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Aug 4, 2023 at 9:12 comment added tpimh I used ME for a while, it seemed fun and very "multimedia" for the time. I also used Vista when it came out, it also removed a lot of legacy stuff, but Aero effects were cool.
Nov 13, 2020 at 5:36 comment added cup @cbmeeks - I tried it just for fun before XP came out. I found it more stable than win98.
Nov 12, 2020 at 11:38 answer added user3840170 timeline score: 12
Nov 8, 2018 at 22:19 comment added rackandboneman My conjecture: They wanted to officially demote any real mode DOS functionality as unsupported. Meaning they won't have to support it.
Sep 19, 2018 at 21:02 vote accept wizzwizz4
Aug 2, 2017 at 15:55 history edited wizzwizz4 CC BY-SA 3.0
Found more specific source. No citations so an apparent dead end.
Aug 2, 2017 at 15:32 comment added cbmeeks The real question is....why would anyone use Windows ME in the first place? ;-)
Jul 10, 2017 at 23:22 answer added user722 timeline score: 50
Jul 10, 2017 at 21:30 history asked wizzwizz4 CC BY-SA 3.0