Added. And I'm pretty sure ME and 2000 were kinda the same.
Nope.
ME was based on the 9x kernel (the one based on DOS), was aimed at consumers and had a reputation of instability, as well as being infamous for real DOS-mode access restricted.
2000 was based on the NT kernel, and was more directed at companies.
For starters, this is a basic chart of the Windows versions.
Company-oriented NT (has, for example, NTFS and ACLs)
|
|NT3.1 NT3.5 NT4 2000
-----|---------|-------|----------|--
\
\ XP Vista 7 8 9...
Generic (DOS-based)-----|------ Generic (NT-based) ---|-------------------|---------| - - - - - -| - - - - - -
3.1 \
\ 95 98 ME
--------|---------|-----| Killed
|
Consumer-oriented 9x kernel (DOS-based)
Its like the Windows Phone 2.0.
7.0*
I like W7
this new operating system belongs on a tablet, not a PC
This. At least the glimpses we've seen of it yet.