On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 2:36 PM, David C. Kerber <dker...@warrenrogersassociates.com> wrote: >> From: dmccunney [mailto:dennis.mccun...@gmail.com] >> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I thought WinME removed the real mode bootup, hence lower >> compatibility? >> >> Don't have it and haven't used it, so don't know. Everything I've >> heard indicates it should have been called Win98 Third Edition. I'm >> pretty sure there was still DOS underneath like in ME. Removing the >> real mode loader didn't occur till NT. > > Win NT4 significantly pre-dated Win 98; it came out in about '96. Many > people feel WinME was one of the worst pieces of software ever written, while > 98SE was very good. Win2k was the best, IMO. I ran NT4 back then, but as a server OS in a computer room. It was not an end-user product. It took Win2K for sufficient compatibility (like the ability to use FAT32) to make it a usable end user OS. 98SE was certainly an improvement over prior Win9X releases. I ran it longer than I really wanted because I was waiting for drivers for peripherals I used to arrive. When I finally had them all, I switched to 2K in a heartbeat. Despite my best efforts, 98SE reached the point where I was rebooting multiple times per day to be able to get things done. Win2K just ran, and got rebooted only if I installed software that required it or I was fiddling with hardware. ______ Dennis https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Java SE, Java EE, Eclipse, Spring, Hibernate, JavaScript, jQuery and much more. Keep your Java skills current with LearnJavaNow - 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Java experts. SALE $49.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122612 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
