Is Win 98 normally faster than XT Pro?

Is Win 98 normally faster than XT Pro? The below system is way
faster than five newer store loaded 2.5 gigahertz and faster machines
with XT Pro. Even removing their McAfee and Norton, they still take
about three minutes to load, where the Win 98 will boot and load any
program I have in less that fifteen seconds.


Operating System System Model
Windows 98 SE (build 4.10.2222) No details available
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.40 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
REV 1.xx
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software, Inc. ASUS P4T ACPI BIOS Revision 1004 03/02/2001
Drives Memory Modules c,d
120.01 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
69.63 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-116 [CD-ROM drive]
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 [CD-ROM drive]
Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")

WDC WD400BB-00AUA1 [Hard drive] (40.02 GB) -- drive 1, s/n
WD-WMA6R3454435, rev 18.20D18, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD800JB-00JJA0 [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n
WD-WCAM91381773, rev 05.01C05, SMART Status: Healthy 384 Megabytes
Installed Memory

Slot 'RIMM 1' has 128 MB
Slot 'RIMM 2' has 64 MB
Slot 'RIMM 3' has 128 MB
Slot 'RIMM 4' has 64 MB
Local Drive Volumes

c: (on drive 0) 80.00 GB 30.43 GB free
d: (on drive 1) 40.01 GB 39.20 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users Printers
No details available Brother HL-1240 series on LPT1:
MightyFAX Printer Driver on PRINTFAX:

Controllers Display
Standard Floppy Disk Controller
Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
Intel(R) 82801BA Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 244B
Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo) Xpert 99/Xpert 2000 (English)
[Display adapter]
PNR Planar PL1700 [Monitor] (17.1"vis, s/n AG452H27937, December 2004)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Intel(R) 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2442
Intel(R) 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2444 Closed
Caption Decoder
Creative Gameport Joystick
Creative Sound Blaster PCI128
Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 Legacy Device
Wave Device for Voice Modem
Communications Other Devices
Creative Modem Blaster V.90 PCI DI5655 #2
Microsoft PPP over ATM Adapter
Microsoft Virtual Private Networking Adapter
Motorola SURFboard SBG900 USB Gateway
Network Card MAC Address: 00:11:80:F6:4E:46
Network IP Address: 192.168.0.10 / 24 DSI Modem Device Manager
ADS Instant DVD
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
OpticalMouse5 (PS/2)
USB Root Hub
USB Root Hub
Virus Protection
No details available

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God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

If it's boot time you are comparing then the systems are probably more
affected by the devices that are being initialized and the network
connections that are being established rather than by any differences in the
operating systems.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"L.W. ("ßill") Hughes III" wrote in message
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Is Win 98 normally faster than XT Pro? The below system is way
faster than five newer store loaded 2.5 gigahertz and faster machines
with XT Pro. Even removing their McAfee and Norton, they still take
about three minutes to load, where the Win 98 will boot and load any
program I have in less that fifteen seconds.

PIII@733Mz/512ram/Radeon7200 dual/boot with 98SE/XP Pro, desktop/apps seem
about same performance under either OS, games ARE faster under 98SE. XP's
better when doing video capture off the Radeon. Also
/1024ram/nVidia4800SE seems about same regarding startup and small
app loading times. Large apps (e.g. Autocad, Photoshop etc.) fast
improvement. Obviously faster when actually using apps, particularly when
many are open at once. No comparism with game speed, 733 is getting
stretched to it's limits to run the ones it still can now-a-days.

At a guess, your pc doesn't have a nic and the others do? I've noticed that
seems to make a lot of diff in bootup time.

"L.W. (ßill) Hughes III" wrote in message
...
Is Win 98 normally faster than XT Pro? The below system is way
faster than five newer store loaded 2.5 gigahertz and faster machines
with XT Pro. Even removing their McAfee and Norton, they still take
about three minutes to load, where the Win 98 will boot and load any
program I have in less that fifteen seconds.


Operating System System Model
Windows 98 SE (build 4.10.2222) No details available
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.40 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
REV 1.xx
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software, Inc. ASUS P4T ACPI BIOS Revision 1004 03/02/2001
Drives Memory Modules c,d
120.01 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
69.63 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-116 [CD-ROM drive]
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 [CD-ROM drive]
Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")

WDC WD400BB-00AUA1 [Hard drive] (40.02 GB) -- drive 1, s/n
WD-WMA6R3454435, rev 18.20D18, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD800JB-00JJA0 [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n
WD-WCAM91381773, rev 05.01C05, SMART Status: Healthy 384 Megabytes
Installed Memory

Slot 'RIMM 1' has 128 MB
Slot 'RIMM 2' has 64 MB
Slot 'RIMM 3' has 128 MB
Slot 'RIMM 4' has 64 MB
Local Drive Volumes

c: (on drive 0) 80.00 GB 30.43 GB free
d: (on drive 1) 40.01 GB 39.20 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users Printers
No details available Brother HL-1240 series on LPT1:
MightyFAX Printer Driver on PRINTFAX:

Controllers Display
Standard Floppy Disk Controller
Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
Intel(R) 82801BA Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 244B
Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo) Xpert 99/Xpert 2000 (English)
[Display adapter]
PNR Planar PL1700 [Monitor] (17.1"vis, s/n AG452H27937, December 2004)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Intel(R) 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2442
Intel(R) 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2444 Closed
Caption Decoder
Creative Gameport Joystick
Creative Sound Blaster PCI128
Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 Legacy Device
Wave Device for Voice Modem
Communications Other Devices
Creative Modem Blaster V.90 PCI DI5655 #2
Microsoft PPP over ATM Adapter
Microsoft Virtual Private Networking Adapter
Motorola SURFboard SBG900 USB Gateway
Network Card MAC Address: 00:11:80:F6:4E:46
Network IP Address: 192.168.0.10 / 24 DSI Modem Device Manager
ADS Instant DVD
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
OpticalMouse5 (PS/2)
USB Root Hub
USB Root Hub
Virus Protection
No details available

--
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

On one of my uninstall and reinstall trying to get the nic to
recognize a new cable modem, I just left it out, seeing the USB had no
trouble configuring it. I don't play games so I can't judge there,
AutoCad-14 loads a 3D ten meg drawing in seconds, the XP lap tops, I can
go off and make a cup of coffee using some the time they take.
Thanks guys for the come backs.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

pjp wrote:

PIII@733Mz/512ram/Radeon7200 dual/boot with 98SE/XP Pro, desktop/apps seem
about same performance under either OS, games ARE faster under 98SE. XP's
better when doing video capture off the Radeon. Also
/1024ram/nVidia4800SE seems about same regarding startup and small
app loading times. Large apps (e.g. Autocad, Photoshop etc.) fast
improvement. Obviously faster when actually using apps, particularly when
many are open at once. No comparism with game speed, 733 is getting
stretched to it's limits to run the ones it still can now-a-days.

At a guess, your pc doesn't have a nic and the others do? I've noticed that
seems to make a lot of diff in bootup time.