laptop_windows Microsoft Windows ME
Microsoft Windows Millenium Edition
September 14, 2000
System Requirements / Interesting things / Issues / Personal notes, etc / Links
arrow_drop_down Release Candidate 0 Builds
"Bonus fact: Windows 98 (1998) & Windows ME (2000) both had “Release Candidate 0” builds - the usual practice was to begin numbering at 1. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #Windows98 #WindowsME" REF.
"Release Candidates (RCs) were post-beta development builds of Windows. As their name suggests, devs were confident in the stability of these “candidates for release”. During testing, any last-minute issues would be fixed, leading to the final Release To Manufacturing (RTM) build. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #Windows3 #WindowsXP #WindowsVista #WindowsServer2012" REF.
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report System Requirements
Most of these requirements are the recommended, not the minimum. [REF.]
X86 Architecture
Pentium II 300 MHz
64MB RAM
SVGA Display
2GB Free HDD Space
CD or DVD drive
3.5" inch floppy drive
56,6kbps Modem or faster w/ current internet connection
Mouse or compatible pointing device
note Interesting things
This user on fediverse posted some curiosities about the OS on their page.
Some of them below:
arrow_drop_down Start Page (Full-screen UI)
"The Start Page was a full-screen UI tested in various builds of Windows ME, Codename Neptune (scrapped) & XP in 1999-2000. Designed to overlay the desktop, it was ultimately scrapped. A similar idea appeared in Windows 8 (2012) as the Start screen. More @ https://youtu.be/3W14s-4-hJ4! #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #Windows8 #StartScreen #WindowsME #WindowsNeptune #WindowsXP" REF.
arrow_drop_down Release Candidate 0 Builds
"Bonus fact: Windows 98 (1998) & Windows ME (2000) both had “Release Candidate 0” builds - the usual practice was to begin numbering at 1. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #Windows98 #WindowsME" REF.
"Release Candidates (RCs) were post-beta development builds of Windows. As their name suggests, devs were confident in the stability of these “candidates for release”. During testing, any last-minute issues would be fixed, leading to the final Release To Manufacturing (RTM) build. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #Windows3 #WindowsXP #WindowsVista #WindowsServer2012" REF.
bug_report Issues
"Windows Me suffered from serious stability issues. One source of these was memory management. The design of Windows Me made it best suited to 512MB of RAM or less due to the cache driver (Vcache). It had a bug where when more than 512MB of RAM was present the driver would consume all available memory addresses" REF.
report Personal notes, etc
When i was young i most used Windows 98 and XP.
But for a period of time i had the Windows ME installed on my desktop.
A few years ago (estimated 2021) i saw a sealed box available in a store of old stuff.
link Links
The history of Windows Millenium
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