Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 13:53:23 01/11/01
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On January 11, 2001 at 10:49:33, stuart taylor wrote:
>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
Windows ME + 98lite.
If you don't want to buy 98lite, forget about WinME.
98lite de-bloats Windows by letting you remove (or better: not install) some of
the crap from MS.
When you remove the extra fat, WinME runs just fine, does not take more disk
space than Win98, and I find it better than Windows 98. But you need a recent
computer, because MS has removed a lot of the old hardware support from the OS.
They have also removed the real mode DOS, but actually it's still there. The
only problem is that you will need to boot from a floppy in order to go into
pure DOS mode. I need this mode from time to time, so I have created a boot
floppy and it works fine. DOS boxes still work very well if you don't need a
real mode DOS.
Once again: 98lite is the only medicine that will help your computer to swallow
Windows without pain.
Christophe
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