Re: Re: Bleach Time!
By: Rob Mccart to FUSION on Sun Mar 21 2021 12:51 am
RM>> yeah, 98 seems to be the "retro computing" favorite. all the little windo
RM> >95 promises polished up and functional.
RM> Yes, it was a massive improvement over Win95 and added on so many things
RM> like decent USB support and (not always from Microsoft) universal drivers
RM> for things like up to 32 gig Flash Drives.
RM> Another advantage was, being so 'out of date', it was virtually Virus
RM> immune since no one was aiming at it..
RM> If it supported newer browsers I'd still be running it on my main machine.
RM> Best I could manage was the 2011 release of Opera (Mozilla based I
RM> believe). Newer Opera versions are Chrome based, or probably I should say
RM> Chrome uses the same browser engine if my info on that is still up to
RM> date.
Yesterday I was listening to the Leo LaPorte radio show (he gives computer & tec
hnology advice), and there were 2 people who called in who said they still have
a Windows 98 PC. One person wanted to know how best to copy their files off it,
and the other said they still kept their Win98 PC for a game they like to play.
Nightfox
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