georgethetee Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 IMHO W98, updated with the unofficial SP and with the Revolution pack etc added is a superb operating system - I love it. The only thing wrong with W98 is the title - Win98. Microsoft pulled a smart one there, built in obsolescence. And, no matter what anybody does to it, that title is standing there, defying any attempt at modernisation - for mother's sake, this OS is from the last century!I like to tell people the 98 stands for 2098, but strangely they dont often fall for that.What would be great would be if all the modders and modernisers of w98 could reach a concensus on some generic name for upgraded w98 - just to kick the idea off, here's a few suggestions for starters, but I am sure others can come up with some much better ones, although of course, we only need one.WinClassic. WinPremium OSWinMax. WindowsSheen. WinLean. WinAZ.Come on, I'm sure someone has a better idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 i always refer to it as "9X" which is kinda correct as that's often what the 95-ME kernel is refered to as, also it reflects that DX9 is last version we can run and bumps nicely into XP, i have start menu banners with "Windows 9X Professional" on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredledingue Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 No, w9x refers either to w98, w98se or w95.My suggestions:-Windows Gape 2.0-Windows 98 2.0 or Windows 98 X (when refering to any uSP)-Windows XX (because it has two X in the name, it means that it's better than XP that has only one X in its name)but the most appropriate is of course Windows 209820 standing for the uSP version and 98 for win98. When uSP 2.1 will be released it will be Windows 2198, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel_98a Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 how about Windows 360, named after the xbox........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modicr Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 What about: Windows 98 UE (ultimate edition) ?Roman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modicr Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Or just "Windows UE" or "Windows EE" (eternal edition)Cheers, Roman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 what about simply "Windows"?since most of the core is from w98se, but there's also files from win me and i've updated the system with some xp sp2 functionalities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 what about this - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack99 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 right on miko i like that might just resouce hack that into explorer .exe . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Windows 98 SE Version 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeva Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 What about Windows OS X.98.2 ... even newer than Mac OS Tiger, I think the guys from Apple aren't angry if we take a byte of their Apple OS name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 they will sue you for that and be angry at you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgethetee Posted May 18, 2005 Author Share Posted May 18, 2005 Some great suggestions there! Must admit, whenever I see Win9x a little voice in the back of my brain trys to re-interpret the x. But, yeah, WIN9X, if you get used to it, is as good as any. Guess my fave so far has to be WinUE though. That is a cool name, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgethetee Posted May 18, 2005 Author Share Posted May 18, 2005 No, no, second thoughts - I can see some smarto calling UE Unofficial Experiment. No, we don't want that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randiroo76073 Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Hows about we name it after the one who started the upgrade...win98G, or, win9XG, or, 98seG, naaa, that 1 sounds a little kinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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