Upgrading Windows 98
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From: John Doe on 3 Jan 2010 01:59 "larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly(a)my-deja.com> wrote: > It's possible that Windows 2000 or XP are now cheaper than 98SE. > XP worked much better with 512MB, even with a 466 MHz Celeron, > but it was still too slow for good YouTube performance. But if > there's enough memory, a 1.0-1.5 GHz CPU seems to be adequate. I have seen Windows XP run better than Windows 98 on a 700 MHz CPU with 512/768 MB of RAM.
From: edfair on 1 Jan 2010 21:36 This is kinda a replay of the 95/3.1 arguement I had with a buddy. He insisted that 95 was the greatest thing since sliced bread until I pointed out that the 3.1 would boot, work for what I needed, and shut down before the 95 was finished booting. 98 is fine for some things. If a user is comfortable with it, more power to them. I keep one machine triple booting SE. It works for what it is set up for, and like the 3.1 in the previous paragraph, it boots, does what it is supposed to, and shuts down while the XP is still stirring the pot. Reminds me of the Eastwood line in one of his movies: "You've got to know your limitations."
From: GEO on 3 Jan 2010 21:57 On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 20:36:32 -0600, edfair <edfair.447hu2(a)no.email.invalid> wrote: > >This is kinda a replay of the 95/3.1 arguement I had with a buddy. He >insisted that 95 was the greatest thing since sliced bread until I >pointed out that the 3.1 would boot, work for what I needed, and shut >down before the 95 was finished booting. > >98 is fine for some things. If a user is comfortable with it, more >power to them. I keep one machine triple booting SE. It works for what >it is set up for, and like the 3.1 in the previous paragraph, it boots, >does what it is supposed to, and shuts down while the XP is still >stirring the pot. > >Reminds me of the Eastwood line in one of his movies: "You've got to >know your limitations." Well said. Geo
From: 98 Guy on 3 Jan 2010 23:32 John Doe wrote: > Prove yourself to be a real friend, stop screwing around with > Windows 98 and upgrade his computer to Windows XP. All the NT-based OS's suck big time. > Windows XP can be made to look EXACTLY the same as Windows 98 But you won't get a simple and efficient file-finder with XP like 98's native file finder.
From: 98 Guy on 3 Jan 2010 23:47
larry moe 'n curly wrote: > I don't know where to buy a legitimate copy of 98SE cheaply, Get it off a torrent. There are several, and they come with a few dozen product keys. Win-98 doesn't have to be "activated" by Micro$haft, like your precious XP does. And how 'bout that WGA eh? You like your XP Genuine disAdvantage? |