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re: Question about 'What's the difference between Windows 2000 and Windows Me?'
Monday, September 15, 2003 at 4:51 pm
Posted by Dad
(230 messages posted)
Basically it boils down to increased desktop and file security & a more robust system
less prone to crashes.
When it does crash, recovery is easier & reinstalling the OS isn't usually necessary.
Downside is that it's more suited to the corporate environment & therefore a bigger
target for hackers & virus writers.
Not really mean't for gaming & entertainment.
Go with XP and you'll get the best of both world's.
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re: Question about 'What's the difference between Windows 2000 and Windows Me?'
Monday, September 15, 2003 at 6:43 pm
Posted by Jake
(11 messages posted)
Dude that like trying to compare gold (W2K) to coal (ME). Windows 2000 provides stability
& speed unknown to most Microsoft products. ME is the biggest joke on the Os market.
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re: Question about 'What's the difference between Windows 2000 and Windows Me?'
Tuesday, September 16, 2003 at 1:00 am
Posted by Anonymouse
(412 messages posted)
In terms of how they're put together, ME and 2000 are very different. ME is
a sort of upgraded version of 98, with a 2000-style interface but 98-compatible features
- and therefore still DOS-dependent to an extent - whereas 2000 is based on Windows
NT (actually it's NT5, but Microsoft doesn't want to admit that!). The two are entirely
incompatible.
2000 is indeed far more stable and smoother-running than 98 or ME could ever be;
installation is a lot easier. 2000's native NTFS format offers file security, including
encryption, and it's a more efficient storage system than FAT32, which means programs
generally run faster.
2000 is aimed mainly at 'serious', i.e. business and/or network users, whereas 98/ME
is for everybody.
A crucial difference is that Microsoft will be supporting 2000 for quite some time
yet, but shortly they will not be supporting 98 or ME - 98 is deemed to be
obsolete, and ME is, quite simply, the biggest mistake Microsoft ever made.
There's
no contest - go for 2000.
HTH
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re: Question about 'What's the difference between Windows 2000 and Windows Me?'
Monday, January 11, 2010 at 9:17 am
Posted by TAK
(1 messages posted)
Can you play Windows 2000 game on Windows ME? If anyone knows, please let me know
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re: Question about 'What's the difference between Windows 2000 and Windows Me?'
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 12:51 pm
Posted by Ed
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You can't run Windows 2000 programs on Windows ME.
Windows 2000 uses Microsoft's NT operating system (and is in fact the successor to
Windows NT4). NT is not compatible with Windows 95/98/ME.
Ed
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