Pretty much the ideal 32-16 bit operating system for high end DOS gaming PCs (80486DX-33 up to Pentium III). A great thing about this OS it that it's compatible both with late 90's complex programs for Windows and is still compatible with older MS-DOS programs. This is the last good OS built from DOS (ME was the absolute last but had major stability problems and other issues). It's high performance and large compatibility makes it a great Gaming OS for systems in the late 90's.
I installed Windows 98 on my Pentium 133 with 32 MB of RAM with a Sound Blaster 32, S3 Virge with ISA and PCI.
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Quite an unstable operating system. Crashes basically every time you run it, even after a clean installation, especially when you're busy using Microsoft Word or such programs. Frequently presents a blue screen of death for no reason whatsoever.
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Get the Windows 98 mug.a code used primarily during long road trips to signal the other occupants of a vehicle to lower the windows because you have farted or are about to fart.
passenger 1: "windows 98"
all passengers roll down windows.
10~20 seconds pass.
all passengers roll up windows.
the trip continues peacefully because passenger 1 was courteous and did not make everyone else smell his, or her, shit.
all passengers roll down windows.
10~20 seconds pass.
all passengers roll up windows.
the trip continues peacefully because passenger 1 was courteous and did not make everyone else smell his, or her, shit.
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Because of all the fixes that were done for it in Windows 98 it has all of its creases ironed out. It is the best OS that I have and ever will work with. I still have a 98.2 that has been running since before 2000. I haven’t even needed to turn it off it just runs. I will go up to it and browse the web and run programs and it dose just fine. It works great for a simple at home computer that doesn’t have a lot of power. If you want a server I would recommend Windows 2000 or something like Redhat
Because of all the fixes that were done for it in Windows 98 it has all of its creases ironed out. It is the best OS that I have and ever will work with. I still have a 98.2 that has been running since before 2000. I haven’t even needed to turn it off it just runs. I will go up to it and browse the web and run programs and it dose just fine. It works great for a simple at home computer that doesn’t have a lot of power. If you want a server I would recommend Windows 2000 or something like Redhat
“Wow your still running 98”
“Nope”
“What?”
“I’m running Windows 98.2”
“What the hells the difference?”
“It works a hell lot better”
“Nope”
“What?”
“I’m running Windows 98.2”
“What the hells the difference?”
“It works a hell lot better”
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