jeffshen

make copies of all your CD's as backups... it aint illegal to keep 2 copies of what you bought right?

I dont install 98 on any of my friends comps that I install, simply because the design of win 98 is so unfriendly on new users, if the user insists that they want win 98, they will have to install it themself, as it is such a hassle to install, with all the drivers etc. and then them complaining that 1/2 their new hardware dosent work because they dont know how to install a driver... me? i use both 98 and XP, XP for real school work and 98 for games =) i find 98 more stable for games, but XP a tad better for work, somehow i find it more intergrated, but if you ask me to work on a 98, i will have no problem =)

Why I still use Windows 98/98SE over Windows XP Its faster than Windows XP... I clean installed a Xp and 98 on the same computer with XP first... then 98... used a stopwatch... 98 took so much less time to load... it was a fair test... no logins... i disabled the network card on my mainboard so that the windows networking password prompt would not pop up in win 98... and the loading/ workaround to all the programs in 98 feels smoother... although i do agree that 98 tends to crash a lot, it sometimes is just faster on a 98 to continously save and reboot the PC and bypass the scandisk... i have run a dual boot of XP and 98, i need the XP for the remote desktop... yes i do have to run XP... in fact i run 2... one english and one chinese... as Microsoft still has not fixed their multilingual user environment... i tired loading chinese webpages into my english XP... didnt work... however it did work on my english 98... and obviously my chinese XP... XP feels nicer on the fact that everything is based on wizards, however, i still opt to do everything manually as it is faster in the end... and I know exactly what i am doing that way and dont have the wizard setting a few settings at a time without me knowing what i am setting... as with Drivers... i love XP in the way they have default drivers and stuff... but many things are still win 98 compatiable... so that is not a problem yet... and as with security, who in these days wouldnt run a decent firewall and antivirus... SP2 provides a firewall, but why didnt people even bother with getting one in the pre SP2 days...? new viruses will always be designed to meet most of the population as possible to attack as many users as possible, so it dosent make sense to not have antivirus software on any make of windows... as there are still viruses that attack windows 98 out there... as with the bundle software.... I dont use IE, as there is too much spyware which hijacks it and i just cant be bothered to clean it out anymore, its wasting too much time... well... lets just hope that Microsoft's antispyware will do the job... My system specs Athlon 2000+ Pro 512MB Ram 200gb hd with Win XP Eng Win XP Chi Win 98 Eng Mandrake Linux Dual Boot CD-RW DVDROM FDD Have you ever tried Windows XP or do you just hate it so much you won't? as above