Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 15:39:55 01/11/01
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On January 11, 2001 at 16:53:23, Christophe Theron wrote: >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. > >My computer was born 7 days ago, so that is preety uptodate. I hope everyone understands here that is AMD 1200 athlon _and_ ME Wayne > > Christophe
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