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Windows 98 Second Edition Reviewed
Windows
98 users can order the Windows 98 SE Updates CD-ROM for only
$19.95!
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Windows
98 arrived in June 1998 and quickly became Microsoft's operating
system volume leader, surpassing the sales of Windows 95 during a
similar timeframe in its life-cycle. Though Windows 98 wasn't a
major upgrade to Windows 95, it fixed virtually every problem with
its predecessor while adding a host of new features that made it a
compelling upgrade for almost any Windows user. I covered Windows 98
in an extensive review over a year ago, so I won't be going over any
of the features that carried over in this review: Please refer to my
Windows 98 review before continuing.
Windows 98 Second
Edition (SE) picks up where Windows 98 left off, with new
Internet related features--such as the bundling of Internet Explorer
5.0 and Internet Connection Sharing--while providing a host of bug
fixes and support for new types of hardware. So Windows 98 SE isn't
dramatically different from Windows 98, but then that's the point:
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