Which OS?

[CrystalMethod]

Ok, I went out and finally bought my mother a computer for her christmas/ birthday. I'm just undecided on which OS to install on it, WIN 98SE, or Win ME. Any thoughts?

[rogerdugans]

Win98se.

Haven't used WinMe, but a friend of mine has- lots of troubles.
All the things I have read and seen on this forum and elsewhere lead me to believe that the few additions Me has are not worth the hassles that seem likely.

Win98se has proven itself to me as the most stable and reliable iteration of Win9x........if you must use 9x. I'd say use Win2K if you can though.

[CrystalMethod]

I thought about giving her 2K but, seeing as all she knows "point and click", I was left with 98SE, or ME, as my choices.

[RainMaQer]

I'd go with 98se... I used Me... nothing but compatability issues:mad:

[CrystalMethod]

Thanks guys, I went with 98SE. Too bad they're stopping support for it next year. (This year depending on where you live).

[RainMaQer]

In what way are they stopping support? Just curious...:)

[RedDeathDrinker]

Originally posted by RainMaQer
In what way are they stopping support? Just curious...:)

Stopping stuff like Windows update for it, and all the other support bumph on microsoft.com........

98SE is a good OS, I just prefer 2000pro. No BSOD's........:)

[David]

I went from 98se to xp pro and I would never go back :D

[crazyman]

Originally posted by CrystalMethod
Ok, I went out and finally bought my mother a computer for her christmas/ birthday. I'm just undecided on which OS to install on it, WIN 98SE, or Win ME. Any thoughts?

I have win me on my two kids pc's,and it runs flawlessly for me,and I like it for regualr computer users(non tech) ,because of the "restore"feature,it's an easy fix when they delete or click the wrong things.it has a whole lot of drivers in it too,pnp works great in winme.and any older software that worked in 95/98 will work in win me. :) although 98se is a fast top performing os,I like 98se also.

[CrystalMethod]

Well, news update. The 98SE I thought I had, wasn't SE. It was just plain old 98. :( So I have 2 98 cd's, in the wrapping with second edition cdkeys? :confused: I'm going to load it up with ME so I can run it for a week to work out all the bugs. Her Birthday is a week from today, so I have plenty of time to re-install if I have to. Crappy part, is that the SB Live! 5.1 that I got is defective, and I have to wait till thursday to get another one whenI get back to work.