Re: OT;W98 popularity



On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:54:00 +0000, 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?

Because, so far, it's the least unreliable version of Windows that's
available. (except maybe 2K, but is anybody selling used copies?)

Cheers!
Rich


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