I would use 95 OSR2 if it had USB support for all my devices and newer versions of directX. I really liked 95 and it was faster than almost all proceeding OS's, especially with some tweaks. I tried relentlessly to get certain USB devices working but finally gave up. Thats the only reason I have moved up to WinMe on my old system. I am more of a speed freak than a bells 'n whistles guy. But alas, I finally had to retire 95 a few years ago. (sigh)
I have an older machine (celeron 366) that I dual boot with linux and WinMe. I would describe WinMe as the best version of 9X. Some apparently have had problems with it but I have had none whatsoever. Infact, it will outboot my 2.26GHz P4 because of alot of tweaking. I have run a test comparing the speed of different operating systems back several years ago, with the fastest 2 on that system were Win95 and winMe. I really liked 95 for its speed and simplicity but could not get USB to work properly and so many things no longer support it. I could get substantially faster load times with games and some hard drive benchmarks too with Win95B.
I however dont mind them dropping support, so long as it does some good (substantialy reduce older coding / take advantage of newer coding, etc.). Support will be dropped sooner or later, its just a matter of time. Support for 98 starting dropping along time ago. Keeping support in there for older stuff just makes it less efficient for the newer stuff, and I accept that on my old machine I will not be able to run newer stuff all the time.
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I would use 95 OSR2 if it had USB support for all my devices and newer versions of directX. I really liked 95 and it was faster than almost all proceeding OS's, especially with some tweaks. I tried relentlessly to get certain USB devices working but finally gave up. Thats the only reason I have moved up to WinMe on my old system. I am more of a speed freak than a bells 'n whistles guy. But alas, I finally had to retire 95 a few years ago. (sigh)
I have an older machine (celeron 366) that I dual boot with linux and WinMe. I would describe WinMe as the best version of 9X. Some apparently have had problems with it but I have had none whatsoever. Infact, it will outboot my 2.26GHz P4 because of alot of tweaking. I have run a test comparing the speed of different operating systems back several years ago, with the fastest 2 on that system were Win95 and winMe. I really liked 95 for its speed and simplicity but could not get USB to work properly and so many things no longer support it. I could get substantially faster load times with games and some hard drive benchmarks too with Win95B. I however dont mind them dropping support, so long as it does some good (substantialy reduce older coding / take advantage of newer coding, etc.). Support will be dropped sooner or later, its just a matter of time. Support for 98 starting dropping along time ago. Keeping support in there for older stuff just makes it less efficient for the newer stuff, and I accept that on my old machine I will not be able to run newer stuff all the time.