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Wait a sec... Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 8:00 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) And too unreliable. And with the right hardware XP is just as fast. Faster if you include all the restarts. On Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 7:08 am, PMR wrote: >I own five other computers. Most are Xp, some are Mac and there is even a Ubuntu >machine in there. > >Just for fun, a fresh install of Win Me was done this week. >It has been a very long time since I have experienced "fast" computing but bringing >back Me has done that. > >Perhaps we are just a tad "bloated" with Xp, Mac OSX, and Hardy Heron. It is our >own fault, we want it all, all the drivers, etc. > >Me, 98, etc will never return. Too fast, too simple. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 10:47 am Posted by Steve (23811 messages posted) I still use My old ME computer for My business accounting. Have noticed though in the past couple years it is no longer totally compatible with the Internet. Some Web sites mostly related to multimedia sites just don't work. Have had the same problem with Linux. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Wait a sec... Friday, November 28, 2008 at 4:05 am Posted by DanTheMan (140 messages posted) unreliable? unreliable my ass On Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 8:00 am, Ricer46 wrote: >And too unreliable. >And with the right hardware XP is just as fast. Faster if you include all the restarts. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Wait a sec... Friday, November 28, 2008 at 11:41 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) Absolutely. Your ass included. ME had to be rebooted about once or twice a day. XP goes for weeks at a time without restarting. As an IT manager for a small outfit, I had responsibility for about 500 computers, my statistics are a heck of a lot more significant than yours, AND Heck, you're one to talk... you can't seem to get your computer running with any kind of reliability at all. On Friday, November 28, 2008 at 4:05 am, DanTheMan wrote: >unreliable? >unreliable my ass > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Wait a sec... Monday, December 1, 2008 at 2:18 pm Posted by PMR (3 messages posted) wow, when I posted my views on ME I did not know it would create such a reaction. To go on, yes Xp is a very good OS, and yes some had problems with ME, me included. And no, ME does not have the driver data base that Xp has. But, in all honesty, it was a good OS, not as good as today of course, time marches on. But the bottom line is, the more drivers the more bloated the system becomes. I would not want to go back to DOS 3.1 but it was fun while it lasted. It seems to me that we have hit the glass ceiling on operating systems. Sort of like cars, the new ones are neat but they still use wheels to get around. I wish something really new would happen in the computer world to make me lust for it like I once lusted for Windows ME. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 3:10 am Posted by DanTheMan (140 messages posted) i got a few probloms becasue i make those few probloms not becasue windows me is crap and windows xp gets updated which fix heaps of errors and things and windows me got no updates becasue of M$ i do lots of testing with my computer and thats why my windows me may get a few errors but i think em and windows me can be left on for longer than a week if you know what your doing [Reply or follow-up to this message] THat's what happens when you post absurd claims Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 5:46 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) ME was absolute crap compared to W98SE. Remember I saw several hundred computers running on W95, then W98, then SE, ME, and finally XP. By far XP was the most reliable, whiled ME and 95 were pretty much in a tie for the worst of the bunch. It's irrelevant how well it runs immediately after installing, they all do. What counts is how well it runs months later after installing and uninstalling lot's of software. The underlying DOS foundation absolutely ensured reliability problems for all of the OS's before W2K. (I know the early versions of NT were not handicapped by DOS, but had a significant number of backwards compatibility issues, it wa reliable, just not very useful.) On Monday, December 1, 2008 at 2:18 pm, PMR wrote: >wow, when I posted my views on ME I did not know it would create such a reaction. >To go on, yes Xp is a very good OS, and yes some had problems with ME, me included. > And no, ME does not have the driver data base that Xp has. But, in all honesty, >it was a good OS, not as good as today of course, time marches on. But the bottom >line is, the more drivers the more bloated the system becomes. I would not want >to go back to DOS 3.1 but it was fun while it lasted. It seems to me that we have >hit the glass ceiling on operating systems. Sort of like cars, the new ones are >neat but they still use wheels to get around. I wish something really new would >happen in the computer world to make me lust for it like I once lusted for Windows >ME. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 5:55 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) One of your problems is that you are illiterate and can't spell. because, problems, and more Careless typos are to be expected, but continually misspelling the same word is an indicator that you wouldn't know quality if it were staring you in the face. On Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 3:10 am, DanTheMan wrote: >i got a few probloms becasue i make those few probloms not becasue windows me is >crap >and windows xp gets updated which fix heaps of errors and things and windows me got >no updates becasue of M$ >i do lots of testing with my computer and thats why my windows me may get a few errors >but i think em > >and windows me can be left on for longer than a week if you know what your doing [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 10:45 pm Posted by DanTheMan (140 messages posted) just because am a little bad at spelling don't mean am bad at every thing else and am not illiterate just because i can't spell good your to quick to judge and windows me is fine oh ya and i can spell all of those words i just don't bother fixing them. but this time i fixed them are you happy On Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 5:55 am, Ricer46 wrote: >One of your problems is that you are illiterate and can't spell. >because, problems, and more >Careless typos are to be expected, but continually misspelling the same word is an >indicator that you wouldn't know quality if it were staring you in the face. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 12:01 am Posted by Alan Masterman (462 messages posted) I don't think this kind of comment is appropriate or necessary, Ricer46. Granted you have nothing to fear from moderators in this forum, if indeed there are any, but all the more reason to remember your own sense of professionalism and self-discipline. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 10:51 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) LMAO On Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 10:45 pm, DanTheMan wrote: >just because am a little bad at spelling don't mean am bad at every thing else >and am not illiterate just because i can't spell good >your to quick to judge >and windows me is fine >oh ya and i can spell all of those words i just don't bother fixing them. >but this time i fixed them are you happy > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 10:52 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) They're around, just complain, and it will probably be pulled. Personally I think that DanTheKid is hilarious. But it would have been nice if he had advanced past the third grade. On Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 12:01 am, Alan Masterman wrote: >I don't think this kind of comment is appropriate or necessary, Ricer46. Granted >you have nothing to fear from moderators in this forum, if indeed there are any, >but all the more reason to remember your own sense of professionalism and self-discipline. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Friday, December 5, 2008 at 1:33 am Posted by DanTheMan (140 messages posted) lol then you must laugh at any thing if you think all the stuff i wrote is hilarious and am in year 10 fool i've never failed a class [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Friday, December 5, 2008 at 4:56 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) Just goes to show how pathetic our public schools have been. I teach college and have to deal with kids just like you that are being shocked at their terrible grades now that they have to earn them instead of just simply being passed each year. Hope you don't have career aspirations beyond flipping hamburgers at a fast food restaurant. On Friday, December 5, 2008 at 1:33 am, DanTheMan wrote: >lol then you must laugh at any thing if you think all the stuff i wrote is hilarious > >and am in year 10 fool >i've never failed a class [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Friday, December 5, 2008 at 6:48 am Posted by DanTheMan (140 messages posted) shows how pathetic you are trying to make come backs at a person half your age. On Friday, December 5, 2008 at 4:56 am, Ricer46 wrote: >Just goes to show how pathetic our public schools have been. I teach college and >have to deal with kids just like you that are being shocked at their terrible grades >now that they have to earn them instead of just simply being passed each year. Hope >you don't have career aspirations beyond flipping hamburgers at a fast food restaurant. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Friday, December 5, 2008 at 7:45 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) I would suggest that you pay more attention in class, and study a lot more, so that you can improve your language skills. I've interviewed and hired a lot of people in my career, and when I came across candidates that write like you do, they didn't get hired. People who don't pay attention to details can be a costly disaster in the work place. On Friday, December 5, 2008 at 6:48 am, DanTheMan wrote: >shows how pathetic you are trying to make come backs at a person half your age. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Friday, December 5, 2008 at 8:18 pm Posted by DanTheMan (140 messages posted) I must write good since am 15 and theres people that are about 27 trying to get a job and write like me. On Friday, December 5, 2008 at 7:45 am, Ricer46 wrote: >I would suggest that you pay more attention in class, and study a lot more, so that >you can improve your language skills. I've interviewed and hired a lot of people >in my career, and when I came across candidates that write like you do, they didn't >get hired. People who don't pay attention to details can be a costly disaster in >the work place. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Friday, December 5, 2008 at 8:30 pm Posted by PMR (3 messages posted) It is really sad that people cannot have a simple conversation or comment on something as ordinary as a computer operating system without attacking a person on his/her perceived ability to communicate. For the Prof. I installed Linux Ubuntu Hardy Heron in a dual boot partition set up and kept Windows ME on the machine "just for fun". And yes, the ancient printer was immediately "found" by Linux, while even with drivers installed, Me refused to see the same printer. Anyway, Me is fun, frustrating and ancient. Back then, you had to do research, read, and work at getting some things to do what they were supposed to do. Now all you do is load the OS and away you go. So easy and so dumbed down. Education has done this for us, dumbed us down. Push a button and you have it, or so you think. Obviously, since the prof hated Me so much, he was lacking in the required skills to make it do what he wanted it to do. As for our young person who responded to this but did not meet the profs expectations. Do not be intimidated, do not allow anyone to ever attempt to harness your right to free speach. Do your homework as the prof said, but keep in mind that some of the best minds in American History had problems writing. And some of the most evil minds in world history had good writing / communication skills. Hitler made some dandy speaches. This started as a simple observation on an ancient operating system. Ended up being an observation as to why were in the shape were in. Highly educated people have been running our country for how long now? Keep trying Dan The Man, you will make it. On Friday, December 5, 2008 at 8:18 pm, DanTheMan wrote: >I must write good since am 15 and theres people that are about 27 trying to get a >job and write like me. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 7:08 am Posted by Spirit (126 messages posted) Guess I should put in my two cents about windows ME! I have two ME boxes! And have never had a problem with either one, There are some programs I couldn't run on ME, But you can find that with other systems also. I have installed and uninstalled hundreds of programs on both of them! Never gave me any problems, you just need to keep them clean. PMR, Your advise to DanTheMan was perfect! Ricer46 was way out of line, People don't come here to have their intelligence scrutinized. On Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 7:08 am, PMR wrote: >I own five other computers. Most are Xp, some are Mac and there is even a Ubuntu >machine in there. > >Just for fun, a fresh install of Win Me was done this week. >It has been a very long time since I have experienced "fast" computing but bringing >back Me has done that. > >Perhaps we are just a tad "bloated" with Xp, Mac OSX, and Hardy Heron. It is our >own fault, we want it all, all the drivers, etc. > >Me, 98, etc will never return. Too fast, too simple. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Sunday, December 7, 2008 at 8:12 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) No you don't write well at all. And as far as the 27 year old's that are "trying" to get a job and also write like you, there may well be a correlation. At breakfast this morning my son mentioned that he canceled an interview with a prospective employee, because the grammar and spelling in the candidate's email was so poor that he felt that the guy's work performance would be of a similar quality. I have interviewed scores of candidates over the years, and know what a difference that first impression can make. What's crazy is that you don't even know how poor your writing skills are, AND there are others who are supporting your "right" to be illiterate. Whether you like it or not, people will judge you by your communication skills, and if they don't improve, no one will be hurt but yourself. On Friday, December 5, 2008 at 8:18 pm, DanTheMan wrote: >I must write good since am 15 and theres people that are about 27 trying to get a >job and write like me. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Sunday, December 7, 2008 at 8:22 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) I thought they came here to learn. Does the learning need to be restricted to operating system functionality? You're pretty pathetic for not recognizing that writing skills can have a significant effect on one's future income. On Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 7:08 am, Spirit wrote: >Guess I should put in my two cents about windows ME! >I have two ME boxes! And have never had a problem >with either one, There are some programs I couldn't >run on ME, But you can find that with other systems >also. > >I have installed and uninstalled hundreds of programs >on both of them! Never gave me any problems, you >just need to keep them clean. > >PMR, Your advise to DanTheMan was perfect! Ricer46 >was way out of line, People don't come here to have >their intelligence scrutinized. > > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Monday, December 8, 2008 at 6:46 am Posted by DanTheMan (140 messages posted) Man you just dont go around going to people saying you write like a idiot you are illiterate. and you said u work at a collage and you employ people? when was the last a teacher employed some one. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Monday, December 8, 2008 at 6:50 am Posted by DanTheMan (140 messages posted) We are a OS fourms not a job guide. Who cares if one gets a bad income and good talkers seem to get good jobs but it dont mean there good at writing or working at all. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Monday, December 8, 2008 at 8:03 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) I was in management for 30 years, and started teaching after I retired. On Monday, December 8, 2008 at 6:46 am, DanTheMan wrote: >Man you just dont go around going to people saying >you write like a idiot >you are illiterate. > >and you said u work at a collage and you employ people? >when was the last a teacher employed some one. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Monday, December 8, 2008 at 8:05 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) No, it doesn't, but if you don't get hired, then no one knows whether you would have been a good employee or not. On Monday, December 8, 2008 at 6:50 am, DanTheMan wrote: >We are a OS fourms not a job guide. >Who cares if one gets a bad income >and good talkers seem to get good jobs but it dont mean there good at writing or >working at all. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Monday, December 8, 2008 at 10:44 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) It wasn't that I lacked the skills to make ME work, I preferred it over W98 despite it's poor reliability and used it for a couple of years before making the switch to XP It is not just my opinion; it is well documented that any system built on top of DOS is significantly less reliable than any version of NT. You forget that I managed nearly 500 PCs, most of them went through the series of upgrades from W95 to XP. Multiple daily reboots were typical on those computers, while XP went for weeks without reboots. ME does indeed run beautifully right after it's loaded, unfortunately it needs to be reloaded about every six months. W2K and XP can run for years without a re-install, and still be just as fast and reliable as the day it was installed. On Friday, December 5, 2008 at 8:30 pm, PMR wrote: >It is really sad that people cannot have a simple conversation or comment on something >as ordinary as a computer operating system without attacking a person on his/her >perceived ability to communicate. > >For the Prof. I installed Linux Ubuntu Hardy Heron in a dual boot partition set >up and kept Windows ME on the machine "just for fun". And yes, the ancient printer >was immediately "found" by Linux, while even with drivers installed, Me refused to >see the same printer. > >Anyway, Me is fun, frustrating and ancient. Back then, you had to do research, read, >and work at getting some things to do what they were supposed to do. >Now all you do is load the OS and away you go. So easy and so dumbed down. Education >has done this for us, dumbed us down. Push a button and you have it, or so you think. >Obviously, since the prof hated Me so much, he was lacking in the required skills >to make it do what he wanted it to do. > >As for our young person who responded to this but did not meet the profs expectations. > Do not be intimidated, do not allow anyone to ever attempt to harness your right >to free speach. Do your homework as the prof said, but keep in mind that some of >the best minds in American History had problems writing. And some of the most evil >minds in world history had good writing / communication skills. Hitler made some >dandy speaches. > >This started as a simple observation on an ancient operating system. Ended up being >an observation as to why were in the shape were in. Highly educated people have >been running our country for how long now? > >Keep trying Dan The Man, you will make it. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Monday, December 8, 2008 at 11:09 am Posted by Spirit (126 messages posted) People do come here for help with their operating systems! Not to be berated about their writing or spelling skills, No matters their age, Unfortunately that's it!! AS for recognizing, reading, spelling, writhing, math you need to survive in this world! There's forum's for that also, There called School, College, Professors, Teachers, Parents, Brothers, Sisters! And so on, Not someone on the net! Who knows nothing about the person their dealing with! On Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 7:08 am, PMR wrote: >I own five other computers. Most are Xp, some are Mac and there is even a Ubuntu >machine in there. > >Just for fun, a fresh install of Win Me was done this week. >It has been a very long time since I have experienced "fast" computing but bringing >back Me has done that. > >Perhaps we are just a tad "bloated" with Xp, Mac OSX, and Hardy Heron. It is our >own fault, we want it all, all the drivers, etc. > >Me, 98, etc will never return. Too fast, too simple. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 10:50 pm Posted by Simon Kato (1 messages posted) It is surprising that u write correct English and yet defend someone who writes gibberish! Is that the way u teach your children at home? Because of their rights to free speech? True trouble-shooting a PC problems is done partly in computese or computer technical jargon, the language should still be grammatically correct. This situation is analogous to defending someone on pot and crack because of their rights to free actions or the 4th amendment. Sure let them go ahead! No wonder Taiwan, Malayasia or even China and India are passing us ahead.The young man does not have to use Harvard or Queen's English but elementary high school English will help him through. His level of English is below that of elementary high school. Instead of being like a court jester who agrees with what ever the King says, advice and correct the king. On Monday, December 8, 2008 at 11:09 am, Spirit wrote: >People do come here for help with their operating >systems! Not to be berated about their writing or >spelling skills, No matters their age, Unfortunately >that's it!! > >AS for recognizing, reading, spelling, writhing, math >you need to survive in this world! >There's forum's for that also, There called >School, College, Professors, Teachers, >Parents, Brothers, Sisters! And so on, >Not someone on the net! Who knows nothing about the person their dealing with! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Very Nice Monday, January 12, 2009 at 7:50 am Posted by C K (6910 messages posted) I suppose in twenty years, we of the actual multiple letter word generations, will be replaced by the single letter and abbreviation generations. Don't even get me started on punctuation and paragraphs. My brain knows how to spell, it's my fingers that don't. Think of how much space on a page we can save by using one letter words though! LOL That just saved 14 spaces, but then I didn't pay attention in math class so I could be wrong! ;-) Now I have to go figure out why the bank says I'm out of money! ROFL ;-) [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum