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Summary: Save your money, its not worth it
Review: This package is another Microsoft cash grab. There was no need to release a whole new version, I'm sure all of the improvements could of been included on a patch which current Windows 98 users could download for free, but nope. If you are looking for a new operating system, I'd suggest buying Windows 2000 if you want the latest and greatest that they have to offer. This is just a waste of money.
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Summary: Two thumbs down!
Review: Do not buy Windows98 unless you absolutely have to, and are prepared for a let-down. Although setup started automatically and the installation seemed to progress flawlessly, my pc only gets the blue screen of death on post-install startup. I can't even start in safe mode. My pc is totally disabled, as previous Win95 was over-written. This should not happen in such an "advanced" software. I do not recommend this product; in fact, I strongly recommend against it.
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Summary: Windows 98 is an excellent OS
Review: If you can't get by comfortably with your PC using this operating system, then you probably need to take some classes. 98 SE is as solid an OS as you will see in the marketplace. Its plug and play is truly impressive, and overall it has very few problems, and fixes many oddities that cropped up with 98 1st edition and 95.Users of the Mac OS, unless they are blinded by Microsoft hate, will find windows 98 refreshing because, unlike every Mac OS made since 1990, it doesn't freeze every time you have more than two programs open. So load this baby up and get busy!
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Summary: Can You Say REBOOT?
Review: This is one very unstable operating system! I'm not speaking relatively here, I'm just telling you what I have experienced with Windows 98 Upgrade. First of all, one out of five times when my computer starts I have some kind of error message, often I must reboot. My computer freezes quite frequently as well, when I'm not even running programs. Restarting because of registry is something that happens a lot as well. Whenever I get an error and have to reboot the computer I hold my breath because I just don't know if I will get one of those fatal errors that causes the system to crash (which has happened three times!) After all is said and done, although I do not have it installed, I would go with the full version of Windows 98 SE or Windows 2000 Professional. MS is pretty much a monopoly so u don't have much of a choice, but u really should avoid the Windows 98 Upgrade!
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Summary: This product is bad
Review: I do not like this product. It has to many bugs in it. It breaks down, I stayed up to 3:30 A.M. with it, I'm stil working on it.
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Summary: Most problems are user-related, not OS-related.
Review: Windows 98 is a fine operating system, as long as you take care of it. A couple of points to note: always keep current backups of your Windows system registry. If you DO have a crash, don't just get angry and ignore it... your system is telling you something! Restore your registry, because that crash was caused by something amiss in the registry that was obviously not wrong before. I also find that the people who complain about how unstable Windows 98 is are the kind of people who download all kinds of little programs from the internet, install them, and immediately uninstall them. This is BAD. Sure, Windows 98 has a couple of problems here and there (such as the fact that you need a third-party utility to sort your Programs menu properly), but I wouldn't use any other operating system that is available right now.
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Summary: it great
Review: hi win98 2nd edition is greast easier than win95 at first my computer was hangin up but there were alot of conflicts i took it to our local computer shop now it is just as fast if not faster than win95
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Summary: Its Okay - its the 'attitude' that comes with it....
Review: When my office decided to purchase 2 new machines, with windows98 & office 2000 small business - I was thrilled! I loved windows95 and Office 97. I loved windows 3.1 of MS Office. But I also I loved Dos, word, 123, and harvard graphics. Most of the softwear out there is pretty exceptional stuff - if you know what your needs are, and plan for future expectations. Windows 98 is okay, and I suppose Office 2000 is okay too. But Office 2000 Small Business is laced a bit differently from Office 97. I was able to transfer my Calendar (very important!) from 97 to 2000 - But the times were all off by exactly 3 hours - I had to manually change all scheduled events! (Done through June, got bored with the operation - set an alarm to remind me to finish the next 6 months at that time) My templates wouldn't import. But once I found out where win 98/OF'00 SB put templates, I copied them and they showed up and worked fine. But its a long tedious process to find out each and every little quirk and difference. While continuing to do my regular work, I might ad! I had ASKED for the upgrade not realizing that I would be making my own life harder! END
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Summary: This software is nessessary, but there are alternatives:
Review: I used to have some SERIOUS problems with this software. It would crash frequently. It was very slow. Some bugs, like software entries in your "Add/Remove" software list remaining even if you UNINSTALL that software like Microsoft tells you to do, I thought Microsoft would have fixed. I cannot imagine why Microsoft has not removed bugs like this. The only possible explanation in my mind is that the software is too bloated and too complicated for fundamental changes to be made to it any more. All I can do is express disappointment, and wait for Windows ME, the consumer version of Windows 2000. Windows ME, much of its kernal being written from scratch, will not have the stability issues and speed issues that the current versions of Windows have. Until it is released, however, there are a few other options availible besides using only Windows. One day I found a shell that works on top Windows 98, which makes Windows 98 much faster, more stable, and more productive, while providing full software compatibility. The shell is called LiteStep. . . I suggest that you check it out. LiteStep is a multi-tasking giant, allowing you to have as many as 8 virtual desktops open at the same time. This has been the greatest boon to my productivity. The funny thing is, even when I have things open and running in more than half of the virtual desktops at the same time, this shell is STILL faster than the regular Windows enviornment. There are also thousands of colorful and functional MODs availible to download for free. A MOD is graphical and functional overhaul, and depending on your asthetic tastes, functional requirements, and computational needs you can pick a MOD that is right for you. No one MOD is best for everyone. LiteStep is part of the open source movement, which means that people are always working on this software and it is constantly evolving. The download for the core shell is not even a megabyte, and took me less than twently minutes to download, install, and be running LiteStep. The only problem with LiteStep right now, however, is that it is generally not ready for beginner users. Configuration involves editing text files and can be somewhat painstaking, and would be hard for those new to computers. If you want a new feature for LiteStep, however, you can download that feature individually and combine it with other features and create your own cusomized version of LiteStep for you. I am using LiteStep right now to write this review because I think that the benefits of LiteStep outweight the downsides for advanced users. There is another alternative, and that is to put Linux on your system. It is stable. It is robust. It is fast. Very, very fast. Faster than LiteStep. But, no doubt you are saying now that it is probably too complicated and archaic to install. Not so any longer. A brand new type of Linux, the Corel Linux OS is so amazingly user friendly that I can only begin to express how helpful it has been to me. It takes only 4 steps to install. FOUR steps. It installs in less time than Windows and detected hardware on my computer without a hitch, but I have heard reports of others having problems configuring hardware, and needing to do things manually. As far as I can ascertain from what I have heard, about 30% of users have these troubles, and require tech support. About 70% install it without a hitch, like I did. However, it is not Plug and Play compatable as of yet. It is so amazingly fast, though, that I hate it when I need to run a program on Windows or LiteStep that I do not have to run on Linux. Corel Linux OS I would reccomend to intermediate computer users. Also of interest is the Corel Linux WordPerfect Office Suite 2000, which is excellent, but that is another review. PC World Magazine says of Corel Linux: "The new kid on the block, the 1.0 release has a few rough edges but is the easiest, friendliest Linux yet." The main strength of Windows is software compatability, and total simplicity for those without the time or the knowledge to use another system. If you want to be able to run everything that is availible, you will NEED this software in some form or another (LiteStep). My solution? Have the best of both worlds. Set up a dual-boot system with Windows/LiteStep and Linux. My prediction is that Microsoft Windows is going to go the way of the dinosaur, but it will still be around for another 10 or so years. During that time, we will be in a transition period, when more and more software packages are released for Linux. Until everyone uses Linux, however, windows is a nessessity.
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Summary: The struggle continues
Review: I had Win95 and it crashed constantly. So what I do is shell the money out, not on the upgrade, but on this complete version. I format the hard drive and insall Win98. And what can I say? I don't remember the last time I saw the 'It's safe to turn your computer off' screen. Don't you miss the old DOS days?
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