20 years ago...ouch.
I still have an old Norand Penkey tablet that I managed to get Win 98 on. Definitely a different era in computing. Almost cozy and homely.
He was even able to surf the web relatively well. His only real problem was that he couldn't get YouTube to load.
bigger SSD, more memory, best AV card it will take, should work just fine...
Such bravery, using an outdated computer as an experiment! Quick, award that man a purple heart!
(just playing)
I used Windows 98 about an hour ago.
I miss the old screensaver.
Thank you. I detest clickbait headlines.
I remember Windows 98 Second Edition, and not fondly.
I was relatively late getting into computers. My first one ran Windows 95. I paid $45 for it at WalMart. It had originally been $850 but they kept reducing it as it had been returned.
When it got down to $90, I bought it but could not get it to work so it was returned again. A week later I noticed they had it down to $45 and sold “as-is”.
I decided that the monitor was worth more than that and bought it again. It turned out that a kid had originally purchased it and had installed a newer processor which somehow fouled it up.
I had a cousin who was computer savvy and he stopped by one day and got it working. I remember the hard drive was less than one gigabyte yet it had several video clips installed at the factory. I still have it and suppose it still works but have not used it in a long time.
Podesta? Is that you?
Windows 98? I remember Windows 3.1
It wouldn’t do anything.
Bookmark
Ping.
I still occasionally use a computer with 98 on it. It does everything I ask it to. Just kinda slowly due to limited RAM and CPU speed.
Same with my XP computer.
All the newer ones are converted over to Linux though.
Heck... I kinda miss my VIC-20
If you surfed the web, used MS office, and in my case used CNC CAD and CAE software 98 is perfectly fine with the software and hardware of the day. Now, new OSs usually just allow bigger bloatware.
Windows 98 isn’t impressive.. now if he had tried running GEOS on a C=64, and connect THAT puppy to the internet.. THAT would be impressive..
The place where I worked 20 years ago switched from Windows for Workgroups to Windows 95 as soon as Windows 95 was available. Then we upgraded to Windows 97. I seem to remember that Windows 97 was more stable than 95 and a little more refined. I started a new job and Windows 98 was the thing for a while. Then Windows NT and then Windows XP. Of course we had to eventually move from Windows XP but I think I have used XP for more years than any other Windows version. I haven’t used XP in a few years.
.gif/revision/latest?cb=20121215224105)
Sounds to me that Win 98 isn’t the problem - it’s using an ancient machine with inadequate memory for today’s internet. Put Win 98 on a modern machine and it will likely work OK as long as sites are compatible with older versions of IE.
More fake news.
[[Anyone old enough to remember using Windows 98 when it was still current can attest to the fact that it was a really fantastic operating system.]]
Yeah, the constant BSOD’s were just awsome!
I am still running XP and works fine. Win98? I doubt he is havibg a good experience.