Pvt. Ryan Posted December 16, 2000 Share Posted December 16, 2000 I purchased a Dell PIII933 with Win98 SE a few months ago. Today I received my free upgrade to ME along with what appear to be all the necessary drivers. Is it worth the upgrade or should I leave my system alone? The only problem I experience with my computer is that it often fails to shut down properly, which I have read is a known problem with Win98. I'd like to fix or do somefink. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ACTOR Posted December 16, 2000 Share Posted December 16, 2000 The system I purchased came with ME, and I have found it to be more buggy than my 98SE system. This may just be me, but I believe there are issues with ME, and the benefits of ME over 98SE just aren't there in my opinion. My two cents. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted December 16, 2000 Author Share Posted December 16, 2000 Thanks, that is what I have heard, which is why I have reservations about upgrading. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco Posted December 17, 2000 Share Posted December 17, 2000 I am an old w98 user, now I've W Me. In my opinion the So is the same -one can be more or less lucky with one of the two, but another one not.. -, the differences are: 1- More system protection in W Me 2- Best for network, W Me 3- W me is not free... The performance are the SAME Marco 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted December 17, 2000 Author Share Posted December 17, 2000 Thanks Marco. ME was free for me because it was included as a free upgrade when I bought my computer. Dell just released the upgrade to it clients now because they had to make sure their systems were compatible and to compile all the necessary drivers. What I am hoping to accomplish, if I do upgrade, is to eliminate the shut down problem and to take advantage of the faster startup time ME supposedly has. Do you find that your system starts up faster now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ACTOR Posted December 17, 2000 Share Posted December 17, 2000 Pvt. Ryan - My ME system starts MUCH faster than my 98SE system. I have shutdown issues with ME that I did not have with 98SE though. Try installing ME and see what happens. What is the worst thing that can happen? [Complete format and re-install - ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eba Posted December 18, 2000 Share Posted December 18, 2000 I've also beenn very impressed with the System Restore feature of ME. I've used it several times to turn back the clock and resolve problems (most of my own doing). Today, I was installing a some new memory and decided to shuffle my sound card and NIC to make everything fit the best. (A bad idea.) Anyway, I got lazy and tried to do everything at once and ended up with a big mess -- no NIC, no sound card and windows asking me for a bunch of drivers. So, I wondered if I could solve everything by putting the NIC and sound card back in their original slots and then running System Restore -- would everything go back to normal? Worked like a charm. I'm now a big fan of ME. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prinz Eugen Posted December 19, 2000 Share Posted December 19, 2000 Remember the old saying: If it aint broke, don´t fix it! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scipio Posted December 30, 2000 Share Posted December 30, 2000 All I can say about ME is : it detected my Soundblaster as 'Older PCI Graphicadapter' !!! Thanx god I, the store taken in back! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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