Posted by member 258027 on 2005-09-04 14:34:37 link
XP has a lot of boosts over 98SE....
For one.. system restore (if you use it)
Not to mention: better memory management, crashes on 1 program wont force the whole system to reboot, ...the LACK of MS-Dos..., more hardware support - not to mention better hardware support. Networking was streamlined, and supports broadband much better than 98SE. XP has a lot of multi-media focused updates, including better use of DX9.X, and powerful support for high end graphics cards. Security management, integrated popup blocker (with SP2) and that all important built in support for USB and WiFi.
There's also that whole 3+ Gigs of memory thing, and 100GB HDDs.
On the flip side - 98SE has... uhh... Oregon Trail? :-D
Granted, when the change to XP came, a lot of software became obsolete, and cost lots and lots of money to upgrade everything. However, that's the price of progress. When longhorn comes out, a whole new slew of changes will occur, and I'm willing to bet that if you use your 98 Machine for work related projects, you will find yourself behind the times very rapidly.
That's just my 2 cents... (and probably just me taking the time to say what everyone else is thinking).
Amejin
For one.. system restore (if you use it)
Not to mention: better memory management, crashes on 1 program wont force the whole system to reboot, ...the LACK of MS-Dos..., more hardware support - not to mention better hardware support. Networking was streamlined, and supports broadband much better than 98SE. XP has a lot of multi-media focused updates, including better use of DX9.X, and powerful support for high end graphics cards. Security management, integrated popup blocker (with SP2) and that all important built in support for USB and WiFi.
There's also that whole 3+ Gigs of memory thing, and 100GB HDDs.
On the flip side - 98SE has... uhh... Oregon Trail? :-D
Granted, when the change to XP came, a lot of software became obsolete, and cost lots and lots of money to upgrade everything. However, that's the price of progress. When longhorn comes out, a whole new slew of changes will occur, and I'm willing to bet that if you use your 98 Machine for work related projects, you will find yourself behind the times very rapidly.
That's just my 2 cents... (and probably just me taking the time to say what everyone else is thinking).
Amejin