I'm still looking forward to fooling around with W2K. As far as multimedia,
all I need is CD burning, mp3 and video playback and I'm fine.

"Bill in Co." wrote in message
...
Advantages for Win98SE: I'm guessing better *multimedia*, and perhaps
even
USB, support, but I'm not sure. And, of course, real DOS mode
capability.
And last but not least, it being a more basic and lean operating system,
that is easier to tweak and control as you see fit.

The downside being, it's not as stable or robust - and it is limited to
FAT
or FAT32 (with those limitations).

(Somebody else can correct me if I'm wrong on any of this, as I'm not all
that experienced on Win2000).

DaffyD® wrote:
My employer has been giving away surplus computers with Windows 2000
installed and I brought one home so I'll be migrating to that OS. I've
heard for years that it was a more stable OS than 98. I'll still leave
98
on
my old computer but it won't be connected to the Internet. I enjoy
Win98
SE
but I'm frustrated that support for it among many hard/software
producers
has ended and there are new online services that don't work with 98.
Also,
I've had increasing problems with 98/Windows Explorer crashing.

I installed a 250 GB hard drive on my 98 machine but it will only
recognize
127 gigs. I'm hoping that will be resolved in the W2K environment.

I guess where I'm leading to with all this is asking why users in this
newsgroup prefer Win98 SE to W2K. What are the benefits of using 98 over
2000? What might be better about 2000? I've already subscribed to the
W2K
newsgroups where I can get help while getting used to the new (to me)
OS.
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If I knew where I was I'd be there now.