Re: OT;W98 popularity

On Aug 27, 2:20 pm, "Anthony Fremont" <any...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jim Yanik wrote:
Can someone tell me why people on Ebay are bidding over $50 USD for
Windows 98SE? (Besides the usual auction fever.)
Why are people willing to pay so much for a really old op system?

Perhaps to save money on retail copies of the OS. For example, the full
version of XP Pro is something like $300 retail, but the upgrade version is
allot less (more than $50 less, but I don't know the exact amount).



Ya might as well run Knoppix Linux then...

I had the (dis)pleasure of trying to use a Flash disk to retrieve
files from a Win98 laptop. Couldn't find drivers on the '98 disk...
*eventually* got the thing to work by using my Creative .mp3 player
and installing Creative's .mp3 drivers on the drive. All this in a
third-world country, where I had to run to an internet cafe to
download Creative's drivers...

Michael

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