I wish to know the differences between Windows Me and Windows 3.1, I m doing a comparsion between them, I m a newbie to computer, please help. Thanks:)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q32... http://www.microsoft.com/windows/Wi... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histor... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micros... Time for you to do some readin'

Windows version 1.x,2.x and 3.x are GUI's (graphical user interfaces) for the MS-DOS Operating System. Windows 9x have an intregrated MS-DOS/GUI, though the MS-DOS (version7.x) can be seperated from the GUI. Technically it is not an operating system par-se. Windows ME does not have an MS-DOS (version 8) which can be seperated from the GUI, therefore unlike W3.x it is technically an Operating System.

"Windows ME does not have an MS-DOS (version 8) which can be seperated from the GUI, therefore unlike W3.x it is technically an Operating System." I did not know that about ME. I always thought that it could be separated. Interesting. Thanks to eBay, I could afford to SLi my PC and eat artistic toast. Opteron 185 @ 3.0GHz 2X 8800GTS-640MB Asus A8N32-SLI deluxe 4GB of PC3200 OCZ 800GB local storage X-Fi, Vista X64

Yes it can be seperated but not easily like in Windows 9x, Microsoft wanted to have a more complete O/S Eeveryone started buying Windows 2000 because it was better than W98SE, which was meant as a replacement for NT4, though it was a Workstation O/S. ME was supposed to be the HOME O/S, but it was not a success. Actually MS-DOS8 is the files used in XP to Create an MS-DOS Boot Disk, and have found this boot disk very useful........

I stopped using Win 3.1 in 2000. Forgetaboutit. "ME was supposed to be the HOME O/S, but it was not a success.' 98SE was released in (mid?)1999. ME was released in late 1999. Most people who had just upgraded to 98SE, amongst other things, didn't think ME had enough advantages over 98SE to be worth upgrading to, at least not at the price Microsoft wanted, about the same as they paid for 98SE. Sales were poor. In addition to differences already mentioned... ME has System Restore, 98SE and previous don't. ME has a lot more built in drivers for devices in Windows that are installed during Setup than 98SE and previous back to 95 does, but because ME sold poorly, there are many older devices ME drivers were never developed for, and some of those devices won't work in ME with 98SE drivers. There were a lot of good quality Dos based games that ran fine in 98SE that won't run in ME - at the time ME first came out they were a lot better than the Windows based ones - if you have access to and want to run those old Dos games, 98SE is the better choice. Overall, if you want an operating sysytem that will work with more older devices, 98SE is the better choice, despite ME's advantages.