They have nothing to lose, although if they can put those resources towards XP and other now mainstream operating systems, and make their applications for those better, then why designate money towards an operating system that even Microsoft has now withdrawn support for?

Windows 98 SE is still a rather stable and awesome operating system that you can rely on, but get with the times!

You may have to actually bump up some specifications with the installation of XP (if you want to run it flawlessly), but I'm sure you'll be okay with the upgrade. Plus, at least it's not as much of a dinosaur as 98 SE.

Microsoft is extending its support for XP past the expected date (when Vista was supposed to completely take over), so you will be safe with XP for a while. Plus, I'm sure developers will still be developing software for XP for quite some time to come.

See if you can snag Windows XP Professional SP2. It would be, in my opinion, the equivalent of Windows 98 SE in stability, compatibility with hardware, and functionality. I can almost safely say that Windows XP Professional SP2 would be the best operating system that you can have out of the Windows family. (I had to specify that since I know someone will want to throw out the argument of 'nixing. )

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As for software support, don't expect anyone to develop programs for the Windows 98 era, much less 95 or 3.1.

They've been abandoned with the assumption that everyone else has moved on. Also, why spend time to create a program that only a select few can use?

This post has been edited by rayzoredge: Oct 19 2007, 08:33 PM