Which OS for a 486 DX2-66? Win95 OSR2, or 98SE?

[NaughtyusMaximus]

These are the two I've got to choose from. Which will be more stable/fast on this system?

(I'm guessing 95, but I'd rather have more opinions on this)

 

[LocutusX]

95 OSR2 (I think OSR2c was the absolute latest version, though...)

Why? Faster + more stable because less bloat. It didn't have IE integrated into the operating system! AFAIK.

 

[Danlz]

It would be ideal if you could try'm both out and see which one you like best. If you don't have a choice, and the price is the same, then I'd choose Win98SE since it's more current with driver support and would have a longer life-cycle. And, a better choice if you're going to change to a newer system in the future.

 

[Deeko]

I'd say go with 95OSR2. Uses less resources, AFAIK.

 

[Dan]

A 486 DX6-66 will operate best with Win95. The primary issue is "bloat." So, how big is the hard drive in this system. (95 requires less space.) The DX6-66 is the absolute minimum for Win98; any slower, or even an SX6-66 and Win98 won't install. You should also add as much RAM as you possibly can to the system. That will help immensely.

 

[Antisocial Virge]

use a "lite" version. I know it will work with 98lite.

 

[kwill]

How much ram on the system? If it is 32 I would go with 98. Heck, if it isn't 32, ram is so cheap that it should be. 98 will generally be more stable. And very soon 95 will stop being a platform on new products.

Of course, if you don't plan on running any newer software on that machine you could stay with 95 for the speed/hd space issue.

 

[xtreme2k]

95

i guess you arent going to be running 'latest products' on such a comp

go with 95

 

[Dufusyte]

Stop the FUD. The Win95 kernel is basically the same as Win98, and as long as they are releasing Win9x software, it will run on Win95.

Every once in a while I run into something that requires IE4, but if you are conserving resources, then you definitely do not want to install IE4 or IE5. The Win95 shell rocks.

 

[NaughtyusMaximus]

I'm gonna go with 95. The system has 32 megs of RAM (thanks to ForceSHO ), and will be mainly used for ICQ/e-mail/web/word.. Maybe a little Ultima (DOS based 1-8 ) if I can convince her (my gf, who the system is for).

 

[urbantechie]

95C