Slasher
I have a couple of desktops LAN'ed together, one using 98 SE and one using ME. The differences? .... Speed of boot-up; the ME boots in about 40-50 seconds as against 21/2 - 3 minutes for 98. ME's file managing system is a pain - you constantly have to re-access files rather than having them on view all the time. I tend to use the 98 machine more than the ME, as much due to familiarity as anything else and I can't think of anything which makes ME an essential.