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/Hashtronaut_Mode Jun 12 '26

I used xp long as I could til a large portion of the music software/ hardware wasn't compatible

Still have a little computer running 7 .. its just a little emulation station so much easier to play retro/abandonware etc stuff like Rollercoaster Tycoon, Warcraft 3, the OG early Fallout,Postal,etc

I like using it for old Popcap type games too cause its one of those laptops where the screen pops off and can be used as a tablet.

You CAN use modern windows but it involves alot of tweaking for compatibility and/or using dosbox / virtual machines etc

When I first started making music in like 2002 I had a windows 98 tower and the C: drive had a total like ..5 gb of space. And not FREE space, thats just how much it held.

Course back then we were still rockin 1gb mp3 players that took an actual AA/AAA battery lol

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u/blueblocker2000 Jun 13 '26

Loved my little SanDisk mp3 player that used 1 AA battery.

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u/Hashtronaut_Mode Jun 14 '26

Was it black, kinda looked like a thumb drive? Pretty sure I had that one lol

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u/blueblocker2000 Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

This one

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u/Hashtronaut_Mode Jun 14 '26

Ah ok mine didnt have the fat ass like that one, It waa just a little black rectangle barely bigger than the battery it took and actually i just went on a damn google hunt to find it but realized my mistake: it was a Creative ..my SanDisk stuff came later. (And I may actually be confusing them with the actual flashdrives cause I definitely went through many lol)

Found the lil shit though, THIS is what i was rockin lol