Re: OT;W98 popularity

Jim Yanik <jyanik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:Xns9999ABEF44866jyanikkuanet@xxxxxxxxxxx:

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?


It does qualify for an XP OS upgrade original OS.

I do keep an old 98 machine running myself, I got specifically to run older
apps and games, and do DOS/IO stuff. Plus this machine (a mid sized uATX
desktop Celeron-500) leaves a smaller power "footprint" than my full
desktop systems.
.

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