Top Ten Reasons to upgrade to Windows98
1. Install Windows easier: Windows98 has more than 1200 drivers in it. Run the Update Wizard weekly- it checks a list of patches and updates on Microsoft's Web site, then offers to download the new components you need.
2. More Crash Prevention: This completely updated System Information utility uses ActiveX controls to gather useful information about your setup; you'll find everything you need here to keep crashes at bay.
3. Reclaim Your Hard Drive: Run Microsoft's FAT32 Conversion Information utility to find out how much disk space you'll recover if you convert a drive to FAT32 format.
4. Your Computer will run slightly faster: Use the Maintenance Wizard, but don't settle for its default settings- the Disk Cleanup Wizard can do more if you let it.
5. Hassel-free Startups: A corrupt hardware driver can still keep your system from booting- but only once. On subsequent reboots, the Automatic Skip Driver agent kincks in, intercepting the driver and letting you continue to boot without loading the bad code.
6. Windows98 runs better on Notebooks: Gives you total control over your notebook's power consumption, and if your system is less than a year old you'll experience major benefits by upgrading.
7. Double Your Desktop Space: Windows98 includes a cool capability that gives you more viewable screen area. You need to buy a dirt cheap S3 Virge Card for about $100.00 and let Windows98 install the right drivers. With a 15" monitor you get 20% more desktop area. If you have enough PCI slots, you can install up to eight monitors on a Windows98 system.
8. Phone Smarts: Control Panel's Telephony option lets you adjust the much-improved dial-up settings, including support for ten-digit dialing and prepaid phone calls.
9. Web TV: Use Windows98 Web TV to pull down free channel listings from StarSight's Web site, using spare cable bandwidth instead of a dial-up Net connection. You'll need a card in ATI's All-in-wonder-line.
10. Plug and Play Works- Well much better, but it still isn't perfect.