Windows History: Episode 5 - Windows 98
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Windows 98 is released by Microsoft in June 25, 1998. It is a mixed 16 bit/32 bit Windows operating system. The version number is 4.1 and the code name is Menphis.
Windows98 has integrated the Internet standard comprehensively. It unifys ans simplifys desktop with Internet technology and allows the users to find and browse the information on the computer or on the internet more simply and faster. It has a faster speed and greater stability. With the brand new self-maintenance and updating function, users can have more spare time to concentrate on work or games instead of system management.
Features
This new system is edited on the base of Windows95. It improves the hardware standard, such as MMX, and AGP. It has other features like supporting FAT32 file system, multi-display, Web TV and the Internet Explorer integrated to the Windows GUI. That is called Active Desktop.
Besides, in the internal memory management, it improved the problem that when the 16 bit and 32 bit source code are saved to one same storage space, one program error will cause the whole system downtime. From Windows98, the reformation of memory management is to put 16 bit and 32 bit source code to different memory spaces. Once there is a program error, you can just stop that program and the system will not be affected.
From Windows98, the multiprocess operating systems have completely different improvement with the preemptive multitasks of Windows95. The user can choose to averagely distribute system resource for multitasking or put a prigram that needs a lot of time to the backstage. Thus increase the practical applicability of multitasking. Although Windows98 is not perfect in evry aspect, as all the Windows9x can enter into the pure DOS operation interface so that it needn't DOS startup disk to repair when the system crashes, this is one of its advantages. The present Windows XP/VISTA/2000 can no longer enter into the pure DOS interface, so if you need to repair you have to use DOS starup disk, the other Windows9x or connect the hardware to the other Windows9x computer.