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Old January 9th 10, 05:11 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,alt.windows98,microsoft.public.win98.setup
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Jack wrote:

I really like my 98 machine better than my xp machine. My only
complaint is that my 98 machine is only a 433mz and is very slow
in playing youtube videos. Do you know of any way to improve that?


For probably $250 you could purchase a used pc (probably off-lease) at
your local surplus electronics store and install win-98 on it (assuming
it was made no later than 2005 or 2006).

Or look on e-bay, kijiji or craig's list for a used PC that dates to the
2004 or 2005 time-frame (or 2003 if you want to be on the safe side).
I'm assuming you're looking for a desktop PC - not a laptop.

Any desktop PC made during that time-frame will be compatible with
windows 98. If you don't have a win-98 CD, it's readily available on a
torrent.

The best you can do with your existing machine is to add more RAM (bring
it up to 512 mb) and maybe change the CPU to a faster one.

Also, I am using IE 6 and a number of web sites have said that
they will not work on IE6 shortly. Any advice on that?


You should have abandoned IE6 2 or 3 years ago and switched to Firefox.
Why didn't you?

You need to download Firefox version 2.0.0.20. That's the last version
that is compatible with a "standard" installation of Win-98, and I
really haven't come across any web-site or web-content that can't be
viewed or rendered with that version if Firefox.