On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 16:20:57 -0000, "Mike M"
wrote:

default wrote:

Too expensive for us.

In which case you may have wasted your money by buying unsuitable
hardware.

True but, relatively speaking, the hardware is inexpensive and makes
an improvement, whereas more MS software doesn't.

Windows ME has to work - that's the design goal.

Perhaps you should have considered this before making your purchases
although why anyone should wish to install Win Me on a new system is a bit
of a puzzle. If XP is too expensive then consider installing Ubuntu.

Wife is happy with her present computer just wants it to boot in a
reasonable time and work a little faster. My older ECS mobo works
like a champ so I guess I'll track down one of those.

I'm happy with her present computer because it works well and she's
immune to malware with it.

Knopix rules. Ubuntu?
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