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Windows 98 is a graphical operating system released by Microsoft to be the successor to Windows 95.
System requirements
- 486DX-2/66 MHz or higher processor (Pentium processor recommended)
- 16MB of RAM (24MB recommended)
- At least 500 MB of space available on HDD. The amount of space required depends on the installation method and the components selected, but virtual memory and system utilities as well as drivers should be taken into consideration.
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- Upgrading from Windows 95 (FAT16) or 3.1 (FAT): 140-400 MB (typically 205 MB).
- New installation (FAT32): 190-305 MB (typically 210 MB).
- Note: Both Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE can have significant problems associated with hard drives that are over 32 Gigabytes (GB) in size. This issue only occurs with certain Phoenix BIOS settings. A software update has been made available to fix this shortcoming.
- Note2: Also, both Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE are unable to handle hard drives that are over 137 Gigabytes (GB) in size, because of missing 48 Bit LBA support. Data corruption is possible. An experimental third party software update is available to fix this shortcoming.
- VGA or higher resolution monitor
- CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
- Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device (optional).
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Release date March, 1998
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Pros
- Good driver support - lots of drivers even for oblique and legacy hardware
- backwards compatible; very good gaming platform
- Stable
Cons
- Programs aren't isolated from one another, so one can take down the whole OS
- File system Fragments
- Poor security out of the box
Microsoft Windows 98
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Microsoft Windows XP
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MSRP $239.00
Released January, 2007
Pros
- GUI looks pretty fancy
- User friendly
- High security
Cons
- Takes up a lot of background resources for gamers making games almost unplayable at high graphics
- Lacks some of the best features of the system in this version
- A crippled version of the OS at an incredibly high price
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Microsoft Windows 98
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Microsoft Windows 95
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