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WilHarris · 11th Jul 2006, 10:35

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/07...98_dies_today/

steveo_mcg · 11th Jul 2006, 10:41

I think i may have some family members i never got win2k for. Probably going to have to go round at the weekend and update them before i get the phone calls a few weeks later about boxes just not working! Might have to start teaching people how to use linux, it'll do every thing that win98 did, browse the web, send email and play generic card games.

pman · 11th Jul 2006, 10:47

I've got a Pentium 266 in the loft with 98 on. 4Gb hard drive and 128Mb memory (max it takes). Crashes all the time... "You have performed an illegal operation"

Glider · 11th Jul 2006, 10:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by steveo_mcg

Might have to start teaching people how to use linux, it'll do every thing that win98 did, browse the web, send email and play generic card games.

And is much faster at doing it

But OT, this is just natural evolution... You can't expect MS to keep supporting old technology... I would be quite useless to release bugfixes and updates for DOS

I know there still are a lot of Win98 machines, that function great, but from a corporate view (from MS) it is 100% loss to keep supporting that old technology.

dire_wolf · 11th Jul 2006, 10:54

It's about time really, this is way overdue.

I can see some places like schools/hospitals taking the hit for this but then again I can see a golden opertunity for others to release updates for a small profit

steveo_mcg · 11th Jul 2006, 11:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glider

And is much faster at doing it

But OT, this is just natural evolution... You can't expect MS to keep supporting old technology... I would be quite useless to release bugfixes and updates for DOS

I know there still are a lot of Win98 machines, that function great, but from a corporate view (from MS) it is 100% loss to keep supporting that old technology.

I completely agree. However it doesn't mean i'm happy about having to spend a weekend "fixing" working pc's

Just a pitty 98 wasn't more secure in the first place or if we could just find these b*strds who keep realesing these virus and trojans and exterminate them, i could spend the weekend drinking instead!

mattan · 11th Jul 2006, 11:11

How about the support for Win ME?
That should be an "easy upgrade" for Win 98 boxes, to keep em running (or crashing) a little longer...

BioSniper · 11th Jul 2006, 11:15

Quote:

(Munchkins)
Ding-dong the witch is dead
Which old witch? The wicked witch
Ding-dong the wicked witch is dead

Finally. The OS is far too out-dated to be used now realistically due to the lack of support for hardware etc and Im really glad to see the back end of it. Sure it was alright in its day but times have changed and people needed to be given a shove to move on a little.

Glider · 11th Jul 2006, 11:17

Going to Win ME is never an upgrade

dire_wolf · 11th Jul 2006, 11:18

ME was always a downgrade tbh

Cthippo · 11th Jul 2006, 11:23

Oh, Bah, I like ME.

Does this mean they're not going to complain about people pirating it now?

Glider · 11th Jul 2006, 11:26

/me slaps Cthippo... What the hell has pirating to do with MS cutting support???

Lazlow · 11th Jul 2006, 11:38

They should encourage more 98 users to switch to 2000. I find that 2000 is still a very stable O/S and runs sweetly on the older systems.

antiHero · 11th Jul 2006, 11:40

F*ck! My parents run 98 and i dont have a chance to update there PC untill october. (i life in another country).
Thats gonne be a problem!

stephen2002 · 11th Jul 2006, 11:41

I still use 98 on my old laptop, 300MHz with 128RAM. It has been a really long time since I bothered to touch the Windows Update site, once I tried to install IE6 on it and that made it crash, a lot, so I gave up installing updates. I tried to run XP on it once and that didn't go over so well. I browse the internet totally unsecured generally on open WiFi, no Antivirus, no Firewall, and I don't have a single problem with it. I even tried to install an Antivirus on it a while back and let it do a scan, it found nothing of course, but slowed down the computer too much to be worth leaving it installed.

I don't know why everybody is freaking out over this. It's not like the computer is going to stop turnning on once they drop support.

DrFreeze · 11th Jul 2006, 11:44

the end of an era

i have no doubt though that my dad will run his win98 box for at least a year longer till he upgrades, a bit silly really, since i can upgrade his machine to being able to run XP smoothly and a legal XP install for about 250 euros, which is quite a bargain

DXR_13KE · 11th Jul 2006, 12:11

lets make a funeral, someone bring a copy of win98, a barbacue, a lots of beer.

!!!!! 1 second of silence at 5 AM GMT.

suporting it by part of microsoft is a bit lame, there are far better OS on the market these days, even linux is far better.

Krikkit · 11th Jul 2006, 12:27

A sad, sad day tbh. Windows 98 (SE anyway), was the OS that brought a bit more sense to the world...

For all those stuck with 98SE, I'd say 2kPro is a great upgrade from there - I still love it, even now, as it seems to be a little kinder to slow systems than XP.

steveo_mcg · 11th Jul 2006, 12:36

I still run 2k on my athlon64 never really seen any advantage with xp, mabye ms should give it away cheap now its only got a few years left to run.

A thought could they not have kept it going till vista at least people with cack boxes could upgrade everthing and get oem windows and a pc capable of running something from this millenium!

ozstrike · 11th Jul 2006, 12:44

Surely the updates aren't that important, Win98 systems are hardly a prime target for hackers and the like.

11th Jul 2006, 10:35	#1
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11th Jul 2006, 10:41	#2
steveo_mcg What owl? Join Date: May 2005 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 3,975	I think i may have some family members i never got win2k for. Probably going to have to go round at the weekend and update them before i get the phone calls a few weeks later about boxes just not working! Might have to start teaching people how to use linux, it'll do every thing that win98 did, browse the web, send email and play generic card games. __________________ No boom today, boom tomorrow... there's always a boom tomorrow.

11th Jul 2006, 10:47	#3
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11th Jul 2006, 11:11	#7
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11th Jul 2006, 11:38	#13
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antiHero An Ugly Pineapple! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hellsinki Posts: 1,808	F*ck! My parents run 98 and i dont have a chance to update there PC untill october. (i life in another country). Thats gonne be a problem! __________________ Laptop: Acer Aspire One, 1.6GHz Atom, 1.5GB Ram, 30GB 1.8" HDD, Windows 7 Gaming Rig: Athlon 64 3000+ s754 @ 2.15GHz, 1,5 GB Ram, 800 GB Hdd, Radeon HD 2900 Pro 512 MB Linux Box: VIA Epia 550mHz, 512mb Ram, 200GB Hdd, Ubuntu Server 7.10 Project ~Sinus~ - Update 27.02.2007 Front Bay done! Mini Project "SuperUser" - Update 10.06.2008

11th Jul 2006, 11:41	#15
stephen2002 Multimodder Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 182	I still use 98 on my old laptop, 300MHz with 128RAM. It has been a really long time since I bothered to touch the Windows Update site, once I tried to install IE6 on it and that made it crash, a lot, so I gave up installing updates. I tried to run XP on it once and that didn't go over so well. I browse the internet totally unsecured generally on open WiFi, no Antivirus, no Firewall, and I don't have a single problem with it. I even tried to install an Antivirus on it a while back and let it do a scan, it found nothing of course, but slowed down the computer too much to be worth leaving it installed. I don't know why everybody is freaking out over this. It's not like the computer is going to stop turnning on once they drop support.

11th Jul 2006, 11:44	#16
DrFreeze Minimodder Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 41	the end of an era i have no doubt though that my dad will run his win98 box for at least a year longer till he upgrades, a bit silly really, since i can upgrade his machine to being able to run XP smoothly and a legal XP install for about 250 euros, which is quite a bargain

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DXR_13KE Madeira's banana is the best!!! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Madeira ; Portugal Posts: 6,461	lets make a funeral, someone bring a copy of win98, a barbacue, a lots of beer. !!!!! 1 second of silence at 5 AM GMT. suporting it by part of microsoft is a bit lame, there are far better OS on the market these days, even linux is far better. __________________ *Renegade X - 0.40 Release!* <---- CLICK!

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Krikkit Don't panic! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lancs, UK Posts: 15,141	A sad, sad day tbh. Windows 98 (SE anyway), was the OS that brought a bit more sense to the world... For all those stuck with 98SE, I'd say 2kPro is a great upgrade from there - I still love it, even now, as it seems to be a little kinder to slow systems than XP. __________________ \|E8400 @ 4.4GHz\|WC: 2*120.1 GT's, MCP350, Storm G5\|4GB Dominators\|DFI LT X48-T2R\|8800GT\|74GB Raptor\|Chieftec BA01\|OCZ ModXStream 600W\|Dell 2208WFP\| The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, The LOL!!1!!1!, The Zlad!, The Kempness, The Braaaaaains...

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steveo_mcg What owl? Join Date: May 2005 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 3,975	I still run 2k on my athlon64 never really seen any advantage with xp, mabye ms should give it away cheap now its only got a few years left to run. A thought could they not have kept it going till vista at least people with cack boxes could upgrade everthing and get oem windows and a pc capable of running something from this millenium! __________________ No boom today, boom tomorrow... there's always a boom tomorrow.

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