Jim please tell me you're kidding. ME was solid out of the box? I got a new
computer last month with ME, and the thing never stopped crashing. I
eventually just upgraded to Windows 2000, and things have been fine ever
since. Now, I was reading a bulletin board at zdnet last night where people
did nothing to bash MS left and right, and sing the praises of Unix. I know
one thing- it's not perfect, but Windows brought computing into the everyday
world, so normal people could use it, and not just programmers who worked
hard to learn Unix or whatever else. Personally, having worked with a guy
who LOVED Unix, I know that if it was a choice for me between Unix and
nothing, nothing would be it.
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of James L. Sims
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 11:31 AM
To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
Subject: Re: filmscanners: scanning/photoshop workstation (long)
I agree that there were issues with 95, 98, and 98SE but ME was rock solid
right out of the box (purchased last September). There were issues with
device
drivers, and some products still do not have ME drivers, but the OS itself
is
rock stable - never a blue screen, ever. I believe, with the new driver
architecture, Windows 2000, XP, and ME will be even better. I'm not a fan
of
Microsoft but I think their operating systems are starting to mature and I
think that will help those of us who use graphics.
Jim
JimD wrote:
> I'm going to give it about 2 years to disgorge its bugs and
> then it may be fit for use. Microsoft's releases are akin to
> good wine, generally they benefit by being aged.
> -JimD
>
>
> >It has a few innovations that I believe will make life a great deal
better
> >for a good many of us. Peer to peer communications, improved device
> >interface, and better memory management, to name a few. Just hope it's
> >not all Internet user friendly with frills for sending the kid's photos
to
> >grandma. I think getting away from the old VXD drivers and using the WDM
> >(Windows Drive Managed) architecture is a definite plus
> >
> >Microsoft's Windows XP home page is at:
> >
> >
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Dave
