Comment by arp242

> In my experience it was the opposite. 98SE was great, ME was worse.

I think you're mixing up Windows 2000 and ME? ME was a rushed update of 98 because Microsoft felt "they should release something" for the Millennium. It was a dumpster fire. Windows 2000 was the continuation of Windows NT, and became the basis for XP and everything that followed.

As for performance, by the time Windows 2000 came out (Pentium 3 era machines) it didn't seem to matter that much any more, and it really was a lot more stable.