Author: stuart taylor
Date: 07:49:33 01/11/01
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On January 11, 2001 at 00:38:00, Pete Galati wrote: >On January 10, 2001 at 21:26:42, Wayne Lowrance wrote: > >>I have had very nice e-mail discussions with Christophe regarding crashes I have >>had while running Tigers(s) on ME. Christophe has informed me that he knows of >>no issues with Tiger and the ME platform. >> >>That being the case then I would like to hear from others using ME. I can not >>fault the Computer and yet The program has been given a clean bill of health. >> >>I had a issue with ME and Fritz6 that was resolved very promptly from T-note on >>ChessBase and now Fritz6 run very clean. >>I want to get to the bottom of it (I will) but I need help, please >> >>Thanks >> >>Wayne > >This new computer came with Windows ME installed on it, and I have not had any >conflicts with any Chess programs yet. Winboard runs just fine, same with >Junior6, and I didn't have to use Steve's T-notes fix. So far all of my >Winboard engines have worked without conflict, but admitedly there aren't many >yet (I plan to keep it that way). So, I don't have Tiger, but there are no >Chess program problems that I know of. > >BUT, there's no question in my mind that this is the worst OS that MS has ever >put out. It's bloatware to an extreme, and it doesn't even run some of their >OWN programs that were designed for Windows 98 but came loaded on the computer. >It's more crap fromMicrosoft that they released at least a year before they had >a ready product. > >If you got Windows98 and you're thinking of upgrading to Windows ME, it's a very >bad idea IMO. > >Pete So which is the best windows version available now? S.Taylor
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