ME sucks!

elaborate Regards Miro

You are saying you suck???

It's not a discussion on who is sucking who, it's a message board where you should post issue's related wtih the Computer (hardware and software).

I understand fully the concept of preplanned obsolescence. This is hardly a new concept. However I might point out that it generally applies to things that wear out. A car is not an OS. I have an old 486 at home that runs DOS 6.22, unless the hardware wears out, DOS 6.22 will always work. I can Install DOS 6.22 on my PIII if I want and it will still work . . . a bit of overkill but it will work. I contend that an OS becomes obsolete, not because it was designed to wear out, rather because we as consumers continually demand more of our PC's than they are capable of. Software houses, seeing that the new hardware allows more intensive programs, writes them to meet the new standard. Case in point: About three years ago everyboday and their brother was buying 400MHz Celerons and clocking them to 6** MHz. Well that was damn good enough then. But now those same people, who were perfectly happy with 6** MHz back then are buying 650 Athlons and overclocking them to 8 and 900 MHz. Now the chip manufacturers don't recommend this, they don't encourage this. Nope, they make 8 and 900 and above processors that are immediately overclocked by the same folks. Case in Point #2: I know about a dozen people who have image programs on their Win98 PC's, that allow you to view image files as thumbnails. Which makes a great deal of sense, especially when you have a large number of images like a web designer might. It is now incorporated into WinMe. I won't even get into the zip file issue that is now incorporated in to both Win98 PLUS and WinMe. You all seem to ascribe some evil intent behind the innovations that are occurring in both hardware and software. You say MS and Intel are jamming this down our throats. But at the same time consumers are clamoring for the latest greatest innovations that are available. I put to you that this innovation is nothing new, it is not limited to the computer industry and it is driven by demand, not supply. If nobody purchased WinMe, it would be gone real quick. This is not a conspiracy . . . It's called free enterprise and it has been happening here in the US for 200 years. Personally I think you're all a bit paranoid. I also find myself wondering if Win98 is so damn stable, why'd you ever load Me in the first place. And further, once you determined that it was not for you, why didn't you switch back? It only takes about an hour and a half and you all have spent that much time bitching about it. I'd like to leave you with one last thought. Who's the greater fool . . . the fool himself or the fool who follows him?

ENCORE! ENCORE. well said. notch another one up to timerider.

I agree timerider.