PsycoUnc Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 (edited) -Hi, I have two old (but fairly decent) p3's I'm giving to perma-noob older friends, and I keep changing my mind about which OS to put on it: winME (w/icky parts yanked, of course, & fully updated/tweaked), or 98se (w/98se2me, etc)... -puters: an old pavilion XE-735 (p3 866, updated v2.1 intel mobo 810, 512mb sdram), and somewhat better gateway p3 Performance 866 w/intel 815e mobo, 512mb sdram. Both came with ME in 2000...-both users will be installing/using cameras, scanners, etc., which, in my experience, neither 98se nor ME particularly like (STIMON must DIE!), and, did I mention, "older" PERMA-UBER-NOOBS ? -plus, surfing security is a major concern w/these guys, as well...-so, I humbly ask the uber-PRO's here what you think would be my best bet for long-term stability/security/etc, tweaked 98se vs. tweaked ME...?thx...(ps: xp, properly tweaked, runs VERY well on the better 815e, but I/we don't have an extra copy or the $69+ to purchase one, so 98/me will have to do) Edited July 17, 2007 by PsycoUnc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGx Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 USB, scanners, cameras:better go with WinME.But Win98 SE with 98SE2ME + NUSB is also a good choice.Security issues:better go with Win98 SE with all official + unofficial patches.There are more new [unofficial] security patches for Win98 SE than for WinME.HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eidenk Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 ME seems to boot significantly faster than 98SE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erpdude8 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 WinME includes system restore which can be a handy tool. ME also has slightly better power management features (like the hibernation option) than 98se.it might be a toss up, IMHObtw - I'm no longer using WinME anymore as I've switched to WinXP on my HP machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YKWIA Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Well if you have newer hardware, Windows ME would be a good choice since it removes real-mode dos allowing for almost 2GBs of RAM to be used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsycoUnc Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 (edited) (...sry, been so busy I forgot I even posted this question, lol... ...in couple weeks, gettin carpal surgeries on hands, so been bustin a** to get as much stuff done as I can b4 getting laid-up for 3-9 months...)-thx everyone, that's all pretty much what I thought, too... I'm kinda stuck between all 3 (found unused XP MCE, as well), for some reason the XP MCE install is gettin pretty boggy (I'll have to dig up my old regular XP [non-MCE] backup for comparison, it ran *much* better/faster, dunno why), and I'm not even done w/it yet, but looks like that'll be best for security/compatibility for him(/them)...-btw, there are so many tweak sites/options out there, any (safe, stable) site recommendations for XP Pro sp2 MCE (Media Center Edition) ? Edited August 5, 2007 by PsycoUnc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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