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Anybody still using Windows 98?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by olddocks, Apr 24, 2008.

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  1. M.IMRAN

    M.IMRAN Well-Known Member

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    #21
    The first operating system i used was Win95 ;

    Windows 95 ...... then
    Windows 98 ...... then
    Windows 2000 ..... then
    Windows XP ..... Still using

    And every time i upgraded the new version i never looked back :D
     
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    p4praveen Peon

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    #22
    still remember my Win98SE genuine copy ....gr8 OS of all time...
    Now using WinXP...:)
     
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    deshabhishek007 Banned

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    #23
    Damn i love Win98 the Best Stable OS Ever From MS.
    I have That in my Old P2, Working great!!
     
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    #24
    good old times.....6 years ago i think......! :D
     
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    vertigoflow Well-Known Member

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    #25
    I've been thinking about picking up a laptop with 98 just to play my old DOS games on and basic word processing stuff so I'm not tying up my main computer. You can find one for under 100.

    It might be worth it for Redneck Rampage alone.
     
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    snowbird Notable Member

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    #26
    I bought my mother a computer years back with Windows 98 on it. She's still using it to this day. :) I need to make some $$$ so I can buy her another one, because she will never spend a penny of her own money on a computer.
     
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    I remember back a few years (around 2000) people would say "With DOS I never rebooted, with Windows 3.1 I rebooted once a month, with 95 once a week, with 98...ooops, hang on I just froze up." To me the significant jumps were Windows 95 and XP. I lump 98 together with Windows Bob and Windows Me as OSs MS shouldn't ever mention again.
     
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    cool_78 Guest

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    I don't but the PC at my office still has 98 installed and being used.
     
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    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    #29
    Forget '98.
    I'm still using Atari TOS :p

    I used 98 Lite on a few audio workstations in the early 90s, and it was great.
     
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    #30
    I love win98. but I have not drivers for it.
     
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    I had a work computer with it a year ago. Would have been OK had it not been the need for Adobe and loading pages with flash players. Not fun...still...waiting...
     
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    solidstate Well-Known Member

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    #32
    Wanna say one thing " OLD IS GOLD" :D
     
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    Trusted Writer Banned

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    #33
    Maybe you are referring to Windows 98 the version released after Windows 95 and its problematic winsock, this problem persisted and the Microsoft released the great WIN98SE (SE stands for Second Edition, May 5, 1999)

    Nothing but true, and it was recognized as the most stable OS by renowned Interned geeks, just Google it to find out more.

    It is hard but not impossible, query Google with these terms: WIN98, drivers, unofficial... and any other keywords on drivers you may need ;)

    I started with Windows 3.0 and MS-Dos 5.
    Since then I have tried all the Windows versions, including the annoying Vista which came preinstalled on my laptop in a hidden partition preventing we could go back to previous versions.

    However my hubby was clever enough to access that partition and get rid of it. Actually I have a dual boot system with WIN98SE and Windows XP PRO, while he has 4 booting options: MS-DOS 7.10, WIN98SE, Windows XP Home and Windows XP Pro.

    We don't want to hear again from Windows Vista :eek:
     
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    newgenservices Well-Known Member

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    #34
    Used to use till 5 years back. Currently happy with WinXP SP3. Those days were great with the slower systems but users were a lot more patient then unlike now - Human needs are Unlimited
     
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    #35
    the library where i live still uses it
     
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    #36
    W98!!! It was indeed a great improvement from Microsoft when comparing it with windows95, but after trying XP I never changed back...or forward:)
    Windows Vista is in my opinion a tremendous failure from microsoft
     
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    My grandmother has it on a 2nd hard drive. I still have the installation cd and an old computer with it installed lol.
     
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    #38
    I used it for only 1 year , then i gone for Xp
    i think that only few persons are using it
     
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    #39
    i cant believe that 10yrs had gone since win98 i have seen. Time is flying that fast. One cannot deny that Win98 is super fast with just 256 or 512mb of RAM.

    I have been in computers since 10yrs and i have experienced every microsoft OS till this date.

    Windows 3.1
    Windows 95
    Windows 98
    Windows NT4
    Windows 98SE
    Windows 2000
    Windows ME
    Windows XP

    The only OS i havent tried is vista,and no plans to use until 1 or 2yrs.
     
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    And remember, this was the last OS in which you were able to get rid of the annoying welcome and shutdown Windows's screens making the loading and exisiting process even faster, otherwise you were able to customize your own welcome and exiting screens.

    I have not found yet a way to get rid of that eternal series of Windows XP loading screen and good you have not tried Vista because you can easily can take a nap while it loads even with 2GB of ram! [​IMG]
     
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