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Windows 2000 was the true next step for Microsoft after 98, not Me, as they prepared to jettison the DOS line entirely. Me was simply an extension of 98 with a
by code_duck 13y ago
Windows 2000 was the true next step for Microsoft after 98, not Me, as they prepared to jettison the DOS line entirely. Me was simply an extension of 98 with a lot of improvements backported from 2000. While it may not have been marketed as such, 2000 was as suitable as any Windows for consumer purposes. It turned into XP after relatively minor cosmetic and usability improvements.
- dragonwriter 13y agoNo, it wasn't. 2000 was the successor to NT in the business line the same way that Me was to 98 in the consumer line. And, while it was more usable for consumer purposes than NT, because it was a different code base and not marketed as a consumer OS and much consumer software was written to quirks of the 95/98 line, it wasn't as consumer usable as XP was (which IIRC had more backwards compatibility features, but more importantly was the target against which new consumer software was written and tested once it was released.
- code_duck 13y agoTo me the important thing to note is that the DOS line died with Me about a year later, and 2000 turned into XP which people are still using as a mainstream OS. Anyway, my original point was that it should be on his list of Windows versions. I don't mean to throw a wrinkle in his narrative, but 2000 was the predecessor of XP and it was neither wonderful nor terrible.