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Should just use Linux, tbh.

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[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ME was after 2000 and before XP.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was pretty close, I remember seeing both for sale at the same time, and starting about the same time, and 2000 persisting longer, so I just assumed different markets or something.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess MS expected that there would be people who'll need or prefer a DOS-based Windows.

But ME was so unstable that they used 98SE.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Mmmmmmm but also I was literally a child so maybe defer to anyone else's info here.