TruServ, a retailing cooperative that includes True Value Hardware, had 2, 800 PCs running Microsoft's Windows 98.
The system comes preinstalled with a selection of software on Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition.
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Bundling a Web browser into Windows 98 did not benefit consumers, as Microsoft claimed.
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Windows 98 was the first Windows system that supported DVD discs and universal serial bus (USB) devices.
The integration of Internet Explorer will be complete by the time Windows 98 is available next year.
The Micron Millennia Max 733, based on that processor, is the fastest Windows 98 PC we've seen.
Of the arguments against, the weakest is the potential harm from holding up the launch of Windows 98.
Since then we have progressed through Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows VistA, Windows 7, and Windows 8.
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Klein held his ground, amazed at Gates' lack of sophistication in realizing to what extent DOJ's action might go beyond Windows 98.
Microsoft had announced plans to release Windows 98 to manufacturers this week.
With its Windows operating system platform, the company succeeded Windows 98 and Windows 2000 with Windows XP and then the oft-criticized Windows Vista.
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The successor to Windows 98 focuses on four main areas, according to a Microsoft spokesperson: digital media, online experience, PC health and home networking.
Its enemies fret about the fact that Windows 98 fully integrates Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser with the operating system for the first time.
"It comes out at sort of this strange time in the company's product evolution, the last gasp of the DOS line and Windows 98, " Davis said.
The device will work with multiple flavors of Microsoft 's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people) Windows operating system, including Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000 and ME.
In each case we independently installed the firewall on an otherwise unprotected Quantex QP6 350 M2X, a Pentium II-350 machine equipped with 64MB of RAM and running Windows 98 SE.
As the hours evaporated, Microsoft chairman BILL GATES asked for a final session in which to plead his case for allowing Windows 98 to be marketed without any Federal Government objections.
Products affected included Windows 98 and Internet Explorer.
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But the average use for a Windows 98 configuration is just south of 128MB, so we still have several years, as that demand tends to crawl forward at around 50 to 100 percent a year.
If you're already running Windows 98 SE or Windows Me on a system with a 933-MHz or faster processor and a large-cache hard disk, Microsoft recommends you check with your PC vendor about availability of the patch.
Because Windows 95 shipped in 1995 and Windows 98 shipped in 1998, some industry watchers said they find it hard to believe Windows 2000 will come in 1999, as Microsoft executives, including CEO Steve Ballmer, relentlessly promised last week.
To that end the Hitachi on Wednesday announced that it will preinstall the Japanese version of the BeOS R4.0J as well as Windows 98 on three of its new multiboot environment desktop Flora Prius 330J PCs, due to ship in December in Japan.
This version adds auto-configuration capabilities, an auto-clearing at boot-up option, and support for Windows 95, 98, and NT.
Boba Fett Logo Screens: Windows 95 and 98 startup and shut-down replacement images.
The virus was spread by e-mail as an "executable" (.exe) file capable of running on Windows 95 and 98 operating systems.
For consumers who currently use Windows '95, '98 or Me, the most notable reason to upgrade maybe XP's much more stable platform.
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