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You've put into words what I've long thought about support ending for Win98: Big Deal.

I still have a dual-boot for Win98 on my box for compatibiity reasons, and not being able to get new updates for it hasn't bothered me in the least, and nor will it in the future.

I've used 98 exclusively at times when the HDD containing the XP partition died, and I guarantee my install wasn't anywhere near up-to-date. It still worked, albeit with the occasional error (mostly related to flaky drivers more than anything else). In fact, a recent reformat/reinstall of 98 on that partition fixed all the problems I was having before, and the last time I ran it, it worked as well as a 98SE install on a newer computer could be expected to run.

98 users won't have any problmes as long as they practice safe computing.

There is one thing that MS really should do: make Win98SE freeware, and make CD images (OEM and Retail) available for download along with a key generator for those who have lost their installation discs and/or cd key certificates.
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Software is really non-perishable....  LazLong | 07/16/06
Link again & Tinyurl  LazLong | 07/17/06
After being advised of a potential problem ...  mwagner@... | 07/17/06
That too might have been my procedure as well....  LazLong | 07/17/06
I know he was not a typical user ...  mwagner@... | 07/18/06
Well  LazLong | 07/18/06
You forget who you are dealing with.  BCF1968 | 07/17/06
Get the facts.  dave.leigh@... | 07/17/06
Get the FUDs  bportlock | 07/17/06
"install" - no, "use" - yes...  jinko | 07/17/06
You apparently do not give people enough credit...  LazLong | 07/17/06
I agree ...  mwagner@... | 07/17/06
Not true  Edward Meyers | 07/17/06
I am sorry to correct you but ...  mwagner@... | 07/17/06
Yawn... Not even get the FUD material  Edward Meyers | 07/17/06
But you prove my point ...  mwagner@... | 07/18/06
Price is not $150- Point stands  Edward Meyers | 07/18/06
Thank you...  sframberger@... | 07/17/06
Upside?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/17/06
A bad idea ...  mwagner@... | 07/17/06
Really?  dave.leigh@... | 07/17/06
Self-defeating argument.  dave.leigh@... | 07/17/06
If they had the stomach for it ...  mwagner@... | 07/17/06
Did I mention Linux?  dave.leigh@... | 07/17/06
New PCs with Windows98SE  solprovider | 07/17/06
Talk about overkill ...  mwagner@... | 07/17/06
Chill Out!  Xwindowsjunkie | 07/17/06
Seventh...  dave.leigh@... | 07/17/06
I meant no offense ...  mwagner@... | 07/18/06
Windows 98 + ME *still* alive !  modicr | 07/19/06
"Majority of those users" who use Win98 ain't going to read this ZDNet Blog  rh0 | 07/17/06
Everything you have said may be true ...  mwagner@... | 07/17/06
Windows 98 Support...  ju1ce | 07/17/06
When I say support ed ...  mwagner@... | 07/17/06
Although I agree with you on the General scheme....  ju1ce | 07/17/06
A couple of comments  roddmail@... | 07/17/06
Granted, I've made some assumptions.  mwagner@... | 07/17/06
Why even install XP?  Edward Meyers | 07/17/06
If you are willing to buy new hardware ...  mwagner@... | 07/17/06
Have to replace hardware anyhow  Edward Meyers | 07/17/06
I agree that ...  mwagner@... | 10/31/06

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