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re: ME upgrade to XP
Monday, November 11, 2002 at 11:40 am
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Posted by PhilMac (2 messages posted)

Are or did you upgrade from Win2KPro to ME? Did I read that correctly? If so, I'm curious to know if you prefer ME or W2KPro. I think ME was the biggest mistake Bill has made to date. I use all of the O.S.'s and Me has proven to be the least secure. Let me know.

On Tuesday, October 8, 2002 at 9:00 am, RL, Sussex wrote:

>Ian,
>
>I am running Windows 2000 Pro, and am thinking of upgrading to ME. From what I've 
>heard all over the web, it looks better, more stable, and cheaper than XP.
>
>I do wonder, having built a PC myself, if you know what RAM is? It is the memory 
>of the computer. It comes in sticks and is an internal part. There is no limit to 
>how much RAM am O.S. can deal with. It is limited only by the PC's motherboard, 
and 
>the cost of RAM/memory. It is hardly fair to blame ME (the O.S., not myself!) for 
>the fact that most ME PCs have less RAM than XPs. This is due only to the fact that 
>XP came out later, and therefore is used on more recent PCs, which might happen 
to 
>have more RAM than ones running ME.
>
>I should probably point out that this computer I am using, which I built, is running 
>Windows 2000 Pro (older than ME) and has 512mb RAM. I think I rest my case.
>
>It is just what the PC manufacturers choose to put in their systems.
>






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