Difference between win98 and windowsXP?

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nithya

  • Aug 4th, 2006
 

windows98: 

  • slow compare with windowsXP.
  • Single-user programming. 

windowsXP:

  • fast
  •  multi-user programming. 

                

Neeraj

  • Aug 8th, 2006
 

The main diff is

WinXp is a designed on NT which gives you the protection of 2 GB app sapce and 2 GB kernal space so the application can't access the low2 GB area , Win 9x is not NT based OS .

Amit Kumar Gautam

  • Sep 9th, 2006
 

Dear frnd,

Win98

1. Win98 Support FAT file system & XP support NTFS And Also FAT. 

2. Win98 Does not Having Remote Access facility While in XP there is.

3. win98 Does not need faster processing speed while XP Need 500mhz processing Speed.

4. Win98 Does not provide System Restore while XP Provide.

5. Win98 does not having Hibernate facility While XP having Hibernate Facility.

6. Win98 And WinXp layout And visual Styles are Different.

7. WinXp improve Device Support.

8. WinXP having CD Burning Facility,fast user Switching.

9. Ability to support multithreading to utilize hyperthreading feature.

                          I hope U R Satisfied.

abhijit naik

  • Sep 15th, 2006
 

there are so many diffrence between win xp and 98 but i would like to list few of them.............like

1. no need of installing drivers for devices like cd rom.lan card..........it automatically takes the driver

2.internet explorer we r using in win xp is version 6.........or 7(beta version)....

3.excellent GUI is provided in win xp...................

4 new version of win xp supports for 64 bit

5. excellent file shairing can be done with win xp

6. excellent firewaal security is provided with win xp

Advantages of Windows Xp over Windows 98

1.Windows Xp supports filesystems like FAT,NTFS4.0 and EFS

2.No third party CD burning software is needed(inbuild burning software)

3.No third party winzip software is needed(inbuild winzip software)

4.Enhanced Graphical Interferance

5.Enhanced Drivers support (HCL is totally upgraded)

6.Fast user switching mode.

7.Group similar windows cascading in taskbar

8.Enhanced Password management

9.Enhanced user management

10.Autorun of CDrom enabled

11.Inbuild firewall

12.Inbuild popup blocker(Internet Explorer)

13.Internet Explorer 6.0.

14.Supports wireless devices

15.Supports Bluetooth & Irda

16.Symmetric Multi processor support

17.Disk management Console

18.Computer management Console

19.Remote assistance

20.remote desktop connection

21.Hibernate is enabled

22.Supports 64-bit processor

23.Five flavours of XP suits to selective step to customer(Home,Professional,MediaCentre,64-Bit & Tablet PC)

24.Last known good configuration option enables user to get his desktop without repairing the O/s

25.System restore is fairly helpful

26.Graphical support in Safe-mode

1. Win98 Support FAT file system & XP support NTFS And Also FAT. 2. Win98 Does not Having Remote Access facility While in XP there is. 3. win98 Does not need faster processing speed while XP Need 500mhz processing Speed. 4. Win98 Does not provide System Restore while XP Provide. 5. Win98 does not having Hibernate facility While XP having Hibernate Facility. 6. Win98 And WinXp layout And visual Styles are Different. 7. WinXp improve Device Support. 8. WinXP having CD Burning Facility,fast user Switching. 9. Ability to support multithreading to utilize hyperthreading feature.

 

Dear frnd,

Win98

1. Win98 Support FAT file system & XP support NTFS And Also FAT. 

2. Win98 Does not Having Remote Access facility While in XP there is.

3. win98 Does not need faster processing speed while XP Need 500mhz processing Speed.

4. Win98 Does not provide System Restore while XP Provide.

5. Win98 does not having Hibernate facility While XP having Hibernate Facility.

6. Win98 And WinXp layout And visual Styles are Different.

7. WinXp improve Device Support.

8. WinXP having CD Burning Facility,fast user Switching.

9. Ability to support multithreading to utilize hyperthreading feature.

                          I hope U R Satisfied.

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