Best OS... ah! Most people say that because they are SO used to it, to it's flaws, to it's immensive anonyances. Plus most never touched other OS, except DOS.
Some say ME never crashed on them, for others it's crash-fest, even on notepad. Same for 2K, same for XP.
That is EXACTLY the problem. Windows is absurdely inconsistant, between different machines, and even on the same machine. Everytime I re-install Win98 on this machine, something seems different, even if the installation disk is the same.
Some installs gimme that annoying "I won't shut down!" problem, some doesn't, and so on.
On my dad's computer, I installed DirectX 8.1, and it KILLED Direct3D/DirectDraw support, because it said the video card drivers were incompatible. It was a SiS530, and there were no 8.1 drivers.
Had I stick with M$'s solutions only, I'd need to make a fresh install, since DirectX cannot be unninstalled.
Add that the the horrible RAM management in the non 32-bit windows (95/98/Me). If a big chunky app, like 3DS Max 4, crashes on my system, the Windows will never free the RAM it occupied, even if I use Rambooster. So I have to reboot.
And the goddamned IE integration with pretty much everything... that's indeed annoying.
But what annoys me even more is the fact I have no real option. If I run onto Linux, I won't be able to use some apps I need to, since they don't have a Linux version, and a couple of other things.