Advantages: Good for everyone not just experts Disadvantages: couple of bugs and updates making old system out of date
...it. Also with Windows being Microsoft with will interact with other MS packages and will make file interchange easier and learning to use all MS products will become similar as they all have similar icons, and shortcut keys making it easier to find your way around other programs and packages. See teenage girls can be computer geeks too…go on criticise tell me I am all wrong and Bill Gates should be shot, you’re only saying that because ...
LonelyBeauty 06.01.2002
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Advantages: Faster than 95, More stable Disadvantages: Can become unstable at times.
Windows 98 is an easy to use and far better than before OS (operating system). If you are a user of Windows 95 and then upgrade to windows 98 you will soon see the great difference in speed and performance.
Windows 98 has many new features than its predecessors and is far quicker and better. I know that today there are many new versions of windows out so people may say that windows 98 is past its day. This could be said as true but if you are still ... ...OS for you.
What's new:
If you're hoping that Windows '98 will revolutionize the way your computer runs, you'll have to wait until the next Windows update. If you're looking for a completely new desktop and interface, again, you'll have to wait. But if what you're looking for is a more stable Windows '95 with better compatibility and a familiar interface, then Windows '98 is right up your alley. One of the biggest things I've noticed from running ...
lank 07.06.2003
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Advantages: Globally recognised Disadvantages: Not Stable
Fixes fixes Fixes....
That is my description of Windows 98.
Reason being is...
It is simply Windows 95 in some new clothes.
If you dress a dog up in a dinner jacket and take it to a restaurant, feed it fine steak, give it champagne, its still a dog isnt it?
Same as Win 98.
A couple of housekeeping improvements to the operating system with cosmetic touches does not make a new piece of software.
What is different?
Menus that slide out of the ... ...gives it a more fluid look but its not really rocket science is it?
Thats about it for surface changes. Well, its all you will notice.
The main difference were supposed to be underneath. Keeping your system stable and running smoothly was its main goal.
How it failed.
To have it running successfully when it wsa first released was impossible. The machines available then were not powerful enough to take the new technology.
32Mb of RAM were minimum. ...
andycharger 07.08.2001
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Advantages: None, apart from proving how good everything else is! Disadvantages: Everything
This program has performed an illegal operation in sector FF0F9283192:023859572717182 as part of WHY-THE-CRAP.DLL. Please throw this out of the Windows. Seen that enough? I'm sure I have!! I have got to the point with all the various versions of Windows where they have become unusable for most tasks. I can't even get to the stage of loading up a word processor and typing something simple and printing it without a problem, crash, illegal operation, ... ...just be me, but I don't want to be a computer engineer just to load up a word processor and typing something out. That's why me and hundreds of other people are jumping over to 'alternative' OS'es like the Mac OS, Mac OS X and the rather technical -but still an improvement over Windows- Linux and BSD based 'Unix-a-like' systems. And however complicated they are, they have to be an improvement on DLL's, VXD's, and other errors. To give you an example ...
bigbtommy 23.09.2001
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Advantages: Windows 98 is easy and simple to use. Disadvantages: Can have timing issues due to poor event message handling.
...versions of Operating Systems that Microsoft have produced over the years.
HARDWARE !!!
Now we will start to look at what sort of problems can cause Windows 98 to crash, and how to detect them.
In terms of detecting hard faults, they are most likely to appear when your installing the operating it's self. The list of items below will describe some of places when Windows 98 will crash and possible causes.
1. Crashes when copying the files.
...This ... .........2. The CPU is faulty (not likely)
......3. The Motherboard if faulty
...The above are possibilities but you should look at options below first.
......1. The Processor speed settings are incorrect
......2. The memory cannot cope with the front Side Bus Speed
......3. Miss matched memory. The memory types or speeds are different.
......4. There is an incompatibility issue with the above hardware
2. Crashes when detecting the hardware. ...
benn.s 25.09.2002
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Advantages: Has some pretty useful features Disadvantages: Prone to frequent crashes
The sanctity and validity of writing a review on an Operating System (OS) more than 4 years after its first release and during which time it has probably become the most used OS obviously does not make sense.
Windows 98 still remains the most commonly used Operating System (OS), pre-dominantly used by those who use PCs at home. Its no use comparing it with its later versions. I’ll therefore this review as though I’m doing it just after its release…you ... ...upgraded from Windows 95 to 98.
The MINIMUM hardware requirements are PI-100, 64 MB RAM, 3-4 GB HDD and 12x CD-ROM drive apart from the customary floppy drive. Anything higher than this configuration is commendable, anything less is derisory!
Setup & Installation
The Windows 98 setup is a major improvement over the its previous version. It is much more user friendly and requires less intervention from the user. A major advantage is that if the ...
Tongue_in_Cheek 01.08.2002
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Advantages: Um.....Compaitibility Disadvantages: Most of it
...It was so crap that Microsoft had to release Windows 98 Second Edition, which fixed all of the bugs and security issues of the first release. That's a great start surely, but wait - it doesn't end there! To fix a few more problems a fresh install of Windows 98SE requires a trip over to Windows Update to download yet more 'Critical Updates', the likes of which left unchecked may let people gain control of your PC over the internet. Nice to know your ... ...of it is made by Microsoft anyway. Day to I use Word and Notepad to write in, Internet Explorer to surf the web and Outlook Express to read my email. I had this PC since Christmas and when I got it was really fast, but after 6 months of use it had slowed to a snails pace. I will give it some credit, I had probably installed then uninstalled enough stuff to fill the hard drive 4 times over, and this probably meant that there were wrong version of ...
real_rob_writer 05.07.2001
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Advantages: Driver support; runs all major apps and games; excellent user interface. Disadvantages: Unstable; cobbled together architecture leaves it prone to bugs.
I suspect I'll be on the recieving end of a few flames from anti-Micro$ofties for writing this. But in all honesty, my opinion is that Win98 is still the best option for the vast majority of home users. That judgement isn't baseless. I spend a large amount of time at both home and university using Windows' main competitor, Linux. Yet, despite all the trumpeting about this supposedly superior operating system (OS), I always find myself coming back ... ...end of the day, computing is more about applications than the underlying system. Does it really matter what system you're using - be it a Mac, a Windows PC or a BeOS PC - if you can type your report and print it out? If you want to play a game, do you go for the system that supports 99% of the market, or the one with the 1% share? It seems a pretty obvious choice. Windows 98's main advantage lies therein: it is really the only option for users who ...
ronniec 02.02.2001
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Advantages: Good for home use; Widely supported Disadvantages: Not for the power user; Very power and memory intensive
As do most people, I run Windows 98 on my PC. It's a powerful computer, Pentium2 450MHz, 128Mb RAM, so you would think that everything would run smoothly and quickly. Wrong! Infact, Windows 98 seems to plod along at what can only be described as a walking pace whenever you really start to use the system to any real extent. I'm a Computer Science student at Swansea Uni., and as part of my course we do a lot of programming, and a lot of graphics work. ... ...frequently I have to sit their, hoping that something might happen in the near future to save me from pressing the dreaded 'Reset' button yet again. Admittedly, for the average home user who does a bit of word processing, web surfing or game playing, Win98 is a fine operating system. It seems to handle most things nicely, and has a lot of nice refinements over Win95 that make it a far superior operating system. It's the power users who will notice ...
aljones 16.05.2001
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Advantages: Much Improvement! Faster! More Stable! than W95. Read Tips&Tricks and Upgrade... Disadvantages: Crashes a Lot! You must Format the Drive Frequently. Read the review for more...
...INTRO Microsoft designed Windows so everyone can use them: from a student to a businessman, for those that know English and for those who don't, for those who had never seen a computer before and for the most advanced users. It claims to be a "User Friendly" OS. Is this possible? Is there any OS that can be used by all kinds of people? The first impression you get from Windows is so alive, that you think you are really standing before of your Desk ... ...That's the problem with Windows. Microsoft claims they are "User Friendly" and "A piece of cake" to operate. They are. But only the first week. After that, everyone will realize that, they are neither friendly nor easy to operate. And I won't blame Microsoft for that. Every OS is suppose to be hard to learn and operate. Problems will arise all the time. That is natural. The problem is that they go around telling that everyone can use them. That's ...
nickline 12.02.2001
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Advantages: 100% compatible with old DOS applications Disadvantages: VERY unstable, big, slow
Microsoft simply cannot improve a product that is based on ancient MS-DOS. That's the reason they are trying to abandon this system by migrating towards Windows 2000.
The Microsoft corp. divided its OS production in two. The first is for the "professional user" - Windows NT, the second is the well known Windows 9x line, designed initially to keep the compatibility with the ancient DOS and requiring less resources (memory, disk, CPU). The interface ... ...2000 is the best product Microsoft has ever sold (about 40 million lines of code!)
IMPORTANT ADVANTAGE:
Microsoft wants people to migrate to Windows 2000, so there is nothing to do against their will!
There are DISADVANTEGES though: 1. You cannot run programs designed for DOS witch directly access your hardware (E.g. - Most of old DOS based games) 2. You cannot run new GAMES witch use DirectX6, DirectX7 in NT4. This is not a problem under Windows ...
btud 26.01.2001
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I originally bought windows98 because I needed USB support for my new scanner. I moved up from windows 95 and was initially happy with it's performance. I say initially coz now a year and a half down the line I am wondering if the USB support was worth it! I had 64Meg of RAM in the machine and was constantly running out of memory and the computer slowed right down as it started using the swap file on the HDD. So up to 128 we went and still the memory ... ...free.. I put the memory into an NT machine to see if it was the memory but that ran with no probs and plenty of mem to spare...
Windows 98 eats up memory! It is slow and apart from it's driver support is pretty much a burden... I would love to go back to Win95 but USB support is not available (well not fully reliable anyhow).
For a standard user Win98 may be OK and 'look' nice but I cane any system I get my hands on and it just can't take it...If ...
E_N_I_G_M_A 10.11.2000
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...I definitely think that Microsoft are the bench mark in computer software. Windows 98 is evident of that. You can get Windows 98 for £75 or if you buy a new computer you can have it already installed. The good thing is that if you have a new printer, mouse etc. Instead of having to use extra discs to install them you can simple ‘Add’ new software. Generally with Windows 98 there is much more colour and animations like Desktop themes and ... ...you would want. You get all the accessories that came with Windows 95 like Notepad, calculator, the four basic games that were on Win95 they are on here. The Media player is better than it was on Win95 and allows you to play MP3 files. Windows 98 is faster but maybe that’s because my Win95 was on a 32mb ram which is much slower. There’s also the System Monitor whereby you can link to other computers and get the same info on that computer. ...
WAD1-2-3 21.11.2001
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Advantages: much improved plug and play, industry standard Disadvantages: very poor stability, still costs £70-00, Millenium now available
...a company as big as Microsoft would release a product with so many loopholes as this and with such a bad stability record. Microsoft were undisputed kings of software, however since Windows 95 they have first disappointed with 98, and then made the same mistake with 98SE. I have been driven to pay for the upgrade to Windows Millenium, mainly because I could no longer bare the constant restarts that I was forced into because of crashes and mainly ... ...the Operating System market in that there is no real competition for Microsoft. We have Unix and Linux. Linux is gaining more credibility particularly with servers, but driver support is the problem. However Linux really is absolutely rock solid stable and can be picked up for free. Overall due to its very poor stability record, I really cannot reccommend this OS. The other possibilities are Linux but this has bad driver support although is very ...
GraWar 25.11.2000
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Advantages: Easy to use and good interface Disadvantages: Slow, Unreliable and high disk usage
Windows 98 is a good product, but I do not consider it to be great. First some of the good points, the product is very easy to use and installing games/software has been improved a lot (since the days of DOS games). Also adding hardware is a lot simpler than it used to be. The Interface is very good and easy to use.
Now some of the bad points, windows 98 is a very slow operating system, my pc now takes ages to boot up, it is not very reliable (crashes ...
liveland 08.08.2000
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