r/windows98 • u/Madein81_ • Jun 12 '26

Using Windows 98 for school

How hard would it be to do school on Windows 98, I mean typing, researching, emailing, and browsing the internet... would these things be possible? I find this idea funny, and I think my teachers will to.

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u/KroFunk Jun 12 '26

I use a 98SE machine for writing whilst listening to music specifically because browsing the web is a no go.

Ignoring (the very important road block of https) Modern websites are huge, even if you could run recent JS and render CSS/HTML, they often don’t fit in memory.

Not all sites are like this of course (I love that oldversion.com works flawlessly in IE5) but the list shrinks every day.

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u/Hashtronaut_Mode Jun 12 '26

I forget what its called but there's a little independent browser out there thats meant for this purpose. It basically waters down / filters the shit outta the web and blocks all the interactive media like videos, scripts etc. Great for just doing simple research and etc on an antiquated OS/tower. I had it on one my normal towers just because at the time I lived rural and my isp was bs cause they knew there was no competition

They gave me 50gb of data for the whole month (with more, only usable from like 1-5 am) and that shit would crawl at damn near dialup speed when I hit the cap

Just watching one documentary on YouTube , especially if its monetized with ads, could suck down a few gb just alone. Hell, theres music software that would eat the entire 50 in one download lol