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To: Scumbria who wrote (131541)	4/3/2001 10:21:32 AM
From: rudedog	Respond to of 186894

Mike - I have 2 nephews who run WindowsME on 64MB boxes. They do MP3s, photos, AOL chat, stuff like that and have no performance problems. Of course they also don't mind re-booting if things get hosed up... Just a reference from 2 real-world data points. I would never use it myself.

To: Scumbria who wrote (131541)	4/5/2001 11:24:54 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 186894

Scumbria, 256MB only costs $60 these days. I'm surprised it hasn't become standard. Crucial sells 256 MB PC-133, CAS-2 for $99, and 64 BM of the same memory for $32 - savings of $67. This is what makes some of the retail machines so cheap. W2k is about $100 more than Win Me (which is a POS, compared to W2k). The Win 9x/Me machines outnumber W2k probably 10:1 (my wag). The price of the OS is one of the biggest reasons. I believe MSFT is going to combat this by releasing a crippled version of XP for consumers and sell it for less money than the Pro version. Joe