My favorite Windows version is Windows 98 Second Edition because it runs old Dos games well. You can run most of the modern games on it and it supports most of the hardware that is now available. I like the power that exiting into Dos gives users. The text prompt allows smart users to execute commands in a way that I feel is limited by the GUI (Graphical User Interface) of Windows. My reasoning for this is as follows:
Windows 95(all versions), 3.1, 3.0, Dos: are now too old to be of much use to the common user. They are unsupported by Microsoft.
Windows 98: Is not supported in the latest games and much of the modern computer hardware requires 98SE as a minimum standard
Windows ME: Many people hated this operating system and you could not exit into Dos easily. Even today, more users are using 98SE than ME
Windows 2000: For corporate users -- need I say more
Windows XP: Too many security risks --- not a safe option in my opinion until at least service pack 2 is released by Microsoft Based on the NT (not there -- smile) code and not the 9x(Dos) code Has too many programs installed by default bogging down all but the fastest computer systems. System requirements are much higher than 98SE
Unfortunately, 98SE is difficult to acquire nowadays and usually must be bought second hand at places like E-bay. In my opinion, I want Microsoft to release Windows 98 Third Edition (ME does not count) that corrects any errors in 98SE and brings it into compliance with computer technologies such as the P4 hyperthreading and allows more Ram, Hard Disk space, and speed to be recognised by the operating system. Wow, I have got this all out there in Internet land --- Make what you will of it and I welcome all users comments even ones that completely disagree with me
