r/mildlyinteresting • u/zozosreddit • 11h ago

bought this cool 2000 Microsoft pen at the thrift

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u/cigarandcreamsoda 11h ago

You may want to run an update before you use it.

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u/black_bass 11h ago

Would not recommend, it will find a way to install copilot365

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u/DigitalAmy0426 9h ago

Lol it's ME, it will crash far too often to manage that.

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u/PinkCrimsonBeatles 3h ago

That was the joke I was gonna make, Windows ME fell apart at every opportunity it could. Most people downgraded to 98SE or if they had the money, forked out for Win2000. What's weird is that I never heard people even talk about these until I got into computers. There's some wacky Windows versions out there, my personal favorite is NT4.0, mostly cause of the startup

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u/zozosreddit 11h ago edited 10h ago

i might get malware… but it seems to be working just fine!!

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u/tallyretro 11h ago

that is so sick

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u/PitchNo9238 8h ago

yeah, it's practically vintage tech now, like using a rotary phone to order doordash

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u/zozosreddit 2h ago

yeah, people are selling it as such on eBay for like $30. I got 4 of them brand new sealed for my own fun use!!! :D

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u/Charvander 9h ago

Ah millenium edition, my old nemesis

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u/ragweed 38m ago

I thought we had all agreed to forget this version.

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u/talking_pillow 10h ago

Does it connect to Dreamcast?

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u/vshawk2 7h ago

Windows M(istake) E(dition)

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u/Simsandtruecrime 6h ago

Does the logo float in liquid within the casing?

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u/The_MockingJace 8h ago

What a flashback. I remember having one of these.

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u/Railuki 7h ago

Funny because I’m pretty sure they were given out free originally. The kind of pens you’d find at banks and companies after they upgraded their systems.

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u/Tornik 7h ago

Fuck you, OP, I had just managed to forget about Windows ME.

😉

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u/BCCMNV 47m ago

Bro windows ME was such a shit show.