Windows 98 vs Windows XP

The answer to your question has to be as broad as the question itself.

First of all, Windows XP is what Windows 98 is not. If you are looking to take advantage of multimedia, remote control, error reporting to Microsoft, Windows NT Kernel, less crashing, more security...then go to Windows xp.

Soon, Microsoft will stop supporting the Windows 98 OS. This means that vendors will stop supporting the Windows 98 versions of their software.

I hope this helps.

Question to you...

Would you rather drive a 1998 Ford Escort or a 2002 BMW?

Joey

To start with, I have PCs with both W98, and XP.
The more I use XP, the happier I am with it.

Start by checking your hardware and software against the hardware compatability list at Microsoft.
If all of your hardware and software is FULLY compatible, I would seriously consider upgrading to XP.

If you have older hardware, and run older software, you may be better off sticking with W98 until you upgrade your PC.

I have 1 PC that will stay with W98 for the time being as the video card, sound card, and scanner are not supported in XP.
All the hardware works fine, the mfgs are either out of business, or decided not to create XP drivers.

For the average user, the bigest advantage of XP over W98 is that XP does not suffer from the RAM limitations of W98.

The only thing that I do not like about XP is how much longer it takes XP to search a drive for files in Windows Explorer.

Chas

Frankly I am a computer curmudgeon and I just loved my Win 98 super system. However I built some systems for friends and installed XP. WOW what a difference. I now have XP and cannot imagine anything better.