ShE's better than ME :-) (Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition)

Member Name: Gorebrush

Product:	Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Date:	01/12/00 (110 review reads)
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Advantages: Good update, not too expensive, problems removed, stable.

Disadvantages: 95 underneath.

After receiving this OS shortly after it's release, it immediately got installed on the ol' GoreBox (at the time the ol' P2-266).

After being a firm user of Windows 95 OSR2, 98 for me wasn't really much worth it considering i wasn't losing out by not using it.

Installation as with all others was painless, and in a slightly different style to 95.

Unlike Millenium, 98SE accepted my hardware quite easily, and the machine ran quite well. Most people dislike 98, dismissing it as just another "95 Service Pack", but in this release, Microsoft seems to have sorted out quite a bit.

At least now, i dont have to install about 3 patches before i got AGP and USB to work (as was the case with 95).

98 comes with a few extra's compared to 95. Internet Explorer 5, and DirectX6.0.

Performance is much better than was the case with 95, and stability (for me at least) is better.

On the whole a decent upgrade,
although many people wont even need it to operate. I prefer it to 95 since there was no problem with my old AGP cards and USB devices.

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