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Paul Thurrot´s SuperSite for Windows has posted a review on Windows Millennium Beta 3. Here a clip:



Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, Windows ME Beta 3 is a surprisingly decent product, proving that the old Windows 9x code-base is far more resilient than previously expected. There are simple changes, such as a tweaked and simplified user interface based on Windows 2000, but the big changes are all under the hood. For example, Windows ME offers a host of reliability improvements that will benefit any Windows 98 user, including System Restore, System File Protection, and the removal of Real Mode DOS. And despite the questionable bundling of an enhanced Media Player and a movie editing application in a day and age where the company is being sued by the U.S. government for product tying, Microsoft seems to have finally gotten in right with Windows ME.
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