RE: OT:Windows Me vs Windows 98 SE

2001-04-03 Thread Thomas_M
iginal Message- > From: Lee Goddard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 2:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Michael Marziani; 'Michael L. Semon'; 'Perl-Win32-Users' > Subject: Re: OT:Windows Me vs Windows 98 SE > > > > Um, ye

Re: OT:Windows Me vs Windows 98 SE

2001-03-31 Thread Michael L. Semon
In defense of WinME, its very good for a Win9x operating system. MS got rid of the 16-bit real-mode drivers and the real-mode DOS bootstrap routines. WinME is a lot more stable than Win98SE. However, programs that relied on that kind of stuff are going to have problems. That includes older Wind

Re: OT:Windows Me vs Windows 98 SE

2001-03-31 Thread Lee Goddard
My personal choice is Win2k Pro - if you *have* to have Windows, which I sadly do. Win ME is really Win98se tarted-up a bit, so is intended for "home users" (gamers!) and Win2k pro is really NT5 (and plays most games!). Most pro software never mentions Me compatibility, ASAIK. Cheers lee At 1