98SE was a non issue and I mis-posted my dislike. I also ran 98SE before my XP and liked it. I was brain-fried witth ME and have never gotten over it.:-)
I have ME 'running' on an old PIII HP laptop right now. When it finally fails for good, I'm moving EVERYTHING to Linux, including my two desktops. I looked for all the support Microsoft had, and HP had, for that OS, well before Microsoft announced they were ending support for it, and they both informed me that ME simply had problems with a particular PCMCIA card dock in that laptop, and neither was at all interested in fixing the problem--even though the laptop was "designed for ME."
HP and Microsoft can kiss my fanny if they ever think they'll get my business again.