The Worst Gadgets of All Time 11

ME was bad as an OS, but don't forget the jump Microsoft made with the dialer and TCP/IP stack. ME dialup performanace was much better that anything that came before it, and it led to the much more stable XP/2000/2003 connectivity.

ME was never based on an older version of Windows 2000 NT, of course there was never such an OS called windows 2000 NT, Maybe Windows 2000 or Windows NT, not 2000 NT. ME was based on Windows 98 and not NT or 2000. I never had much problems with 98. But I graduated to NT then to 2000 so for users at the time 98 or ME for house hold use was probably fine. Seems like Vista is taking on similarities of ME though.

WRONG - VISTA is the worst ever.

I will have to agree with Joseph OGERSHOK.
VISTA is by far the worst OS i've ever seen.

Me was nothing compared to Vista.

I liked ME. Thought it worked great for a home computer. Now Vista that sucks.

i remember we had that o_o i dnt rly remember it to well lol

VISTA is much worse.

1 vista is the worst
2 95 98 xp all such
3 me and 2000 are the best operating systems out there still
yes you may have to tweak them a little ( oh sorry i forget i am talking to lazy people who every thing done for them) but it is worth it.

The ME stood for "Might Explode"

I had this OS installed briefly. I could never work for more than 1 hour without a system error or complete crash

ME is lame, I replaced it with Ubuntu. The only problem I've had with Vista is that it won't play my Jedi Academy game. Other than that, after some tweaking it's the best windows OS I've used. I don't know why everyone hates it.

I remember windows ME well. Yes it crashed alot, but no more so than Win 98 that came before it. Looking back in hindsight ME introduced many of the features we take for granted today. Plug and play, A decent media player, decent web browsing and automatic updates.

These are to this day probably the most used and appreciated elements of any operating system. Cut ME some slack.

I have had most of them and love XP, my other computer has Vista and I know it is great for everything I do...I am not sure why all the Vista haters?

Ive had 95-98-2000-ME-XP-and im currently using vista

95 and 98 were probly the best running operating systems when it came to operation
95 and 98 lacked protection and secruity though even with anti virus software

2000 I didnt really have for that long so I cant really comment on it that well besides most games worked smoothly on it and all.

XP was probly my fav though when it came to all around.
Good compatability
Ran smoothly
Medium Secruity

Vista I have now and it has its flaws
It has nice secruity features but they go kinda overboard alot of stuff i used to be able to run programs that I cant run now even as an admin and everything
It has compatability issues with alot of games :(
when you start fresh without having stuff on your computer it seems to run fine but then even having any videos or anything it lags like crazy :(

Well...i went to XP by defauly after my compuer /Me was damaged beyond repair by a clutz who tripped over cables (mind you...cables behind the workstation btw the workstation and a wall it was against) and external connections on Mother Board were damaged.
I found no problems with Me....in fact only complaing was MS dropping support in order to make a market fo rthe new OS.
Vista....YUCK!! Give me Linex any day.

I use Me and have little problems, I like how ME boots faster and I dont have to wait all day for a shut down..also use xp, and vista and like them both most of the time.......U just gotta watch what and how fast U click and dont talk on the cell at the same time......

I agree with some of the other posters.
Windows ME was (and is) still better than "Vista" (my son calls it "Virus").
I've used both ME and 2000 and had very few problems, but Vista is a nightmare.
I'm ready for a new computer, but I certainly don't want it pre-infected with Vista.

I agree with this wholeheartedley.I had windows me,and it was the worst windows I have ever seen. It was always deterating,always bogging down.
I had to have it restored 4 times,but I do have to admit that I,m having alot of trouble with vista but it,s not as bad as windows me

i still use windows 2000 professional & XP. Happy with these. ME Sucked.. Have not had time to study Vista.. Dreading upgrading to a new OS