Windows 98 was an incredible release of Microsoft Windows, selling 58 million licenses throughout its lifespan. How great is it in 2024? Well, with the right system, it's amazing. But with a system where drivers may be hardtofind, it also might be a nightmare. I, luckily, have a good, capable system for this OS with easytofind drivers, and I could even upgrade the graphics.

Please, PLEASE do NOT expect something of this production quality for the next two weeks. I prioritized this video for Windows 98's 26th anniversary/birthday, and have two rather "meh" videos to kick off July. Plus, this video took a brutal toll on me, as I filmed an hour of footage (including bonus videos and Broll footage), and it took five days to edit and twenty minutes to render. And it says it's going to take another 3 hours to upload the remaining 90 percent of video.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy this video. If there's fuzzy background noise, I do apologize, I narrated this with what the input of my mic had.

If you desire to view any specific chunk of my video, here are the main timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:27 History of Windows 98
2:09 System Info
2:46 Starting Windows
3:40 Calculator
4:06 Microsoft Paint
4:57 ScanDisk
5:44 Outlook Express
6:14 Microsoft Word
6:48 My Computer
7:30 Windows Media Player
8:07 Netscape Navigator
8:28 Windows 98 Gaming
12:39 Summary
13:07 How you too can enjoy Windows 98
14:05 Closing Words

Credits:
Video edited in DaVinci Resolve 18.1
Audio Recorded using Audcity 2.3.0
Thumbnail edited in Paint.NET 5.0.13
Music used from YouTube Audio Library, with some tracks from the video games Age of Empires, Need For Speed II SE, and Sonic CD (US soundtrack).
Source: https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_98
Source: https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_Nas...
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_98
All sources were viewed from the dates 20240614 to 20240619.

Windows 98 and Microsoft Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

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