Will Windows 98 still be used by some people way after XP is obsolete?

Question

it's a generally stable OS.

Answer 1

There will be some. After all, if Win98 is serving their needs, why upgrade until the PC crashes.

I still have my old Pentiium III. It would cost more to update it than to buy new. I keep it because no one seems to want it, I can get online, and everything still works. If my new computer crashes, it will keep me covered until I replace this one.

Answer 2

Yes. but it will be so small a number to be insignificant in the order of a couple of people per ten thousand computers.

Currently about 1% of computers have Win98 installed and only .02% of computers has Win 95 installed.


Operating System Market Share for June, 2007
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=2&qpmr=15&qpdt=1&qpct=3&qpcal=1&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=101

Operating System Total Market Share
Windows XP 81.94%
Windows Vista 4.52%
Windows 2000 4.00%
Windows 98 1.14%
Windows 95 0.02%
Windows NT 0.66%
Windows ME 0.59%
Windows CE 0.06%
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Total Windows 92.93%

Mac OS 3.52%
MacIntel 2.48%
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Total Mac 6.00%


Linux 0.71%

Nintendo Wii 0.17%
Unknown 0.07%
Series60 0.02%
Hiptop 0.02%

Answer 3

People will be using Windows 98,because of more less stability. However, there is small catch: microsoft completely discontinued technical support for Windows 98.

Answer 4

Of course. Some systems are used for non internet and word processing. In fact where I work we have an old system with '98 and it still is better at some tasks than our updated high power main system.

Answer 5

i think more people will use Windows 2000, its a very basic and stable OS

Answer 6

Win 98 isn't all that stable. It can get viruses plenty too..

Answer 7

yes