With minor differences [proported to be improvements] Windows 98 looks and feels like Windows 95. Unless you want to use the new special features, you will think they are the same. Multi tasking, power management, and stability feel unchanged.

Already huge Windows 98 has taken on additional weight, filling up more disk space. By including Internet Explorer Browser within the Windows 98 Operating System. Your browser now becomes the center point and opening screen, the face for your computer. This means, be prepared to start with [And Live In] your Explorer Browser!

You Can Hide It! You can refuse to use it! But You Can Not Remove It! Whether you use it, or not, the Internet Explorer browser will continue to be on your hard drive as part of your Windows 98 Operating System Program.

Meanwhile Microsoft continues to consolidate, all its' software applications inside one multi - tasking, inner locking, interrelated, interface, included within Internet Explorer. Whether adequate or late, above or beyond, it should be different from Windows 95. Hopefully Windows 98 will be an improvement such as Windows 3.11 was a real improvement over Windows 3.0 and 3.1.

Still to be determined are the special features. As for assistive and adaptive features, interface, speech and user friendly non-graphic and text environments, You Will Have To Tell. For some it is to early to tell; while others have yet to arrive in the first release. They just are not there! True to form: "Guess What" there are bugs.

To download Windows 98 updates and utilities, go to Windows Update and visit Microsoft's online extension of Windows 98 that helps you get the most out of your computer. From Windows Update, you can download the latest updates for your Windows 98 system. Do it often, until the third release arrives. Be sure to report any problem bugs you find.
http://winpatch.ml.org/win98.shtml

Free adaptive and assistive software for anyone. * Whisper * [Speech Dictation], Microsoft SAPI [Speech Recognition, Command, and Control], * Whistler * [Text -To- Speech], Microsoft SDK [Speech Implementation], and * Microsoft Screen Magnifier * program. Download * [Free] from the Microsoft Research Site *.

This "freeware", provided by Microsoft Research, is not supported like Microsoft retail software. These programs are continuously updated as improved by Microsoft Research. Newsgroups and FAQs are provided to communicate technical references and user -to- user assistance. As Microsoft "freeware" for Windows 3.+ through 98, these programs are the best bet on the net. Like it, or not, free is still a very good price.

If you feel that you are being directed; you are! Microsoft brought you inside with the "look" of Windows 3.0, then 3.1, and 3.11. Multi - tasking, inner locking, interrelated, applications interface, brought you inside with Windows 95. Partially to take advantage of ever increasing processor CPU power. As well as defend against ever growing "power hungry" applications. Feeding and competing for annual CPU processor output , ever increasing minimum memory requirements, and hard drive space.

If you wanted the "new" applications, you needed Windows 95. If not, you stayed where you were, or changed anyway. Windows 95 would run your old DOS and DOS/Windows 3.+ applications.

If you had network software [Windows 3.11 and NT3.5] you stayed where you were for a time, and saved your money. Because you already had a stable system without Windows 95. In any case if you could not afford the new software "techno - jump", you were stuck anyway.

Today, two years later, Windows 98 improves and completes the process. Now if you want to upgrade to "new 98" applications while still using your old DOS and DOS/ Windows 3.+ applications, along with Windows 95 applications, you need to "convert" to Windows 98.

Even if you just want to upgrade to new hardware, you may need Windows 98. You will also need to upgrade your computer's processor, memory, and motherboard, to meet the minimum requirements of newer hardware as well as software. A new computer may be cheaper.

Eight bit architecture has gone away. Sixteen bits is on its' way. Thirty two bits came yesterday. Sixty four bits arrived today. How much more, who can say!

Tomorrow, less than two years from now, Microsoft For Windows 1999 - 2000 will have introduced its' "final solution" to the Y2K Problem. Having abandoned the DOS and DOS/ Windows 3.+ platform completely. The Windows 95 through 98 platform will be phased out, in favor of an evolving Windows NT platform. Look for DOS and DOS/ Windows 3.+ compatibility to disappear. Followed by Windows 95 through 98 compatibility.

* THE LUDDITE'S LAMENT "
Y2K Current Search Results

* THE YEAR 2000 PROBLEM SOLUTIONS *
Y2K Resources

* SOFTWARE DREAMS AND OLDER PCs *
Life After Dos and the Alternative Movement

THE ALTERNATIVE MOVEMENT
Coming Soon To A DeskTop Near You.

* FreeDOS *
And

* FreeDOWS *

* What Is Windows 98 [a definition] *
Windows 98 Windows 98 (called "Memphis" during development and previously called "Windows 97" based on an earlier schedule) is the next major release of Microsoft's Windows operating system for personal computers. Windows 98 will also provide a 32-bit file allocation table (FAT32) that allows you to have a single-partition disk drive larger than 2 Gbytes, etc.
http://whatis.com/windows9.htm

* Ultimate Guide to Windows 98 *.
ZD Net Products: The inside story, performance results, reviews, tips, polls, and more.
http://www.zdnet.com/products/windows/98.html

* Don't Wait For Windows 98 *
ZD Net Products: An opinion.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdhelp/howto_help/win98nowait/win98nowait_1.html

* Coffee Break: Client Access, Windows 98, and Future Desktop Operating Systems *.
So the decision is yours. However, other companies will look for alternatives. http://www.midrangecomputing.com/cbe/98/980610.htm

* Windows 98 = Windows 95.1 *
Summary: I was really looking forward to loading and playing with Beta 3 of Windows 98. Having done so, all I can say now is, where's the beef
http://www.idg.net/

* WinUser - Windows 98 Sneak Peek * Windows 98 will also support multiple monitors on PCI machines, enabling users to combine two monitors to give them more space to work with (i. e. you might have Photoshop open on one monitor and a text editor and web browser open on another monitor).
http://www.winuser.com/win98.shtml

* CNET features - techno - 20 questions about Windows 98 *
Still, most business users, including the 60 percent of the marketplace still running Windows 3.x, will be pushed toward Windows NT 5.0. New-PC buyers, meanwhile, may end up not having a choice: if all proceeds according to plan, Windows 98 is expected to be the standard operating system preinstalled on most PCs beginning in the latter part of 1998. Even so, as the successor to Windows 95.
http://www.cnet.com/Content/Features/Techno/Win98/ss01.html

* Windows 98 Delayed Until Second Quarter 1998 *
It would be possible to move from Windows 3.1 to Windows 98 without this new functionality, but users would run the risk of not picking up support for all of the installed device drivers and existing 16-bit applications, industry observers said. Microsoft had said that it planned to support the upgrade from Win 95 to 98 at its launch, with support for the upgrade from Windows 3.1 to Windows.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/daily/data/0997/970915172637.html

* Frank's World O'Windows *
Frank's World O'Windows - the premiere site on the web for information about Windows 95, NT, CE, and any upcoming versions of Microsoft's popular operating systems. The site also features a set of technical support newsgroups and detailed instructions on configuring internet access.
http://www.conitech.com/windows/

* WINDOWS Magazine's Web Site Provides an Inside Look at Microsoft's Windows 98 *.
Manhasset, NYAs Microsoft rolls out the preview, or beta, edition of its Windows 98 operating system into the hands of about 10 thousand registered testers, Mike Elgan, Editor of CMP's WINDOWS Magazine, has launched a Web site with up-to-the-minute news, information and tips about the upgrade. Chief among Windows 98's usability enhancements are the Web view and Active Desktop,. http://techweb.cmp.com/corporate/cmppr/releases/970716.html

* Windows Central Features *
Updated: November 30, 1997 . You can start by checking out our Windows 98 FAQ and browsing the latest Windows 98 news at the my desktop Network News Cache.
http://www.windowscentral.com/features/reports/win98/

* CNET Features - Techno - 20 Questions About Windows 98 *
Make no mistake: if you're buying a new PC, or are currently running Windows 95, Windows for Workgroups, or Windows 3.x, Microsoft will be encouraging you to step up to Windows 98. Windows NT is faster, more reliable, and simply better; the company's long-term goal is to switch over to the NT architecture exclusively.
http://www.cnet.com/Content/Features/Techno/Win98/ss18.html

* Microsoft Outlines Roadmap for Windows for Business Customers *
Microsoft recommends that corporations migrate their systems to Windows 98 if they have 16-bit applications that are incompatible with Windows NT, older peripherals, or hardware that does not meet the requirements for Windows NT Work station. For corporations that meet the hardware requirements and are not running 16-bit applications that are incompatible with Windows NT, Microsoft recommends.
http://www.microsoft.com/corpinfo/press/1997/Jul97/WIN98.htm

* Welcome to MS WINDOWS98.com -- the home of Windows 98 information *
Home of Windows 98.
http://www.memphis97.com/

* MS Windows98.com - Windows 98 Information and Support *
Home Support Forum Hardware Installation Software Installation Previous Articles Feedback
http://www.mswindows98.com/

* Welcome to the Unofficial Windows 98 Web Site *.
Home What's New Features Hardware Support Internet Explorer 4.0 Shell / User /GDI Support Tools Communications and Networking Applications.
http://209.75.5.137/win98/

* Microsoft Windows 98 Officially Named *
Microsoft Windows 98 Officially Named The next version of the Microsoft® Windows® operating system (code-named "Memphis" and currently in beta) has been officially named Windows 98. For those corporations that meet the hardware requirements and are not running 16-bit applications that are incompatible with Windows NT, Microsoft recommends migrating to Windows NT
http://www.microsoft.com/cio/orphan/win98named.htm

* Welcome to Windows 98 Beta 2 *
Microsoft® Windows® 98 customers will be able to use WaveTop software and service to receive true push content on their PC desktop. Microsoft Plans Simplified Upgrade Path to Microsoft Windows 98 from Windows 95 and Windows 3.1. In order to facilitate an easy upgrade process for users of both Microsoft® Windows® 95 and Windows 3.1, Microsoft is now planning a single.
http://www.microsoft.com../windows98/

* Microsoft's Windows 98 *
Questions & Answers December 1997
http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/info/faq.htm

* Windows Magazine *
Exclusive! Separating IE from Windows 95
http://www.winmag.com/news/1201/1218a.htm

* Windows 98 Hysteria *
Today Related Stories:- Amazing MMX Appliances Radiation scare in Californian city Related Sites:- Bill Gates Shrine Technology Today Window.
http://www.vego.com/techno/win98.html

Strange, how that which worked so well any day.
Is obsolete here and now, today.
That which was paid -in- full yesterday.
Must now be purchased and paid again, anyway.
An end to this I can not say.
The game goes on so all may pay.
It only takes your money to play !

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