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Good Piece of Business Software

Mon, 18 Jun 2001 11:56:45 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kupas10 - Installing It

I had to format my hard drive and install Windows all over because my Windows 98 was messed up. I had to use 4 boot disks install from scratch. While installing It, I have had very few problems besides problems with my Aureal SQ2500...

Now Where's That Blue Screen?

Sun, 17 Jun 2001 00:31:54 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author jweire - When Microsoft released Windows 2000 I viewed it as a blessing. The 98 interface with the NT kernel... what could be better for a long time Windows user. Although not for the everyday home user, I have found that it works just fine for me as my home...

Windows ME is a step backwards

Fri, 15 Jun 2001 17:32:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author neverjethot - I purchased the Windows ME full upgrade a few weeks after it first came out, mainly because it was bundled with an external zip drive that I wanted, and the price was very attractive. (As I recall I paid about $90 for the whole shootin' match)
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Windows ME- To clean install or not to clean install, that is the question.

Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:39:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MagnumForce - My brother recently purchased a new computer, and upon ordering, he was given the option of having 98SE or ME preinstalled. Thinking the newest version of Windows would suit him best, he opted for ME, and received a full installation CD with his...

Backward compatibly out the door.

Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:30:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nad_masters - Brief History

I must admit... I am wuss-ified by Microsoft Windows 95. Before Win95 came to town, I was a bonified DOS user. (Sorry, Linux fans). The only need I had for Windows (3.11 back then) was for MS Office Pro 4.1 (remember...

Mandrake Linux: Mandrake 8.0 (Workstation)

Thu, 7 Jun 2001 20:32:09 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author iceberg - Mandrake 8.0 is very easy to install and has a nice GUI installer. It's pretty easy to get installed what you want to use and avoid the stuff you wont with the installer descriptions of the different packages.

This is a great distribution...

OSX(ten) What it's Not

Thu, 7 Jun 2001 20:23:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author iceberg - Losely based on the BSD system OSX is quite a bit different than all previous Mac OS's. Im very happy to see the direction apple is going but I expected it to work quite a bit better from all the hype. Dont expect a single Adobe app to work untill...

My fave OS yet!

Thu, 7 Jun 2001 11:28:54 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author koifish - Having used almost all incarnations of the Windows Operating System, I have to say that Windows 2000 Professional is my favorite. I like the look, I like the feel and I like the way it works, both on a LAN and off.

As a System Engineer, I...

Beauty Is Only Skin Deep!

Thu, 7 Jun 2001 00:25:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Missoula - I am not a technical person. I have been using Apple computers for the past 20 years for their ease of use and the wide range of available applications. I was more than happy to upgrade to the iMac. And when it came time to upgrade to OS 9.1, I...

Is it really worth it?

Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:31:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author atstboy - I have Windows ME on My Dimension 4100 and have been fairly pleased with it although it isn't Linux, and it crashes just as much as ever. WinME has a few new features that Windows 98 Second Edition dosen't, but I don't know if it's worth spending $90...

Windows ME: Attempting to Safeguard MORONS Around the World From Themselves

Sun, 3 Jun 2001 15:02:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pelirojo18 - When I heard "Millennium Edition", words like high tech, reliable, fully loaded, easy, fast...(you get the idea) came to my head. So when I got this new edition of Windows over the summer (with a new Compaq Presario), I expected as much.

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MacOS X Public Beta - Version 2

Sat, 2 Jun 2001 18:06:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robbyx - Like many long-time Mac users (I bought my first Mac, a Mac II, in 1987), I've been waiting...and waiting...and waiting...for MacOS X. Back in the early 1990s, Apple's inability to deliver a new and modern operating system (then code-named Copland) led...

SuSE Linux 7.0: SuSe 7.0 WOW

Mon, 28 May 2001 03:07:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mhouse - I have been using SuSe 7.0 for about a month now and I can truly say that it has the tools to everything if you have the hard drive space to install everything. I was a little a little reluctant when I bought my copy of SuSe, I figured just another...

if you already have 98, don't bother.

Mon, 28 May 2001 00:36:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author doreiwolf - I wasn't going to bother with Windows ME, since 98 worked quite well for me, but then I purchased a new machine with it pre-installed and got to play.

First impressions were good, but not overwhelming. on the surface it looks and 'handles'...

FIX your PC from Slow Re-Boots!

Thu, 24 May 2001 08:15:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sunshingodess - Clean Boot "Me"

Clean Boot is a feature in Windows Me (and Windows 98) that allows you to identify and rectify elements in your Windows start-up that are causing your system to slow down or crash (freeze).

Clean Boot allows you to...

Microsoft Windows 98: You Start It Up, [crash] You Start It Up Again and Never Stop

Wed, 23 May 2001 12:57:50 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author rhall - Frequently I find myself patronized by the message "In order to avoid this screen in future you must shut your system down properly". A more appropriate message would have been "In order to avoid this screen in the future you should avoid using Microsoft...

Windows 2000, the best windows out there to date.

Wed, 23 May 2001 12:57:50 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Fasa - I have been using Windows 2000 for about a year now and let me tell you this, it is THE best windows operating system to date. I am a regular home user with a little bit of photoshop and a couple of games here and there and most of them work and not only...

Good...what you'd expect and a bit more

Tue, 22 May 2001 23:59:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author simac - When I first got Mac OS X on March 24, I was ecstatic to open the box and install it on my computer. In half an hour, I had installed it over my previous Mac OS X public beta installation. The first thing I thought was "Wow! This is fast!". I had been...

Somebody call Ripleys, not even they will believe this...

Tue, 22 May 2001 15:03:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author solrosinberg - Well, I must say it is about time Microsoft released a consumer OS that is decently stable. Their track record with Windows 95 and 98 have proven to be more than disasterous, however it seems that they finally fixed most of the 98 codebase in this...

Slackware Linux: If only all OS's were done this well.

Mon, 21 May 2001 15:23:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mantaray - Slackware was my first "free UNIX". Prior I had worked with Solaris, VMS, and BSDI. I was very impressed with what you get for nothing. For a seasoned UNIX sysadmin, everything is there. A lot of things you are used to having to install by hand on a...

Slackware Linux: Slackware's My baby now, i aint go'in back

Thu, 17 May 2001 16:25:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tkeats - Early this year, i needed to reinstall my system due to a harddrive problem, i replaced the drive, and had been playing with a Linux Distribution other then redhat which i had used since 1995/1996. I was tardy about putting it on a system, in fact, i...

Mandrake Linux: Used Linux before but this was my first install

Thu, 17 May 2001 11:58:36 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author condorhauck - First off, Setup is easy if everything goes perfectly without a hitch, but frequently as with most things in life it doesn't. I did the research, and found that all of my Hardware was compatible. I installed it for the first time and everything seemed...

Good OS, but a dubious upgrade.

Tue, 15 May 2001 03:41:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - Why do I say that? Windows ME has some good points that make it a better operating system than its predecessor Windows 98, but it's really not that much different under the hood. If your 98/98se setup is stable, I wouldn't recommend ME. There's not...

Windows ME - a fix but I wouldn't recommend it

Tue, 15 May 2001 01:52:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author webjunkie - When ME was released, I was sure that the world had finally stopped revolving! ME has all sorts of new multimedia features built-in; things like support for cameras, and cool stuff. But no quantum leap is it is billed.

Here's some issues...

I'm not going backwards....

Tue, 15 May 2001 01:21:09 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author andydg - I was reluctant to move up to windows 2000 at first, after trying out a beta version over a year ago. I now know that the problems I was having then was due to the CD-rom writer I had installed at that time. It is not compatible with the new OS. My...