byron]

win ME stinks...... choosing between 98se and Me is like picking your poison..... if you want to build a stable system now win2k is incredibly stable...... ive been running it for 5-6 months w/o one OS crash yet. (knock on wood).

byron

 

[1]

No complaints with Windows ME. Use whatever you feel comfortable with.

 

[forkd]

I'm now on a Dual boot with 98se and ME and can't really pin it down. Win ME is great for most things but when gaming it sometimes seems subject to more lag. I don't know why. I still prefer 98se for games but not by a large margin anymore.