Windows ME running stable as heck, Why didn't people like it?

[supsx]

I have been running Windows ME on an old box for a week now, along with a bunch of other OSes, including some linux distros and 98SE, Vista, Win7.

I would say out of all of them this is the best OS for this computer, runs as good as Windows 98SE and easier installation because it detects everything without having to install drivers. This used to be my old box where I had windows XP running on it for 3-4 years and XP was a nightmare always crashed BSOD for no reason, before XP I had 98SE and ran that for 3 years and it also ran great unlike XP.

Now with the first time running ME on it, I am so disapointed I stuck with XP for so long, I should have gotten ME. The only difference I think from most people installations is I like to tweak a lot of things when I install something and maybe thats why it hasen't crashed at all so far. That or people just like to pretend they used something and follow the norm and say it sucks.

Also like I said I am running Vista and Windows 7 on here, if I had to choose between the 2 I would prefer Windows Vista even on this old clunker after tweaking it runs smooth as silk but slower then ME. Windows 7 I had crash a couple of times and hate the new Taskbar and start menu, can't customize it either. In this case I think I am also a little bias twords Vista because I am running it on my new computer for 4 months now with no problems so ignore this last paragraph.

Other then that back to my original question, why didn't people like ME or are the just following what others have said about it? Maybe its just because I have a background with computers? Also why is Vista being put down like ME?

[board123]

Most people are technologically ********. It's in the genes.

With that said, I've never used ME. I jumped from 98 to XP to Vista.

[RCGA]

ME was the worst POS software I have ever used.

It's the only Windows that I had got a BSOD and always crashed (at least once every two weeks)

Having said that, I never had a problem with 3.1, 95, 98SE, xp, vista or 7

[board123]

Also why is Vista being put down like ME?

Now to answer this question...

People were too used to XP. They used it for years and got used to the OS that nowadays feels like an antiquated piece of crap. Vista was too big and too sudden of a change for them, so they rejected it. If you look up the most common reasons for why people dislike Vista, I'd wager that only a fourth of them are legitimate at best.

Next up: Win 7. People absolutely love Win 7. It's such a big improvement over Vista, when in reality it's Vista with a slightly modified interface and updated kernel. The irony? People argue that Vista is just XP with a different look, which is why it sucks.

[Kasakato]

ME was the worst. It would crash at least once a week.

[Riffer]

Same reason for me; ME crashed a lot. I went back to 98SE and gave it to my Sister.

[mattbonner]

mostly just bsod'd a lot

[Jon Lai]

Now to answer this question...

People were too used to XP. They used it for years and got used to the OS that nowadays feels like an antiquated piece of crap. Vista was too big and too sudden of a change for them, so they rejected it. If you look up the most common reasons for why people dislike Vista, I'd wager that only a fourth of them are legitimate at best.

Next up: Win 7. People absolutely love Win 7. It's such a big improvement over Vista, when in reality it's Vista with a slightly modified interface and updated kernel. The irony? People argue that Vista is just XP with a different look, which is why it sucks.

Most people, myself included, didn't like Vista because it wasn't polished. Win7 is a polished version of Vista, that's it.

ME sucked because it was highly incompatible with hardware and drivers. It always crashed and BSOD'ed because of drive incompatibilities. It was a pain in the neck to find drivers for ME.

[board123]

Most people, myself included, didn't like Vista because it wasn't polished. Win7 is a polished version of Vista, that's it.

I wouldn't say that's the reason for most people, since what seems like an overwhelming portion of Vista bashers have never even used the OS. Add that to the fact that most people are technologically ********, and you'll get end up with a fairly small portion of people who dislike Vista due to legitimate technical reasons.

I think the bottom line was that Vista got a lot of bad press due to all the wrong reasons, and Microsoft did a terrible job of damage control.

[darius_m5]

to OP, April Fools day is on April 1st.

[rabbit]

Wow, ME ... it's been a long time. I didn't use it for that long.
- bloated
- old hardware wasn't supported
- lack of DOS commands

I did like that it had the network tray icon like in Win2000, though. Asides from that, I didn't see any advantage using ME over 98SE.

[ItemFinder]

Hell's pretty unstable.

[Jon Lai]

I wouldn't say that's the reason for most people, since what seems like an overwhelming portion of Vista bashers have never even used the OS. Add that to the fact that most people are technologically ********, and you'll get end up with a fairly small portion of people who dislike Vista due to legitimate technical reasons.

I think the bottom line was that Vista got a lot of bad press due to all the wrong reasons, and Microsoft did a terrible job of damage control.

I was talking about the people who have used it before.

[board123]

I was talking about the people who have used it before.

And of those people, a lot of them used it for a few days and then "formatted and installed XP."

[DJ Dennis]

Vista tanked because Microsoft decided to unleash those "certified for windows vista" stickers on computers that couldn't run it, and people bought into it. Plus having to disable UAC every time I format is pretty annoying.