I hate to tell you "asshats" this, but Windows 98 is actually a 16 and 32-bit hybrid system. It's basically Windows 95 with IE integrated into explorer.
It crashes alot, because it's an operating system designed to run 32-bit applications, but still runs on a 16-bit subsystem, namely DOS.
Alot of instabilities, however, aren't the cause of 'Doze itself, and are usually IRQ conflicts and/or lame, fagass applications (read: AOL) being installed by the user.

Windows 98 - 32 bit code written for a 16 bit system with an 8 bit connection and a 4 bit processor by a 2 bit company who cannot stand 1 bit of competition

Ok! all you people saying it sucks and shit! it sucks now because its like over 10 years old and its no even supported! Back than it was like state-of-the-art!

An operating system that is better than even the latest MAC OS

The word you look up in the dictionary when you're either out of perverted words to laugh at or you press 'random word' a lot (Like I did).

A fairly okay OS that seems to crash a lot more often when used by geeks and Linux zealots, especially those who claim that Windoze is soooooo easy to use. Well if it is easy to run, then you shouldn't have a problem running it in the first place.
Or could it be true that geeks truly are less intelligent than they claim they are after all?

The only way that you could make this OS run for any period of time is by not running it. Or just run the whole thing from its 16-bit (but really 2-bit) command line, DOS.