Microsoft should go back to the old route it's less expensive than all this modern non sense and I feel like it's pretty stupid making everything digital I miss actually using a game disk on a computer growing up. They're easily replaceable and not bound to ridiculous policies and allow you to keep your computer for a lifetime. If Microsoft not saying they will ever go back to Windows XP if they run out of ideas then I'm all in for the support I hate how scattered newer Windows start menus are it's annoying.
We used Windows Me for about 4 years before getting a upgrade copy of XP. It wasnt super stable but it depended on what you were trying to do since I think the instability was due to changes to the driver model in preparation for switching consumers to the NT kernal. We had a cheap flatbed scanner and I dont know what the driver or software was doing under the hood, but whenever we installed the drivers to use it that install of Me would be dead within days. We had to get rid of the scanner since it was toxic to Windows Me.
When I worked in the stock room at Computer City here in Buffalo, I got a promotional copy of Windows 98. It's not even in a box, it's just a cardboard sleeve that contains the CD-ROM. I miss that place, it was one of the few jobs I loved because we were the first to see the newest hardware and software before we put it out on the sales floor. Good times.
I love garage/yard sales! What a score! I got all my first PCs and parts from garage sales when I started tinkering and building my first PCs in the early 2000s. I started to build my own pc since my dad would complain all the time we were slowing down the only pc in the house that was shared with 5 others. They may have been old parts not very capable of gaming much, but I was happy to have my own pc that i put together that ran.
Born and raised in Brazil I've never seen an original copy of Windows neither office. They do exist but usually there is two situations: It came with the computer without a box or you bought a pirate one.
I LOVED the Windows Movie Maker! Used it all the time for videos and slideshows with audio, which I would burn to CD for friends and family. I was so sad when it was discontinued. Of course better software came along, but I'll always remember Movie Maker very fondly.
16:18 yes, NT 5.0 Beta DID use NT 4.0 sounds up to Build 1631, when after that it used the actual NT 5.0 startup, but kept the NT 4.0 shutdown. Now I got to note that after Beta 1, NT 5.0 used its own startup. He said "NT 5.0 Beta", but the NT 4.0 startup was never used in the Beta stages, just the shutdown sound was only used.
@@orbitron The only reason I can think of is they wanted a "cool" sound effect to play for upgrading your computer to Windows ME, and I guess didn't have the time to get something unique. Given that ME was aimed at consumers, most weren't likely to have any experience with NT, so it'd just come across as "oh hey, cool sound."
I remember that my very first gaming PC that I built myself in early 2001 which had a 1 GHz Pentium III cpu with 256 mb of ram. I remember that I originally had Windows ME on it and then I later upgraded it to Windows XP in 2002.
I have the promotional step up (blue box) myself, since the 1st day it came out. I've upgraded my Windows 98 HP Omnibook with this. Strangely enough it seems I am one of the few people that actually liked Me, besides their bugs and quirks (and they had quite a few).
I usually come to this channel to kick back and both chill and geek out over tech, but that moment at 20:37 had me laughing out loud. Your jokes are the best! :-)
To be honest in the past, when I was a kid, I remember windows ME has so many bugs and crashed so many times, we used the windows 2000 which was based on the NT system. We're more stable at this time. They just released the ME together with the 2000. One for the office and businesses and the Me was for "home" users.
Shockingly, I had minimal issues with windows ME back when it was still relevant. I had bought my first brand new desktop with it preinstalled, and for word processing and email it wasn't too bad. I did end up purchasing Windows XP home about two years later, but in the time I used it, it was pretty damn good!
“Windows Me First” sounds like if they continued making Windows Me and named it like “Xbox One”. The second edition of Windows Me could’ve been “Windows Me Two”.
Maaaan Movie Maker took me back. I first used it on Windows 98 and then XP in primary school. And in present day I edit videos for a living :') (also, jelly of your boxed OS collection)
19:30 its like a custom welcome skin going with windows media player, and we can see it only waching this wellcome video after the system installation. i remember something around it from my computer experiense when i was about 10 y o and doing experiments with those win9x OSes on my first PIII machine. i think then i had found this skin in one of media player folders. sry4myeng, its not my native, so and thank you Michael! so nostalgic content!. как у нас говорят, ламповый видос)
I actually had a Windows ME machine that I never connected to the internet, complete with Office 2000 already installed. I actually used that machine to type most of my reports and essays in high school between 2007 and 2010.
I remember back in the day my buddy had a brand new Micron Windows ME pc that he'd just gotten. I was jealous and wanted to upgrade my 98 to ME. Somehow we managed to get the OEM restore CD from the Micron to load up and install on my machine. I dumped it a day later but I remember being so excited to load it and then promptly found out it was trash. Frontpage on the other hand I loved. It was great for editing style sheets and the split-view (code-wysiswyg) was my favorite.
Windows ME was designed to be the home version of Windows 2000. But it was buggy and crashed allot because it was rushed out. It is the last version of Windows 9X
I randomly got a free 'promotional copy' of Windows Millennium upgrade edition sent to me. I have no idea who sent it, or why because it just turned up on my door one day. No note or anything suggesting who it was from, but it was addressed to me. I think I had upgraded to AMD's new 1Ghz Athlon CPU around the same time, it was a big issue as they broke the 1Ghz barrier - so I've always assumed it was something to do with AMD. I don't quite remember the specifics. While I don't remember the actual upgrade to Windows Millennium, I remember most of the additional features not working here in the UK. I think one of them was Internet over TV (or something like that) and it just didn't even work with my ATI All-In-Wonder TV card (but that could have just been ATI's poor driver support). I think I quit using it pretty quickly as I went back to Windows 98SE until XP. From what I remember, I'm pretty sure it messed up my config/autoexec custom boot settings for games and I couldn't boot back into DOS. I still have the Windows Millennium upgrade disc itself.
Of course, that's because you bought the upgraded version of Windows ME. If you buy the retail version or the OEM version and install it from scratch, there is no problem such as the sound of Windows 98 or the intro video not turning off.
I had Windows ME on my first PC. I remember people complaining about compatibility issues, but I never had any problems. But I upgraded to XP when that came out.
Promo copies are usually given to employees, important customers or handed out at trade shows I think. My promo copies are from trade shows and conferences at least.
So, the "Promotional step up" was sold in a store, but the "Standard" one was promotional and not for sale in stores. 🤔 I'm joking, lol. I just find it funny.
I love the "windows me being windows me" part also I loved the "There was a song that played that would get this video Content ID'd so I had to mute it" part
Windows ME was a version of Windows that had lots of new features, but thanks to being MS-DOD based, it became a quite unstable OS. Well... Thanks to Windows ME, Microsoft learned a good lesson and made Windows XP, as everyone wanted this OS to be.
When Michael went all "What were they thinking?" I immediately thought of the Angry Video Game Nerd, he says that a lot. Also, I feel oddly nostalgic towards Clippy, my junior high years were spent with Office 2003 and Windows XP.
I can't believe you managed to use Windows Me without a bluescreen within 30mins. At launch when I upgraded, it would be a dice roll if Winamp mp3 playback and being connected to the internet via dial-up was too much for the OS. I rolled-back to Win98SE and then up to an XP Beta fairly quickly.
Iirc, though it only mentions windows 9xs as possible previous version to upgrade from, I believe at least on a clean install, windows me upgrade accepts a windows 3.x disk 1 install floppy as proof of ownership when prompting for the install media from a previous version of windows. I want to say Windows XP will as well, though I could be mistaken on that one. Not sure about if either accepts 3.x as valid when choosing to upgrade from a previous installation method.
Frontpage 2000 got me to watch this vid lol. I LOVED THAT TOOL AS A KID! Thanks to stupid stuff I never achieved my dream of being a software developer/ game development, but I'm only 35 and I'm getting back into it. Hope its not too late!
I remember the update path for the family PC was 3.1 > 98 > XP. Then by the time I had a personal setup it was XP > 7 > 10. Though currently 10 is a dual boot with Manjaro, with the Windows boot mostly for gaming.
If you primarily use Steam for gaming, try using Proton on Linux. As long as your PC is good enough to handle a little bit of overhead, it works great.
@@philtkaswahl2124 Ah. Well for me, I've been stuck on potato PCs and consoles for years, so I'm playing a lot of older games I missed out on right now. Which makes Proton perfect for me.
I went from 98 to ME, used it for 2 days and said no. Went back to 98 for 2 weeks. Then someone suggested I try 2000, went to 2000 and was very very happy.
Windows 2000 and windows ME are like twins because they were made the same year and they have the same features. The only difference is that 2000 was used for business enterprise & ME was used for home usage meaning at your house. With windows 98 I think it’s better than both of them especially windows ME. I had no problems with 98 when I used it back in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. 98 was one of the best operating systems I used so far. And from best to worst for me is: Windows 98, Windows 2000, and the worst operating system in Microsoft Windows (In my opinion) windows me
The first computer I actually owned -- as opposed to being a hand-me-down from my dad -- had Windows Me on it. I must admit the only real thing I did on it was change the Windows Media Player skins and play around with the fonts. Oh yeah, and play Baldurs Gate 2 and Icewind Dale on it and write silly fantasy stories. I got it when working in Ireland and it was a fixture in my first independent flat after I moved out of my mum's. I made up mix tape inlays on it. Happy days.
Did I hear right? Windows System Restore was a huge introduction to Windows Me? I suppose that is accurate. I certainly used System Restore a *lot* when using Windows Me.
Windows ME.... The operating system with an identity crisis. Not Windows 2000 but not Windows 98 SE. I was a huge nerd at the time so I did take the jump to Windows ME but I did eventually switch back to Windows 2000. Had neither the compatibility of Windows 98SE nor the stability of Windows 2000.
Had Windows ME on my first Compaq computer in 2000. Its startup song wss the best, so good I put it on one of my CD mixes lol. So manh memories, though I try to forget all the issues it had lol
I also got a boxed copy of Office 2000 Pro, but the book in Pro ver. is thinner Also a sealed copy of Windows 2000 box. The last one that doesn't require an online activation.
Hi Michael, If you want to revisit the "SSD in the 98 PC" idea; you can! If you use a PCI SATA Controller (with a BIOS), you can use more of the potential speed of the SSD! I'd love to see you try!
I love the Microsoft CDs from that era. The crazy holographic designs covering the whole disc were really beautiful.
Microsoft should go back to the old route it's less expensive than all this modern non sense and I feel like it's pretty stupid making everything digital I miss actually using a game disk on a computer growing up. They're easily replaceable and not bound to ridiculous policies and allow you to keep your computer for a lifetime. If Microsoft not saying they will ever go back to Windows XP if they run out of ideas then I'm all in for the support I hate how scattered newer Windows start menus are it's annoying.
Oh yeah, i especially like the XP one
i got a CD for windows 98SE (somewhere) and it has the same olographic design and i love that to
@@marijnmf2805 i got 2 xp cds. they look marvelous
@@TechnoMinded-qp5inthe problem is most modern PCs don’t have a disk drive
We used Windows Me for about 4 years before getting a upgrade copy of XP. It wasnt super stable but it depended on what you were trying to do since I think the instability was due to changes to the driver model in preparation for switching consumers to the NT kernal. We had a cheap flatbed scanner and I dont know what the driver or software was doing under the hood, but whenever we installed the drivers to use it that install of Me would be dead within days. We had to get rid of the scanner since it was toxic to Windows Me.
What is MJD about?
A guy having a blast from the past whilst everything can and will go wrong from time to time.
😆 as real as it gets
I feel like murphy has a personal vendetta against mjd
He's gonna take you back to the past
To install the shitty hardware that suck ass
you know michal MJD
Always glad to see a new Michael MJD video on the weekend!
Exactly!
Yes epic
I agree!!! He and Linux RUclipsr Savy Nik both belong in The Broadcast Fall of Fame.and The ASMR Hall of Fame.
20:02 "What were they thinking?!"
That sounds so AVGN
When I worked in the stock room at Computer City here in Buffalo, I got a promotional copy of Windows 98. It's not even in a box, it's just a cardboard sleeve that contains the CD-ROM. I miss that place, it was one of the few jobs I loved because we were the first to see the newest hardware and software before we put it out on the sales floor. Good times.
I love garage/yard sales! What a score!
I got all my first PCs and parts from garage sales when I started tinkering and building my first PCs in the early 2000s.
I started to build my own pc since my dad would complain all the time we were slowing down the only pc in the house that was shared with 5 others.
They may have been old parts not very capable of gaming much, but I was happy to have my own pc that i put together that ran.
Born and raised in Brazil I've never seen an original copy of Windows neither office. They do exist but usually there is two situations: It came with the computer without a box or you bought a pirate one.
I only have original windows because I got a student key here on Brazil XD, I don't even actually use it as a Linux user
Eu também nunca vi!🤣😂
Back in those days as a teen, I have never been so excited to get Windows ME upgrade over Windows 95... and also office 2000... great memories...
I LOVED the Windows Movie Maker! Used it all the time for videos and slideshows with audio, which I would burn to CD for friends and family. I was so sad when it was discontinued. Of course better software came along, but I'll always remember Movie Maker very fondly.
Great Video Michael! 👍👍
20:24 well sung 👍😂
Just curious is there a way to know what song it was.
16:18
yes, NT 5.0 Beta DID use NT 4.0 sounds up to Build 1631, when after that it used the actual NT 5.0 startup, but kept the NT 4.0 shutdown.
Now I got to note that after Beta 1, NT 5.0 used its own startup. He said "NT 5.0 Beta", but the NT 4.0 startup was never used in the Beta stages, just the shutdown sound was only used.
16:08 Windows 98 also had the NT startup sound when upgrading Windows 3x or 95 to 98.
Yep
i didn't know about that only thing what i remember it has a windows 98 startup sound only
@@ahmadzahid266 Well, it depends on the version, I think this one only happens in the second edition.
Pretty strange decision
@@orbitron The only reason I can think of is they wanted a "cool" sound effect to play for upgrading your computer to Windows ME, and I guess didn't have the time to get something unique. Given that ME was aimed at consumers, most weren't likely to have any experience with NT, so it'd just come across as "oh hey, cool sound."
I remember that my very first gaming PC that I built myself in early 2001 which had a 1 GHz Pentium III cpu with 256 mb of ram. I remember that I originally had Windows ME on it and then I later upgraded it to Windows XP in 2002.
ohhh, I started designing websites on frontpage 2000 back in 2005! What a throwback in time.
I have the promotional step up (blue box) myself, since the 1st day it came out. I've upgraded my Windows 98 HP Omnibook with this. Strangely enough it seems I am one of the few people that actually liked Me, besides their bugs and quirks (and they had quite a few).
I liked vista still do
Some people said ME was o.k. if you did all the updates but that was a problem for people with slow dial-up connections.
I'm with ya. I liked ME when it came out. I actually have 3 desktops in my collection with it.
I usually come to this channel to kick back and both chill and geek out over tech, but that moment at 20:37 had me laughing out loud. Your jokes are the best! :-)
To be honest in the past, when I was a kid, I remember windows ME has so many bugs and crashed so many times, we used the windows 2000 which was based on the NT system. We're more stable at this time. They just released the ME together with the 2000. One for the office and businesses and the Me was for "home" users.
🎵 "There was a song that played that would get this video Content ID'd, so I had to mute it." 🎵 killed me with laughter. 🤣
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And that's why i love thrifting so much, the stuff that some people have is insane!
beautiful package microsoft was doing very well that era, when we bought a microsoft box it was like a wonderful thing.
Nice score at the garage sale! You never know what you might find, especially if you get in early.
I love the days of big box software retail. Flash in the pan but so cool. Stores dedicated to software, ala book or video game stores.
Shockingly, I had minimal issues with windows ME back when it was still relevant. I had bought my first brand new desktop with it preinstalled, and for word processing and email it wasn't too bad. I did end up purchasing Windows XP home about two years later, but in the time I used it, it was pretty damn good!
“Windows Me First” sounds like if they continued making Windows Me and named it like “Xbox One”. The second edition of Windows Me could’ve been “Windows Me Two”.
Why is MJD actually good at singing?
"There was A SONG THAT PLAYED THAT WOULD GET THIS VIDEO CONTENT ID'ED SO I HAD TO MUTE IT!"
Because the video was only 320x240 so they framed an image of video player then bigger wallpaper of 4 colors over video mpeg1 hence no interface
Always love WindowsMe. I've used it since day one and still use it for my retro gaming machine.
Maaaan Movie Maker took me back. I first used it on Windows 98 and then XP in primary school. And in present day I edit videos for a living :')
(also, jelly of your boxed OS collection)
19:30 its like a custom welcome skin going with windows media player, and we can see it only waching this wellcome video after the system installation. i remember something around it from my computer experiense when i was about 10 y o and doing experiments with those win9x OSes on my first PIII machine. i think then i had found this skin in one of media player folders. sry4myeng, its not my native, so
and thank you Michael! so nostalgic content!. как у нас говорят, ламповый видос)
Always glad to see a Micheal MJD video in my notifications!
Microsoft aesthetics from 2000s is so comfy. I am rewatching your old videos ❤ Personally had no problems with Windows Me.
I actually had a Windows ME machine that I never connected to the internet, complete with Office 2000 already installed. I actually used that machine to type most of my reports and essays in high school between 2007 and 2010.
you know Michael, I was quite good because Windows was a different place, even PC's could have been rightly collectible at Garage Sale.
I remember back in the day my buddy had a brand new Micron Windows ME pc that he'd just gotten. I was jealous and wanted to upgrade my 98 to ME. Somehow we managed to get the OEM restore CD from the Micron to load up and install on my machine. I dumped it a day later but I remember being so excited to load it and then promptly found out it was trash. Frontpage on the other hand I loved. It was great for editing style sheets and the split-view (code-wysiswyg) was my favorite.
you know its a good day when Michael MJD posts
Michael mjd local garage sale: 1 dollar windows copy
My local garage sale: 5 dollars pirated dvd
Now, only if you could manifest a D.V.D player.
3:00 Windows 2000 Professional is for both Home and Professional use. Windows ME is for torturing spies only* FTFY
That Windowa ME CD is just gorgeous, wow
I used to love playing around in Frontpage and Publisher, now both gone, sadly. Thanks for sharing this!
Publisher still lives in Office, but it‘s deprecated😢
@@KanleyStubrick You're kidding? How do I access it these days?
Windows ME was designed to be the home version of Windows 2000. But it was buggy and crashed allot because it was rushed out. It is the last version of Windows 9X
but in this video it didnt crash a single time , despite he was doing tasks that normal users do
@Laserdisc9X yeah , this video it didn't crash even ONCE, that means win me wasnt that bad after all
@Laserdisc9X oh okkkkk , now i get it
18:06 reflexively prepared to skip ad when that music started.
I randomly got a free 'promotional copy' of Windows Millennium upgrade edition sent to me. I have no idea who sent it, or why because it just turned up on my door one day. No note or anything suggesting who it was from, but it was addressed to me. I think I had upgraded to AMD's new 1Ghz Athlon CPU around the same time, it was a big issue as they broke the 1Ghz barrier - so I've always assumed it was something to do with AMD. I don't quite remember the specifics.
While I don't remember the actual upgrade to Windows Millennium, I remember most of the additional features not working here in the UK. I think one of them was Internet over TV (or something like that) and it just didn't even work with my ATI All-In-Wonder TV card (but that could have just been ATI's poor driver support). I think I quit using it pretty quickly as I went back to Windows 98SE until XP. From what I remember, I'm pretty sure it messed up my config/autoexec custom boot settings for games and I couldn't boot back into DOS. I still have the Windows Millennium upgrade disc itself.
I have no idea how you find this stuff!!! Can’t wait for the ~experience~
30:05 logo design is my passion
Simply, This video is legendary 👏🏻
Keep up Michael
I've got to say, that was a really big brain play for putting capture card footage of the install and programs on a still frame of the setup
The start up sound is the best part of Me.
Windows 2000 is still one of my favorites. Used practically no resources and was super stable.
Brilliant condition too!
Of course, that's because you bought the upgraded version of Windows ME. If you buy the retail version or the OEM version and install it from scratch, there is no problem such as the sound of Windows 98 or the intro video not turning off.
Love this series :)
I had Windows ME on my first PC. I remember people complaining about compatibility issues, but I never had any problems. But I upgraded to XP when that came out.
Box : **missing a flap**
Book : **has a little bit of water**
MJD : My dissapointment is unmesurable and my day is ruined.
I have original books on BIOS, Win 95 and Win ME but all in polish, but they're in poor shape. You want them?
Are there any scans of these online
@@BulletproofKuloodporny no, there aren't. The books are still readable though just kinda yellowed and one book is missing the back of the cover
@@RimFaxxe can you make scans of these
@@BulletproofKuloodporny I don't have a scanner
@@RimFaxxe oh
Its been a while since I watched this guys video and I remember why I subscribed damn love it!
MJD you have a hilarious dry sense of humor
I love retro tech
Garage Sale Finds is back! Hooray!
The design of the boxes are NICE
Promo copies are usually given to employees, important customers or handed out at trade shows I think. My promo copies are from trade shows and conferences at least.
I believe there's easter eggs in that office.. hahaha high school days...
2:35
Mjd, you should have asked the seller at the garage how they got a hold of the promotional software right there and then :)
So, the "Promotional step up" was sold in a store, but the "Standard" one was promotional and not for sale in stores. 🤔
I'm joking, lol. I just find it funny.
Got a kick outta this video. Brought back lots of memories.
I love the "windows me being windows me" part
also I loved the "There was a song that played that would get this video Content ID'd so I had to mute it" part
Beck
Windows ME was a version of Windows that had lots of new features, but thanks to being MS-DOD based, it became a quite unstable OS. Well... Thanks to Windows ME, Microsoft learned a good lesson and made Windows XP, as everyone wanted this OS to be.
Poor Millennium, He tried his best to be an amazing OS. But Microsoft said "No" to my friend...
You should try and make a video for your channel using windows movie maker would probably be a total nightmare but it would be cool
Nice, a new Michael video!
What an amazing find 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
When Michael went all "What were they thinking?" I immediately thought of the Angry Video Game Nerd, he says that a lot.
Also, I feel oddly nostalgic towards Clippy, my junior high years were spent with Office 2003 and Windows XP.
I can't believe you managed to use Windows Me without a bluescreen within 30mins. At launch when I upgraded, it would be a dice roll if Winamp mp3 playback and being connected to the internet via dial-up was too much for the OS. I rolled-back to Win98SE and then up to an XP Beta fairly quickly.
My biggest issues with ME was the instability of uptime. The computer had to be rebooted every 48 hours like clockwork. XP was a million times better.
Iirc, though it only mentions windows 9xs as possible previous version to upgrade from, I believe at least on a clean install, windows me upgrade accepts a windows 3.x disk 1 install floppy as proof of ownership when prompting for the install media from a previous version of windows. I want to say Windows XP will as well, though I could be mistaken on that one. Not sure about if either accepts 3.x as valid when choosing to upgrade from a previous installation method.
Oh my gosh, Front Page. I actually wanted that at some point. That takes me way back!
Awesome video, Michael!
i've never even seen one of these, would rank it in the same tier as the $5 98 pc
Frontpage 2000 got me to watch this vid lol. I LOVED THAT TOOL AS A KID! Thanks to stupid stuff I never achieved my dream of being a software developer/ game development, but I'm only 35 and I'm getting back into it. Hope its not too late!
I remember the update path for the family PC was 3.1 > 98 > XP.
Then by the time I had a personal setup it was XP > 7 > 10. Though currently 10 is a dual boot with Manjaro, with the Windows boot mostly for gaming.
If you primarily use Steam for gaming, try using Proton on Linux. As long as your PC is good enough to handle a little bit of overhead, it works great.
@@TheRedCap Proton isn't quite there yet for everything I play. Once it is, I'll jump over fully.
@@philtkaswahl2124 Ah. Well for me, I've been stuck on potato PCs and consoles for years, so I'm playing a lot of older games I missed out on right now. Which makes Proton perfect for me.
What would happen if you tried redeeming that floppy disk coupon in 2023?
Much better deal than my $40 Solaris 8, wasn't even in the box!
You got scammed
@@near5148 Why, it was at least in the binder.
30:08 "graphic design is my passion"
I went from 98 to ME, used it for 2 days and said no. Went back to 98 for 2 weeks. Then someone suggested I try 2000, went to 2000 and was very very happy.
The old windows setups played the startup sound of the version of windows you are running.
Windows 2000 and windows ME are like twins because they were made the same year and they have the same features. The only difference is that 2000 was used for business enterprise & ME was used for home usage meaning at your house. With windows 98 I think it’s better than both of them especially windows ME. I had no problems with 98 when I used it back in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. 98 was one of the best operating systems I used so far. And from best to worst for me is: Windows 98, Windows 2000, and the worst operating system in Microsoft Windows (In my opinion) windows me
Microsoft windows 2000 was based on windows NT and windows ME was based on DOS
Windows ME: Look we are supporting new hardware. me watching this video: hmmmm, its 2022 maybe its still supporting new hardware......
The first computer I actually owned -- as opposed to being a hand-me-down from my dad -- had Windows Me on it. I must admit the only real thing I did on it was change the Windows Media Player skins and play around with the fonts.
Oh yeah, and play Baldurs Gate 2 and Icewind Dale on it and write silly fantasy stories. I got it when working in Ireland and it was a fixture in my first independent flat after I moved out of my mum's. I made up mix tape inlays on it.
Happy days.
Did I hear right? Windows System Restore was a huge introduction to Windows Me? I suppose that is accurate. I certainly used System Restore a *lot* when using Windows Me.
Windows ME.... The operating system with an identity crisis. Not Windows 2000 but not Windows 98 SE.
I was a huge nerd at the time so I did take the jump to Windows ME but I did eventually switch back to Windows 2000. Had neither the compatibility of Windows 98SE nor the stability of Windows 2000.
I got Office 2000 Professional recently. It came on 2 discs. I like the gold design of your premium version.
I hope you send in that registration card and post a followup video when you get those floppy disks.
MJD's Awesome Gate Company😂
Had Windows ME on my first Compaq computer in 2000. Its startup song wss the best, so good I put it on one of my CD mixes lol. So manh memories, though I try to forget all the issues it had lol
I also got a boxed copy of Office 2000 Pro, but the book in Pro ver. is thinner
Also a sealed copy of Windows 2000 box. The last one that doesn't require an online activation.
Wow, I wish I could get that good deals. Even better would be some thrift stores in my country.
No fkn fair
I've been searching garage sales, recycling centers, thrift stores and flea markets for this kind of stuff!
Ahhh this brings back soo many.
Yayyy new video 😄
Congrats u first 🎉
Hi Michael,
If you want to revisit the "SSD in the 98 PC" idea; you can! If you use a PCI SATA Controller (with a BIOS), you can use more of the potential speed of the SSD! I'd love to see you try!