Epinions Recent Reviews for Microsoft Windows 98

Microsoft Windows 98: Slightly updated review

Sun, 26 Aug 2001 01:00:21 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - Windows 98 is a common OS ( operating system ) on personal computers; it's not very good, but you have a personal computer, then you need SOME version of Windows.

Since Windows is the standard OS for personal computers, software publishers...

Microsoft Windows 98: Windows 98, a tried and true product

Wed, 15 Aug 2001 09:31:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jefhatfield - There are many good points and drawbacks to Microsoft Windows 98 but I will focus on the points I think give it a star or deduct a star. For starters, here are the four points that I feel deserve a star.

1) Compared to the original release of...

Microsoft Windows 98: The Windows Hoopla

Thu, 9 Aug 2001 10:14:56 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Free_Ride - When I first Started Computing, DOS 1.0 was still in Development (We're talking EARLY 80's here folks..back in the prehistoric days of Computers)I used a Commodore VIC-20 back then (And still had the machine, working but stored in my shed until...

Microsoft Windows 98: Tested on new and old PC's

Wed, 11 Jul 2001 16:14:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sp1ke - Compared to 95

Compared with '95 it contains a lot new features like the right-click on the start-menu items, not much, but still nice to quickly organize your program shortcuts.

Windows 98 took a lot bug out of 95, but brought in some...

Microsoft Windows 98: Windows 98

Fri, 6 Jul 2001 04:19:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tcw311 - This OS (operating system) is suitable for home and business which is a great feature. This OS has a second edition (Windows 98 SE) which fixes most of the problems with compatibility. My only serious problem with this OS is that most of the components...

Microsoft Windows 98: Windows 98 vs ME vs 2000 vs XP !

Fri, 6 Jul 2001 00:40:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bw_me99 - All versions of Microsoft Windows has it's problems, and now there is more and more to choose from. But each version has it's usefulness. A lot of you reading this may be trying to make a decision on which windows to buy. My recommendation above...

Microsoft Windows 98: Great to look through but can sometimes become dirty...

Tue, 3 Jul 2001 19:32:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author korn_dragon - More people have Windows 98 than any other operating system. This can we linked to the success of Windows 95. People were happy with 95 so they decided to go with 98. There are plenty of useful tools in 98 such as disk cleanup, disk defragementer, disk...

Microsoft Windows 98: "You can have any color you want, as long as it's black"

Thu, 21 Jun 2001 19:00:44 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Caranguejeira - Warning: This review was written by a computer enthusiast. Read at your own risk!

I bought Windows 98 in 1999 as an upgrade to Windows 95. It cost me $89 at my local computer mega-retail outlet. I installed it on a Cyrix 686 p150+ with 64 MB...

Microsoft Windows 98: You Start It Up, [crash] You Start It Up Again and Never Stop

Wed, 23 May 2001 12:57:50 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author rhall - Frequently I find myself patronized by the message "In order to avoid this screen in future you must shut your system down properly". A more appropriate message would have been "In order to avoid this screen in the future you should avoid using Microsoft...

Microsoft Windows 98: Skip it!

Wed, 4 Apr 2001 11:17:31 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - Windows 95 users who are finally willing to make the move over to a newer operating system, but don't want to shell out the money at the mall (what is it now, still $60-$80 for a Windows 98 SE upgrade?) may be tempted when they see the many copies of...

Microsoft Windows 98: Microsoft Windows 98 - Bill Said My Computer Would Work Faster... He Lied

Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:13:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dkozin - Microsoft said that Windows 98 would be more stable AND faster than Windows 95. So some time ago I decided to try it. And it is my impression that in terms of stability the new operating system is not much better than 95.

And...

Microsoft Windows 98: Tips on optimizing a slow computer

Sat, 24 Mar 2001 02:17:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author r0b3rt - I've been running Windows 98 ever since it came out. I've found it to be a quite satisfactory operating system once you learn to work with it. I have a lot of friends that complain about it being slow, though. Because its designers put the emphasis on...

Microsoft Windows 98: Microsoft’s WINDOWS: The panes (pains?) through which most of us view our computer world

Thu, 8 Mar 2001 14:28:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Ed.Williamson - I am in no way a computer nerd. I am just your A.S.P. (Average Software Pilot.) I’ll leave nerdiness to the technologically unchallenged types who roam these cyberspacial corridors and shake their fingers at us when we don’t see things from their...

Microsoft Windows 98: Windows 98 out the window.

Thu, 1 Mar 2001 16:56:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author stormwolf17 - The Advantages

Windows 98, one of the most used operating system's too date. Developed by the Microsoft Team, as a upgrade to the highly popular windows 95. Provides new features to the windows 95 environment, and security fixes. Comes...

Microsoft Windows 98: It's time for me to upgrade!

Wed, 14 Feb 2001 08:53:09 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author giannis - I had promised myself that I will talk about WIN98 when

a) I will get a real job

b) When I will feel that I have reached their limits

And that is because I was always objecting to all this anti-Bill hysteria that is powered mainly by...

Microsoft Windows 98: Errors in Windows

Sun, 4 Feb 2001 18:27:22 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mayurr - Often in Windows errors such as 'This program has performed an illegal operation....'or 'A fatal exception has occured at....' occur.Why do these errors occur and what can we understand from them?

In Windows there are three general types of...

Microsoft Windows 98: Windows 98 More Stable than Its Predecessor

Thu, 18 Jan 2001 06:02:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ArchieSicat - One of the advantages to using Windows 98 (over Windows 95) is the fact that it is certainly more robust than the earlier version. I started using Windows 95 way back in 1996 and although it was the most advanced Windows OS at that time, my PC had to be...

Microsoft Windows 98: Old Computer Can Take Advantage Of Windows 98

Thu, 4 Jan 2001 08:04:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Jason.Chan - I am using a computer with a CPU speed of 150 MHz and installed with

Windows 95 by the manufacturer.I was advised against upgrading to Windows

98 by the vendor who argued that the new OS would slow down the speed of the computer.True,my...

Microsoft Windows 98: 98 Reasons not to!

Fri, 8 Dec 2000 11:32:54 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cdsalmons.com - Sure Microsoft Windows 98 was a big jump from windows 95. But still lacked one thing, Stability! The concept of Windows is great, but getting it to work while still being a user friendly product is not working to well for Microsoft. Unlike some people, I...

Microsoft Windows 98: still my favorite

Sat, 2 Dec 2000 03:47:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jrafgirl - When I moved out of my mother's home, I had to quickly adjust from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95, then Win98. Every time I've felt like there's been a big change in technology and a much better product. However, I'm not so impressed with Windows 2000. It...

Microsoft Windows 98: If only it was stable

Sat, 25 Nov 2000 09:52:05 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author GraWar - Features wise, Windows 98 is a pretty good operating system. Unfortunately in my experience, Windows 98 is let down heavily by it's stability. I find it suprising that a company as big as Microsoft would release a product with so many loopholes as this...

Microsoft Windows 98: Windows 98: The 98 is for how many minutes before it crashes

Mon, 23 Oct 2000 20:39:44 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author boden11 - I am not a new user to operating systems or the PC world. I have been using computers since the days of MS-DOS 2.1 and even before that with the IBM PCjr. I have used nearly every Microsoft OS that has followed 2.1, including DOS (all the way up to...

Microsoft Windows 98: working fine until it crashes...

Wed, 18 Oct 2000 14:53:17 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author backis - Almost everybody runs Windows of any kind today as operating system on their computers. But today you can choose between Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows NT and Windows 98. Of those products NT and 98 has been on the market for the longest time. If...

Microsoft Windows 98: Better than 95, but still has many things needed to improve

Fri, 6 Oct 2000 21:56:40 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dogg_8 - Windows 98 is much much better than Windows 95, but still has many things needed to be fixed. The big improvements is the addition of "maintenance check". Which is basically checks your drive for errors, fixes them then Defragments...

Microsoft Windows 98: Is Windows Me for you?

Fri, 29 Sep 2000 00:13:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author SALLY56 - Windows Me (Millennium Edition)

Let me start out saying I just got the Windows Me Promotional Step-Up.

The reason I got this , I was looking for the Go Back to put into my computer, as I lost all my favorites and if I had this in my...