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I have windows ME and have had several problems with it a friend of mine said this was considered to be a very buggy OS.. Now I am curious , which version of windows is considered to be the most stable. Is windows XP that much better other than being a new toy? Auntie
Hi auntie,..
I think Windows Xp more stabil than Windows Me..(I hope I'm right)..I used to have windows 2000 and I 'm already updating to windows XP...and so far I don't have problem with that XP(but I'm starting using LINUX right now..:))..
Cheersss
I'm using 2000. Out of 98, 2000 and Me I find 2000 to be the most stable one. Haven't tried XP though ...
Auntie
One of my machines here at home runs XP and I consider it one of the better releases. I have no experience with ME but friends who have had it often complained of frequent system freezes.
I have heard Win 2000 is as good if not better than XP in the stability stakes.
Well XP is built on the same platform as 2000 and NT so it is a pretty stable OS.
Im not a big fan of XP though, so in IMO 2000 would be the way to go!
r3b00+
Win2k would have to be the most stable. It is based on Win NT technologies plus a few security holes have been addressed. Windows 9x are just plain stand-alone workstation computers, not really made for a network (that in my opinion includes the Internet ;)) And also for the record, at the moment im using Win2k :D. With Win XP though, i haven't had much to do with it, however i have heard it is to be extremely buggy (also the licensing agreement is way beyond dodgy!).
Thanks and Later people,
i have XP installed but absolutly DISPISE the 'new and improved' features its got on it....... today i have the joyus task of wiping my hdd and putting Cairo (NT5/Win2K) back on where it belongs...... whats more with NT4 it didnt handle directx well at all so you couldnt do much in the way of gaming.... again, cairo has addressed and fixed this...... if you ask me M$ would be much better off and have a better reputation if they were to only use there NT OS's cause they seem to be the only ones that have any effort put in. and they get service on a fairly regular baisis so............... the only thing that i will give XP is its previus version emulation. if they dont put that into NT6 im gonna be pissed cause they finally hit it right on with that. thats solved SO many problems so easily sence ive used it..... oh well i guess ill have to go back to properly fixing things now:(
I have installed and ran most of the M$ systems past Win95 and I would say Win2K is the by far the most stable, NT4 is not stable, 95 was **** as well. I had a few problems with XP. I never had a problem with ME apart from installing AOL (My fault for been a dum arse) and Win98 was fairly OK.
My opinion is Windows 2000 is the best out of the M$ O/S's, XP is good for been simple to use and looking pretty but I don't like it especially if you run it as a stand alone - As you can't use the secuirty on file system unless you network it (lol).
Im not sure but for what its worth I have heard from many people much more knowledgeable than myself that xp is the most stable of them all. I'v also heard good arguments for 2000 - but far more for XP.
My parents computer runs ME and when I visit them my ears are constantly belabored by the sound of my younger brother screaming and hollering and slamming things around because of the constant freezing and crashing. The advantage of ME is that if you're a student doing you school work on it you learn to save and make backup files very frequently.
If you are looking at pure stability as your measurement for the OS, I'd say that Windows 2000 Pro or XP are going to be your better choices. I personally don't use XP so I can't give you a personal account, but I've heard others say it is fairly stable. I know for a fact that 2000 Pro has been the most stable system of Windows-based OS's that I have personally dealt with. ME is most certainly a buggy OS, and I recommend to anyone to stay away from it.
Yeah, I'd say Win2k as well. Stability and Performance are just better so out of 98,Me,2k, and XP, I'd go with 2k. I'm not to fond of windows in general (/me like's Redhat) but I'd have to say Win2k.
I have used Win95, 98, NT4, 2000, and XP Pro... Out of them all I prefer XP Pro... Except for a little SNAFU (I upgraded my CPU a few weeks after I installed and it gave XP a few fits and I had to re-install) when I first installed XP Pro I haven't had a single problem with it... For my money if one has to say M$ got soomething at least close to right I would have to say XP Pro is it...
If it is Windows that you are using, I would have to recommend Windows 2000 over XP. I have two machines running 2000, one running XP, one running 98 and one running Linux. The 2000 and XP machines appear to be equally stable, but I find the look and feel of XP unappetizing. The menu's and windows are a little over-inflated in my opinion. Also, XP does crash, it just seems to tell you a little more nicely than previous versions of Windows.
My RedHat 7.3 machine has been running for about 2 months non-stop now, and regardless of all of the stupid things I have done to it, it has yet to crash.
I'm not even close to being an expert in anything related to computers...however, the only two windows systems I've used are ME and XP.
With windows ME I learned alot...due to the daily system crashes I experienced.
I most definately prefer windows XP. Don't get me wrong, I've managed to crash XP on numerous occasions as well, but not nearly as often as I did ME.
A computer suavy chat companion once described windows ME as windows Migraine Edition...I have to agree. You couldn't pay me enough money to switch back to ME now that I have XP.
had tried xp, win2k,98,95, me, but think xp is much better than the other. but i'm more familiar with 98.so my suggestion is, if u just want to hook on internet, mean that for personal use, i prefer to use win98.win2k and xp created with one purpose for neworking,(tell me if im wrong). comment bout win me, waaa had lot's of problem with it, and use winme less than a month and change it to win98 again. n am i mocrosoft fan?? the answer is no, but microsoft os is user friendly and easy to use. :)
Go with XP or 2000. Both are based on the same kernel and are very stable. If you don't like the XP interface, you can choose to run it in 'classic' mode, in which case it looks a lot like 98/2000. The only issues you might run into would be hardware compatibility, but it you have a fairly new computer that won't be much of an issue. Heh...win XP will actually look for compatibility issues before you install it, which is a nice feature. Hope this helped you make up your mind.
I tried really, really hard not to like XP, but...... I have to say it really is very good. My experience with XP Professional (limited as it is) has been excellent for the most part, and I would have to say that it's the best overall of the Windows family.
[B]Hi Granma: :bigsmile:
Well, i used WinME for years, and its wasnt that bad..but it have his weaknesses. Lack of resources, it used lot of memory resources. And its not that stable as WinXP, sometimes crashed and reboot my system. :cry: Keep some Open Ports too, that not a good thing. Now im using WinXP, and i think its VERY stable and quick. Best of all it installs your hardware easily! (PnP).. boo!
I recommend you using WinXP for now..
More later read morea bout LINUX - BIG WORD..makes me horny! :bigpimp:
Find info bout that OS..its very stable and secure.
"Ohh Winblows"
I have Win 2000 on one computer and it's pretty good.Much better than some of the previous versions I've used stability wise.I have Mandrake 8.2 on my other computer,and being new to Linux,I've found it to be a good combo. of stable,secure,and challenging(learning the commands and all).It is also pretty user friendly and easy to install.It's not the most powerful distro out there by far,but if you ever consider making the switch to Linux,it's a good place to start.
I don't know a whole lot about Win XP,except what I've seen in posts around here,but the best way to find out if an OS is the one for you is to try it out for a while,and keep an eye out for any bugs,patches,and holes in security.There's no such thing as a secure OS by itself,so don't let anything you read scare you away from an OS.Instead figure out what you can do to fix that security flaw.
That true in one part...Like i said every OS's has his weaknesses. None is 100% secure.
My answer would be that it depends on what you want to do. I have used win3 all the way up to win2k, and if you primarily want your computer to do things like browse the internet, work on documents, and that kind of thing, I would recommend windows 2000. However, with that being said, I have had problems with windows 2000 and playing games, not really sure why, but frequent game crashes were pretty common and I didn't really have that problem with XP. I also am not really thrilled with the direction Microsoft is heading with security in XP, have heard rumours of it so intertwining itself with a hardware configuration that your computer could literally stop working if you change out a card, and of course the whole thing with them being able to monitor stuff on your computer doesn't really sit that well with me. Of course, don't guess I would have much choice when they decide to EOL Win2k...i think it is a couple of years from happening?
Either way, my recommendation would be 2000 for office type use, but if you play games, go with XP...
Neb
I don't know if it has been said yet but there are many versions of Windows 2000. I recommend using the Pro version not the Home one.
Hello untie im using Windows ME platform and i can tell you it's very buggy i sometimes hate this OS but there nothing i can do my uncle just gave thsi computer to us so im trying to double boot this with linux but dont know how to do it if there some one that can help me step by step pls pm me thanks for your help
I bought a disk partitioner today at staples. I reformatted my hard drive was very lucky to do so, don't know if I will remember or do as well next time. But I am going to see if I can use this thing I bought to run two Os on my system. It was 69 dollars hope it works if I use it Auntie