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140797 2003-05-02 11:10:00 Which is the worst operating system & which is the best. 1:Win95 2:Win98 3:WinMe 4:Win2000 5:WinXp 6:WinXp pro.
I have heard a lot of quirky things about WinMe but then Win95 didn't natively support usb.
Ron Bakker (356)
140798 2003-05-02 11:27:00 Win2k pro Murray P (44)
140799 2003-05-02 11:40:00 Best:

Win ME

Worst:

98 & 98SE & XP pro/home ;)

That is my option & my 2 cents worth :)
stu140103 (137)
140800 2003-05-02 11:44:00 Yikes..... Mulligan.

Best for me so far: Win2k pro.

Worst " " " : OEM version of Win95 prior to patching.

Cheers

Murray P
Murray P (44)
140801 2003-05-02 11:47:00 Seems a fairly pointless discussion - best or worst for what? JohnD (509)
140802 2003-05-02 11:51:00 > Seems a fairly pointless discussion - best or worst
> for what?

I agree!

Each has its own strengths and weaknesses in different situations... I wouldnt wanna run WinXP on a 486.. No, I'd go with Win95.. but I wouldnt want Win95 on a server would I? No.. I'd go with Win2K server, or perhaps .Net Server :-)
Chilling_Silently (228)
140803 2003-05-02 12:01:00 Well I recon ME is a stable as fruit of his pills, from at least what I have heard from people in my circles.
But then from what I have read xp has big brother syndrome.
Ron Bakker (356)
140804 2003-05-02 12:02:00 Best for me was MSDos 6.22.

Installs using three floppy disks. No blue screens of death.
Each application goes in its own directory. Don't try and and run
FlightSim Pro 2002 under it though.

My choice at the moment is WinXP Pro and that's what I use.

Hardware these days is an AMD 2400+, 2 60 Gig Seagate drives etc.
Let's see MSDOS even recognise a 60 Gig drive. :-)

Horses for courses I say.
Elephant (599)
140805 2003-05-02 12:11:00 Hi guys

Just observations . Sometimes being pointless especially at the end of the week has its point .

From my point of view it is, which OS gave me the most grief . Re win95 I should qualify that by saying that I was even more incompetent at dealing with OS's and things geek than I am now ;) But even the action of finding and applying the patches and upgrades taught me something, PF1 would have been priceless to me back then .

Cheers

Murray P
Murray P (44)
140806 2003-05-02 12:13:00 Worst to best in my opinion:

WinME
Win95 (unpatched)
Win95 OSR2.5 (OEM version, had USB support and FAT32)
Win98
Win98 SE
Win 2000 Pro (or Server)
Win XP Home
Win XP Pro

That's my 2 minutes worth. :)
wintertide (1306)
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