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# ME is shit
but i'm not upgrading to XP
thats even worse
(I helped save b3ta! SarahRatt, Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:00, archived)
# if it's so bad
make something better
(I helped save b3ta! Sunshine Elephant, Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:01, archived)
# what am i?
an operating system designing bitch?
(I helped save b3ta! SarahRatt, Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:02, archived)
# you're...
..keeping... ME?
that's, erm, brave of you.

pilfer a copy of 2k pro - it actually works!
(mangobrain reminds you it is Talk Like a Pirate Day on 19th, Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:02, archived)
# i could always downgrade
to 3.0
(I helped save b3ta! SarahRatt, Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:05, archived)
# 3.11
otherwise you won't get networking, will you?
no b3ta

correct me if i'm wrong
(mangobrain reminds you it is Talk Like a Pirate Day on 19th, Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:09, archived)
# no
you are wrong, XP is a significant improvement on ME, which is nothing more than a skin for 98.
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:04, archived)
# i just don't like xp.
it looks too... scary
(I helped save b3ta! SarahRatt, Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:06, archived)
# it's not.
i run 2k pro on my desktop, and just got a laptop that came with XP home edition on it - would have preferred pro (I like pages of settings, not sodding "wizards"), but after making the buttons smaller and changing the Teletubby Land background (you must know the one I'm on about), it's no worse than 2k.
note: not better, just.. not worse.
(mangobrain reminds you it is Talk Like a Pirate Day on 19th, Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:11, archived)
# XP has worked on my old 500 Celeron
far better than anything previously, including Win2k.
I've been surprisingly happy with it (apart from it bluetooth suport which is laughable)
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:13, archived)
# plus
some seemingly minor, but actual major changes that just bork up.
(I helped save b3ta! Darkedge, Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:08, archived)
# Actually
I got the impression that ME was significantly worse than 98.
Win XP is actually stable and usable (i.e. what Windows 95 should have been)
(Thiefs_Pawn, Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:14, archived)
# just in case anyone here cares...
ME was a botched attempt at 98 without DOS underneath. XP, on the other hand, is based on the 2k (and earlier NT) code, which was never designed to run on top of DOS in the first place.
hence it's much cleaner, yet the claims of very old games not running well are probably true - DOS is emulated nowadays (a VM type thing), I think.
(mangobrain reminds you it is Talk Like a Pirate Day on 19th, Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:19, archived)