Because of it's familiarity in the OS world... Most everyone has experienced 98 before XP and well it was an OS that was fairly simple to use... We got to know it's functions, how to meneuver threw it and found it to be the OS that everyone grew to like... Now people that started on 98 are satisfied the way 98 runs and are opposed to moving onto XP or simply have a computer that is only capable of running 98 and it can't be upgraded or it wouldn't be cost effective to upgrade it. As far as 98 being the "Worst" OS out there I tend to disagree with that statement... Win ME which was supposed to be a "Glorified" update to 98 (glorified beyond 98SE) .. Well lo and behold it ended up being full of loop holes and backdoors for attackers to slip in... If you compare the 98 updates to the ME updates on the MS website you will notice there is a considerable amount or more updates to ME then 98.. Now I know the MS website stopped making updates for 98 a couple of years ago and if I'm not mistaken they are still updating ME so yes I've taken that into consideration as I write this... For it's time 98 was the best "User Friendly OS with a GUI" Linux and all other OS's were still in their planning stages didn't have GUI's for the computer challenged world and really didn't make a decent debut for if I'm not mistaken atleast a year after 98 was already out.. We as the general public learned 98 and when the "Others" came out very few of us chose to learn them because we were comfortable with what we had already learned which was/is Win 98. Make sense? Paula
--- In [email protected], chrisrange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Charlie James wrote: > > Good Morning, All > > > > My apologies for such a mundane question, BUT... > > > > Why do I still see Q & A about Windows 98? It seems that the direction > > the industry is headed (M$'s business plan that is...) there would be > > few options involving Win98, etc. > > > > So, please tell me why there are still users out there using what even > > M$ admits as the worst O/S ever? > > > > Sincerely, Charlie > Good question If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
