Which one is better Windows 98SE are Windows ME

**spawn1980** · October 24th, 2007, 12:01 AM

I know this is old news but I have a 2 old labtops one with 700mhz,10gb HD, 128mb memory the other has 300mhz,20gb HD, 320mb memory

Don't worry this is not my main computer I have a FULLY LOADED Desktop but I want to get these two up and running.

**montecarlo** · October 24th, 2007, 03:15 AM

I would go with Win98SE

**NooNoo** · October 24th, 2007, 04:45 AM

I would get the memory out of the old 300mhz machine and see if it fits the 700mhz and put xp on it if the memory fits. If not I would put ME on 700mhz and 98se on the 300mhz.

**spawn1980** · October 24th, 2007, 07:06 AM

Originally Posted by NooNoo

I would get the memory out of the old 300mhz machine and see if it fits the 700mhz and put xp on it if the memory fits. If not I would put ME on 700mhz and 98se on the 300mhz.

Me on the 700 and 98 on the 300 is that really the best way

**NooNoo** · October 24th, 2007, 07:15 AM

You can pretty much do what you like... when you say "best way" what do you intend to achieve?

**spawn1980** · October 24th, 2007, 07:26 AM

I just added on windows 2000 to the list so Please Help Me Pick Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000

**NooNoo** · October 24th, 2007, 07:42 AM

ok... but what do you want to achieve with each laptop?
how about some laptop make and models?

**shamus** · October 24th, 2007, 07:48 AM

I wouldn't put Windows ME on anything I owned.
Just my 2¢...

**NooNoo** · October 24th, 2007, 07:50 AM

True Shamus, but ME can do usb sticks without drivers, but now he has added 2k to the list we can dump ME altogether

**Niclo Iste** · October 24th, 2007, 08:43 AM

Assuming it's Win2k ProI would think from a stability standpoint win2k would be the best option. Unless you are using programs that are reliant on the Win98 structure. (example being old dos initialized desktop games). Windows ME seems to have the worst reviews ever so I would avoid it. I myself used ME before and had no problems but then again I only had it for 3 months then I went to WinXP Pro. Of course there is always the variable of which do you like more.

**spawn1980** · October 24th, 2007, 09:28 AM

Ok heres the Labtop spec.

Processor
INTEL Celeron 700

Chipset
Intel 440BX chipset, PCI bus Version 2.1
Display
Nice 12.3" TFT Active Matrix

Hard Drive
10GB

Floppy Disk Drive
1.44MB Included

Memory
128MB SDRAM

Video Chipset
ATI Rage LT Pro 3D 2X AGP Video Controller

VIDEORAM
8MB
cd-ROM Drive
CD-ROM Drive Included (Built-in!!)

Audio
Crystal 4622 with Built-In Speakers and manual volume control and cd function controls (Stereo Sound!!)

Modem

ethernet/cable
Built- In 56k Fax/Modem (get online your favorite service provider.

POINTING device
TouchPad (Or add a standard PS/2 mouse)

Battery
Li-Ion (Included, charges 100, no guarantee on length of charge.

Ports
Enhanced Parallel Port, SVGA, Pointer -Keyboard -Keypad, Serial, Infrared, 2 USB (to hook up the latest printers, digital cameras and accessories!!), Microphone-In Jack; Headphones/Speakers Jack, Audio-in Jack, Video-in Jack, Video-out Jack, Audio-out Jack, Dolby Digital-out Jack.

PCMCIA slots
(Supports type I or type II cards or 1 type III card

2nd Labtop:

Compaq Armada 1750
Pentium II-300 MHz
Memory: 320 MB
Hard Drive: 20,000 MB
CD-Rom Drive
Floppy Drive
Comes with its power cord

Battery hold charges.

10/100 network adaptor for DSL / Broadband internet connections.
Modem for dial up internet connections.

Integrated stereo sound system with built-in speakers.

2 PCMCIA slot for card type I / II.

Ports: PS/2 Port (Mouse / Keyboard), Serial Port (9 pin), Monitor Port (15 pin), Printer Port (25 pin) USB port, Infrared sensor, Line (in/out) jacks.

13" XGA TFT Active Matrix Display. Resolution 1024 x 768

**NooNoo** · October 24th, 2007, 12:10 PM

Definitely 2k on both of them if you have nothing that is 9x/dos dependent.

If you can get the 700mhz ram up to 256 it will be quite a nippy machine and will even take xp.

**spawn1980** · October 24th, 2007, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by NooNoo

Definitely 2k on both of them if you have nothing that is 9x/dos dependent.

If you can get the 700mhz ram up to 256 it will be quite a nippy machine and will even take xp.

It looks like for me to get the ram up I would have to upgrade the processor to 1ghz because its built-in

**Ferrit** · October 24th, 2007, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by spawn1980

It looks like for me to get the ram up I would have to upgrade the processor to 1ghz because its built-in

Ram/memory built into the processor on a 700 mhz PIII
I would be amazed if thats true
Without the model its difficult ot research but you say it has 128 megs of ram so its likely 1 stick

**Matridom** · October 24th, 2007, 11:28 PM

Not to push you away from either of these Microsoft OS's. You should probably be aware that neither is supported by Microsoft, most importantly though, neither is supported by windows update. This means that your going to be stuck with a non-updated system.

Windows 2000/XP would run on this system if you kept it bear minimum, I have a p3-733 with 384 megs of ram, it runs XP, but i assure you i don't want to do anything else with it other then it's dedicated task (tv-tuner).

If your looking for basic word processing, browsing the internet and a few other basic usages, you may want to consider going "alternative", AKA, Linux.