Ask HN: Why was Windows ME so bad?

2 alganet 1 8/4/2025, 1:16:24 AM
Just a little bit of nostalgia!

I remember the constant kernel crashes and the fact that it was a poorly rebranded Windows 98, but does anyone remember other reasons why ME was so innefective?

Comments (1)

SlowTao · 3m ago
I think it was a combination of all a lot of new tech was being dumped on the tail end of Windows 95/98 combined a bit of sloppyness in how it was deployed. Didn't help seeing how well Win 2K could handle this stuff with its NT kernel despite coming out before ME.