Which operating system is the best?

[dew7]

If your talking about this -- it says it is 83.6% complete

http://www.reactos.org/xhtml/en/index.html

[Oldbushie]

And that's just the audit.

The program itself is only half done so far, if that.

[dew7]

Well, I emailed Microsoft about the comments from the 98 guy and some of my own comments.  I got a response that the information will be sent to the appropriate department.  I will continue to inform everyone on the updates and information I receive from Microsoft.  Have a nice day.

[dew7]

Here it is and no real answer unfortunately --     

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Online Customer Service.

Thank you taking the time to provide us your feedback.

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Due to the volume of product feedback we receive, we cannot guarantee individual responses to all suggestions, but we really appreciate your thoughts and opinions.

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Daniel, I hope the above information is helpful. If you have any concerns, please write back to us.

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[Rosella]

That's like when my mom tried to report an error in IE 7.0! "Your call is very important to us, please hold FOREVER while we make you listen to Queen! "

Ok, maybe it wasn't EXACTLY like that...

[dew7]

Yeah, if you call Microsoft's technical support then you usually will have to wait forever.   

[Oldbushie]

You could always invade Bill Gates' home and ask him in person... I know he's not officially in charge of Microsoft anymore, but still.

[dew7]

I still do wonder if Microsoft will change their mind again and decide that not enough third world countries have updated to XP and decide to extend 98, 98SE and ME again.  That was the official reason last time.  However, I have a feeling that it will take a miracle for 98, 98SE and ME to get another extension.

[dew7]

Update:

Windows Update will still work like normal for 6-12 months after July 11, 2006.  As far as any more extensions, I don't know.

[Oldbushie]

They should just release Win98TE and be done with it.

[dew7]

Yeah, that would be nice an older operating system that was compatible with almost all 9x and most DOS games.  I still wonder why Microsoft doesn't have a classics line in the operating systems that would fully support older games and software.  In addition, the classic operating system could have much lower system requirements so people with older computers could use them.  Then perhaps we would not have as many computers ending up in landfills.  A Windows 98 Third Edition would be something that I would buy if it could live up to the expectations that I detailed above.   

[dew7]

I suggest everyone update their Windows ASAP.  My Windows 98SE side of my computer had 5 critical updates.  Anyway, next month on 11 July 2006 will mark the end of 98/98SE/ME updates unless there happens to be another extension which is super unlikely.

[Erik]

How 'bout the upcoming windows Vista?

[dew7]

It will be interesting to see how Windows Vista turns out.  I am sure many current computers may have trouble running it due to high system requirements.  I guess all of us will have to wait and see.   

[Yonkey]

Really? What are its requirements?

[Oldbushie]

You need a 20 gHz machine with 5 gigabytes of RAM. And a quadruple processor. And 50 gigabytes of free space on your hard drive.

[dew7]

LOL --- wow only a few days to 98, 98SE and ME's final round of updates

[dew7]

Well official support has ended for 98, 98SE and ME from Microsoft.  Also, Virtual Machine is now available for free from Microsoft.  In addition, it looks like there will be no more updates for 98, 98SE and ME from Zone Alarm folks because it has gone into the unsupported phase.  The end of the 9x era has passed and into the NT era only. <sigh>

[Yonkey]

Does this mean you're finally going to upgrade to Windows XP?

[dew7]

LOL --- I dual boot with Windows XP Professional and Windows 98 Second Edition --- 98SE works well with old games and I just know it really well --- XP Pro. does more but is targeted by just about every hacker so I limit my use of it unless I need to use it -- <smile>  I also suggest using an alternate browser such as Opera.

check out www.secunia.com for current threats:
http://secunia.com/product/13/
for 98SE threats
http://secunia.com/product/16/
for XP Home
http://secunia.com/product/22/
for XP Professional
http://secunia.com/product/11/
for Internet Explorer
http://secunia.com/product/4227/
for Mozilla Firefox
http://secunia.com/product/10615/
for Opera

Fortunately, for me --- I currently use Adaware SE, Spybot Search and Destroy, Zone Alarm Pro. (although no more updates for 98SE -- it still registers as complete stealth on grc.com), AntiVir, etc.  Also, if you remember a while back my XP Professional side was hacked but my 98SE still is just moving along nicely.  It amuses me to see the access attempts on my ZA Pro. firewall on my 98SE system.  I will await to see if a critical vulnerability comes out that will affect 98SE -- apparently there is one that Microsoft will not patch due to it changing the overall working of the operating system that might not allow users to still run old programs but as long as users block Port 139 and 445 with their firewall then all is okay
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