Just for my 2 cents worth.
ME is almost as stable as 98 now but you have to have IE5.5/agp graphics
card/pci sound with all the patches and latest drivers for everything.

Maurice Butler



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Coulter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 11:04 AM
Subject: RE: [DUG]: If you had to choose (win98se or WinMe)


> Its interesting reading peoples comments about ME etc.
> I have it on a machine here that my wife uses for websurfing, emails,
office
> (2000) stuff and imaging stuff.
> She doesnt use it HEAPS, but enought to test its stability, and to go
> against the grain a little, the only time its had to be rebooted is when
"I"
> reboot it manually for what ever reason. Infact, for the first  month or
> more, it was not ever rebooted, and no system managment happens etc.
> I found this interesting. So I started to do a little development on the
> machine, and yeah, then it started to play up.
> I then tested it with various games etc. and once agian it seemed fine.
>
> IMHO, its great for a home user.....if you want to develop...use Win2k or
> Winnt
>
> Jeremy Coulter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Dave
> Sent: Saturday, 7 July 2001 10:29
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: Re: [DUG]: If you had to choose (win98se or WinMe)
>
>
> I used ME for about a month, but got sick of the dozen or so reboots every
> day. 98se is much more stable (only half a dozen reboots), and Win2000pro
> much better than 98se.
>
> Dave.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Geoff Jenkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 5:04 PM
> Subject: RE: [DUG]: If you had to choose (win98se or WinMe)
>
>
> > I develop on Windows 2000 Pro at the moment and enjoy the greater
> stability
> > over 98.
> >
> > >From what I understand ME is a load of trouble and will be gone before
> year
> > end. It will be replaced with Windows XP standard for home computers and
> Pro
> > for business users. XP Pro also replaces Windows 2000 Pro which I also
> > understand will probably be discontinued. 2000 can be upgraded to XP Pro
> and
> > fixes quite a number of issues in 2000 like hardware compatibility, dual
> > head video cards etc.
> >
> > You might like to wait for XP (unless you are one of us who waits for
SR-1
> > first)
> >
> > Geoff Jenkins
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > > Behalf Of John Christenhusz
> > > Sent: Friday, 6 July 2001 4:20 p.m.
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> > > Subject: RE: [DUG]: If you had to choose (win98se or WinMe)
> > >
> > >
> > > I understood that ME is good as long as you don't (want to) install it
> on
> > > old hardware because of lacking old drivers.
> > > Can any body confirm that (for delphi development) ME would be better
> than
> > > 98 and 2000 better than ME?
> > >
> > > John.
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > > > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Sent: Friday, 06 July, 2001 13:43
> > > > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> > > > Subject: [DUG]: If you had to choose (win98se or WinMe)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > For development if you had to choose 98 or Me which one would it be.
> I
> > > > have a 2000 system
> > > > already but want to get another for games.  I mean testing...  Which
> has
> > > > better stability?
> > > > I have developed on plain 98 and that was rubbish.  Has SE's
stability
> > > > increased or is Me the
> > > > way to go...
> > > > JED
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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