Win 98

[Goliath182]

I just built my mom a new pc and she wants to stay with Win 98. But i cant find a copy of this anywhere anyone know where to find one?

[Miker]

98 is almost impossibles to find. Also know, the drivers in it are old, so it would not run on a new PC. Just use XP and put everything on "Classic Mode".

[Goliath182]

I made sure its 98 compatible its not new parts. uses a p3. I could do that but its a little underpowered for XP.

[Miker]

I have a PC with XP Home that is a 900mhz AMD with 256 of RAM and a 5200 that works just fine.

[Goliath182]

Yea i know ive done it with a lot fewer but just doesnt seem to work very well with me. guess its just because i havent used a single core in a long time.

[Miker]

A 900MHz CPU is slow compared to a 3.7GHz CPU with XP. But 98-XP is not like XP-Vista, it won't kill your PC.

[werty316]

Try ebay.

And Vista isn't all that bad and you don't need a fast computer with 4GB of RAM, you just need to know how to reduce certain features that are one by default like the Aero theme.

[Goliath182]

dang cant beleive i didnt think of that yea here are some thanks.

[Miker]

Seems to be $65 on Ebay, be somewhat wherry to buy an OS on Ebay. It is easy to get a bootleg disk. With 98 you still didn't have to register it to get it to work I think. All I know is I have a copied win95 disk and code that still installs.

[Goliath182]

yea wish i knew someone who still has 98

[Miker]

Someone here might have one laying around.

>_< I have a bootleg Win95 upgrade, I guess I used my Windows1/MS-DOS v3.3 floppy to upgrade.

[slugbug]

MS doesn't support Win 98 anymore, so no windows updates.

[Miker]

At the same time, no one is trying to hack 98 any more so you don't need the updates.

[the_dope_chaud]

just so you know, (and if you are concerned about space limitations) you can use nlite to make a copy of xp, but tailored to your needs. I used it to trim down my install of xp to a little less than 4 gig. You can take out the apps. and services you dont need, ans slipstream service packs and updates. And after, burn a copy of your XP "diet".

[Goliath182]

ok i called some freinds and i now have a copy of win 98!! woot lol its all dusty and crap but it isnt scratched so i think its good