[rs79bm]

One huge difference. Microsoft says the minimum system requirements for 6.0 include Win98 or higher operating system

You are correct. You can't run IE 6.0 on Win95. However, why are you still using Win95? I mean, I realize some people are reluctant to upgrade, but do yourself a favor and at least get WIN98SE.

[PAR35]

I do run 98 on a laptop. I haven't seen any advantages with it. It has been my experience that most upgrades provide additional bloat with little improvement in performance. I upgrade operating systems when I upgrade computers.

Besides, 98 wouldn't do me much good - MS has already announced they are dropping support for it. Why would I trade one unsupported OS for another?