Software performance from the 1990s and early 2000s is so much better than than it is today. And that user interface looks so much nicer than anything from the past ten years.
I’ll tell you more, instead of the advertised Photoshop, I’m using the old Jack Paint Shop Pro 7.0 released August 2000, it works 20 times faster than new versions of Photoshop and the distribution itself weighs about 100MB, basic operations with pictures and graphics were almost instantaneous even on a Pentium 3 1GHz and on Intel i7 4770k and even more so it works even on Windows 7... It’s already 24 years since everything works and you’re right, the old software was most reliable in the 1990s and early 2000s
@@AndreyZhovanic Which parts do you feel work faster in PSP that Photoshop? Certainly, anything algorithmic wont. 20-year-old software couldn't use modern SIMD, let alone high core counts, and processor groups. Probably not even NUMA aware. But, yes in general, older software was so much more efficient. The problems are terrible programming practices, such as OOP and all the BS that brings, and the use of web-tech in desktop applications.
I remember I met a random person in cafe in 1998. He was prank me that I was from future I was coming from year 2020 he was yelling me that in upcoming years you had phone full of touch screen blah blah and he says Google killed Nokia blah and I said Nokia no never Nokia is legend. Now I think he actually came from future 🙄
A few years ago, I switched on my old Windows 95 PC again after a long time. I was completely flashed by how quickly the Explorer windows opened. It seemed much faster than under Windows 10.
This reminded of those good old days. I had my first computer with Windows 95 OS. At the same time, it makes me feel surprised on how far we have come in computing world.
Personally for me: No matter if it’s a computer from the mid to late 90’s, the 2000’s, the 2010’s (except for Windows 8), and today; they all look charming to me.
damn this brings back some of my earliest memories. I'm 22 (born in 2001) and I'm pretty sure the laptop my mom had when I was really little (2002-2004-ish?) ran Windows 98 and I remember playing my little educational games on that thing.
That's a cool tower desktop PC with Windows 98 on it. To this day, I enjoy using Windows 98 on an actual computer and in virtual machines in Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and Oracle VM VirtualBox since I'm a retro PC kind of guy, although Windows 10 has been my everyday Windows operating system since late 2015. Cool computer demonstration!
Good memories! The start up sounds gives me flashbacks to when i secretly went on the pc when i was a kid in the middle of the night and forgot to turn down the sound boxes haha
This was literally our family computer till 2005. The memories u unlocked with this especially that start up sound at 0:30 unlocked way too much memories of my childhood.
My family PC with Windows 98 arrived to our home back in 1998 and it came with PC Engine emulator (with dozens of games). It served us until 2005 when my brother installs XP.
@@r.a.6459 we got our first pc in 2004 with Win98SE. Doom not working, I try to change msdos soundcard configuration and luckily one day it start working. I was so happy that day. :)
I have a computer running Windows 98 from 2000. I didn't expect to find videos like yours on UA-cam. I have a number of laptops (this is being typed on a Chromebook). I still cherish my desktop, though
This brings back childhood memories for me. When I was in preschool, my classroom had a Windows 98 computer, and I would play Reader Rabbit. My cousins used to have a Windows 98 computer, and my former elementary school had a few Windows 98 computers when I was in the 5th grade.
I remember i used to play reader rabbit when I was in pre k in the elementary school and I also remember the windows 98 when i was a little toddler kid
I remember seeing Reader Rabbit as a game option on the Windows 98 desktops my school had over 20 years ago, yet I do not remember playing that game myself. I never owned a real computer with that operating system, but I owned two "hand me downs" (a Packard Bell desktop my parents somewhat used then a Compaq laptop used everyday by my father), both of which ran Windows 95 from the factory. I still follow vintage trends such as this given the good and bad memories I had with it, whether it would be the Windows "Clouds" desktop background or me tinkering around with the school's computers without permission (for example). I vaguely remember what my preschool classroom's PC setup looked like when I was a student. Even in 2006 my school had a Windows 98 desktop (former teacher PC) set up for students to take reading tests, and the following school year there was one set up in the English classroom for students to play games (out of four computers; the other three were an IBM Aptiva desktop with Windows 95 and two all in one Macs from the 90's (pre iMac)).
I still have Windows 98 and reader rabbit…. I played Reader rabbit on my windows 98 since when I was little, that and Just Grandma and me as well as others. I remember playing on Just Grandma and Me in Preschool on the school’s computer running classic Macs and Windows 98.
This is the one that I remember from my childhood growing up in India. Because at this time I was old enough to understand things and it was 1996 to 1997. When most urban homes started having a PC in India.
Brings back memories. My first computer was a 98 and had it from 1999 to 2003 before going to an XP. It would be nice to use one again just for nostalgic reasons but I'm sure I'd have to be a real computer geek to navigate it.
1:32 Just days ago, I reinstalled windows 98 on a laptop that I salvaged from junk pile. Windows 98 has its sound card driver build-in and volume is high. That bell sound scared crap out of me. I totally forget that "Welcome" after so many years!
I remember back in the days of Windows 95 and Windows 98, computers seemed so futuristic and technologically advanced in comparison to everything else I'd seen. I had never seen any other thing in which you could do so much all on the one device.
Windows 98, first computer my family and I ever brought. I remember logging onto the internet through the old AOL software (which used to block the phone lines lol). Rarely used Internet Explorer much in those earlier days. Feels rather nostalgic looking back on those days.
man time went by so fast, i was 10 years old back then. hearing thos sounds again just bring back so maney of the old days. we only had dail up. we only had one computer in the whole house and it was in a room and we called it computer room. all my familys use to take turns useing the computer. now today none of use computers no more. phones took over everyone. last time buyed a new computer was 2010 and when it broke down in 2012 we give up on geting it fixed and just moved on since a lot of us were already useing our phones.
Hey Marco, thanks for this video! I'm working on a story and will be mentioning Windows 98. Mind if I take a screengrab from your vide / use broll? I'm happy to credit you on-screen and link to your original vid in my description. Thanks! - Cindy
computer speakers like in my pc since 1998 until now on intel core i7 4770k more then 25years work well... Windows 98 one love... the only operating system on which all games and software worked normally and which was as balanced as possible and had the most affordable system requirements. I also want to note that the old mechanical keyboards cost $10-15 and worked 3-5-10 times longer than modern membrane ones and even better than the expensive Razer ones for $200-300. Old school forever.
Wow! nice. My first operating system (OS) was also Windows 98 & it was an incident of the year 2004! Bye the by, are these white keyboards are still available at market?
I miss this And Missed it at the same time as I was too young to own one but still used and experienced one 🤷♂️ Guess I can always Still get a 90s PC just for the Nostalgia Sake
Windows 98 was honestly the best operating system in the 90s! It sold very well, the startup and shutdown sounds are phenomenal! Microsoft did so well with this OS
@@Colgato no it's good but I think your calling it a shitty os because it was made in the 90s and don't judge a thing thats is made in old days somehow those things will someday be used again or get reworked.
These old Windows computers are useful for PC games that are not compatible with newer operating systems. For example Noddy - The Magic Of Toytown.....
Has anyone noticed the Best Buy “turn off the computer before 12/31/99”? My college was throwing away old computers and the computer said “Y2K compliant”
welcome to 1998 it is no longer 2024 lol if i woke up tommorow and it was that year id go out and buy a windows 7 machine i dont know if it was out that same year but if not id be a kid on christmas day waiting for the release of windows 7
Childhood memories with Win 98 ❤️
Also I see Midtown Madness on the desktop...
@@NickDrinksWaterFIFA 97, NFS UNDERGROUND 1 and SBK 2001 as well.
Software performance from the 1990s and early 2000s is so much better than than it is today.
And that user interface looks so much nicer than anything from the past ten years.
I’ll tell you more, instead of the advertised Photoshop, I’m using the old Jack Paint Shop Pro 7.0 released August 2000, it works 20 times faster than new versions of Photoshop and the distribution itself weighs about 100MB, basic operations with pictures and graphics were almost instantaneous even on a Pentium 3 1GHz and on Intel i7 4770k and even more so it works even on Windows 7... It’s already 24 years since everything works and you’re right, the old software was most reliable in the 1990s and early 2000s
@@AndreyZhovanic Which parts do you feel work faster in PSP that Photoshop?
Certainly, anything algorithmic wont. 20-year-old software couldn't use modern SIMD, let alone high core counts, and processor groups. Probably not even NUMA aware.
But, yes in general, older software was so much more efficient. The problems are terrible programming practices, such as OOP and all the BS that brings, and the use of web-tech in desktop applications.
I remember I met a random person in cafe in 1998. He was prank me that I was from future I was coming from year 2020 he was yelling me that in upcoming years you had phone full of touch screen blah blah and he says Google killed Nokia blah and I said Nokia no never Nokia is legend.
Now I think he actually came from future 🙄
A few years ago, I switched on my old Windows 95 PC again after a long time. I was completely flashed by how quickly the Explorer windows opened. It seemed much faster than under Windows 10.
@@kartiknegi6024 Wtff :ddd
This reminded of those good old days. I had my first computer with Windows 95 OS. At the same time, it makes me feel surprised on how far we have come in computing world.
That og energy star, post startup brings memories.
Energy Star Post Startup was permanently removed since Windows Vista.
All the old computers I love them. They’re my favourite.
These old computers still worked better than 2020s Laptops.
Both Windows 95 and 98 had the best startup sounds. What I wouldn't give to go back to those days.
In my opinion this setup looks better than a modern pc
I remember windows 98 in Grammer school ahh good old days of PC gaming like Carmen San Diego to doom
@@dknight5548 the original doom is still played by alot today, especially becaouse of the mods(brutal doom, project brutality ect)
I agree. It looks more charming to me.
Personally for me: No matter if it’s a computer from the mid to late 90’s, the 2000’s, the 2010’s (except for Windows 8), and today; they all look charming to me.
This called classic setup
damn this brings back some of my earliest memories. I'm 22 (born in 2001) and I'm pretty sure the laptop my mom had when I was really little (2002-2004-ish?) ran Windows 98 and I remember playing my little educational games on that thing.
5:56 best sound effect i’ve ever seen on any computer imo
Agree!!
That's a cool tower desktop PC with Windows 98 on it. To this day, I enjoy using Windows 98 on an actual computer and in virtual machines in Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and Oracle VM VirtualBox since I'm a retro PC kind of guy, although Windows 10 has been my everyday Windows operating system since late 2015. Cool computer demonstration!
Good memories! The start up sounds gives me flashbacks to when i secretly went on the pc when i was a kid in the middle of the night and forgot to turn down the sound boxes haha
I used to have windows 98 as a kid. time really fly by
Same with me. :)
It was our first PC. Before that I seen it only in banks.
Love from Bharat
I also ever used Windows 98 when i was at Elementary School in 2001...😢
That dial out after the 3 minute mark. Amazing! Thanks for this. Such memories.
This was literally our family computer till 2005. The memories u unlocked with this especially that start up sound at 0:30 unlocked way too much memories of my childhood.
My family PC with Windows 98 arrived to our home back in 1998 and it came with PC Engine emulator (with dozens of games). It served us until 2005 when my brother installs XP.
@@r.a.6459 we got our first pc in 2004 with Win98SE. Doom not working, I try to change msdos soundcard configuration and luckily one day it start working. I was so happy that day. :)
Wow it works about 5 times faster than my computer in 2023.
Hdd setup with very rich arsenal!
Surely you jest? Put Windows 10 or 11 on an SSD and it boots up in around 5 seconds.
I have a computer running Windows 98 from 2000. I didn't expect to find videos like yours on UA-cam. I have a number of laptops (this is being typed on a Chromebook). I still cherish my desktop, though
Wow, this brought back so many good memories.
Yup
I miss the good old days of baige PCs!! They were ahead of time back then. Soo nostalgic!!
In my school we still have some of those computers, and they still have windows from years ago
This brings back childhood memories for me. When I was in preschool, my classroom had a Windows 98 computer, and I would play Reader Rabbit. My cousins used to have a Windows 98 computer, and my former elementary school had a few Windows 98 computers when I was in the 5th grade.
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Omg I remember reader rabbit 😂
I remember i used to play reader rabbit when I was in pre k in the elementary school and I also remember the windows 98 when i was a little toddler kid
I remember seeing Reader Rabbit as a game option on the Windows 98 desktops my school had over 20 years ago, yet I do not remember playing that game myself. I never owned a real computer with that operating system, but I owned two "hand me downs" (a Packard Bell desktop my parents somewhat used then a Compaq laptop used everyday by my father), both of which ran Windows 95 from the factory. I still follow vintage trends such as this given the good and bad memories I had with it, whether it would be the Windows "Clouds" desktop background or me tinkering around with the school's computers without permission (for example). I vaguely remember what my preschool classroom's PC setup looked like when I was a student. Even in 2006 my school had a Windows 98 desktop (former teacher PC) set up for students to take reading tests, and the following school year there was one set up in the English classroom for students to play games (out of four computers; the other three were an IBM Aptiva desktop with Windows 95 and two all in one Macs from the 90's (pre iMac)).
I still have Windows 98 and reader rabbit…. I played Reader rabbit on my windows 98 since when I was little, that and Just Grandma and me as well as others. I remember playing on Just Grandma and Me in Preschool on the school’s computer running classic Macs and Windows 98.
I am crying. I miss so much those times.
This is the one that I remember from my childhood growing up in India. Because at this time I was old enough to understand things and it was 1996 to 1997. When most urban homes started having a PC in India.
My great grandkids use my Windows ME set up from late 90s. They're 4 & 5. Had to teach them to use the mouse.
REMEMBER: Turn your computer off before midnight 12/31/99.
What happens if someone not turned off the computer before 31st December 1999?
@@purwantiallan5089 Y2K
If not patched, the computer thinks it's 1 January, 1900.
We forced ourselves to have a mind break for Y2K, but life will find a way to keep on existing till the end of time.
Brings back memories. My first computer was a 98 and had it from 1999 to 2003 before going to an XP. It would be nice to use one again just for nostalgic reasons but I'm sure I'd have to be a real computer geek to navigate it.
0:17 haven't heard that sound since forever 😭😭
bip
Man, I remember Windows 98. This takes me back.
While watching this video I also started feeling same smell which I used to feel in my childhood using this computer. Nostaligia at its peak.
Yes....i felt nostalgia too...
Wow! Does this bring back so many memories!
It reminds me of the good old days😪😭 thank you
1:23 GOD THAT STARTUP SOUND IS AMAZING
love the depth you go into, very thorough!
1:32 Just days ago, I reinstalled windows 98 on a laptop that I salvaged from junk pile. Windows 98 has its sound card driver build-in and volume is high. That bell sound scared crap out of me. I totally forget that "Welcome" after so many years!
That welcome sound in Windows 98 somehow is louder than Windows XP or Windows 7.
Oh man that Y2K sticker 😆
I noticed the Best Buy Y2K sticker on the tower.
Danke für die Zeitreise, habe es genossen :)
Wow brings me back memories my sisters and I user this software all the time.
First time ever that I used a PC, was windows 98. Those were the golden days.
Me too. Win98SE :)
the logo rewinds my childhood memories
❤❤❤❤
I remember back in the days of Windows 95 and Windows 98, computers seemed so futuristic and technologically advanced in comparison to everything else I'd seen. I had never seen any other thing in which you could do so much all on the one device.
Watching this reminds me of my childhood with my brother
Windows 98, first computer my family and I ever brought. I remember logging onto the internet through the old AOL software (which used to block the phone lines lol). Rarely used Internet Explorer much in those earlier days. Feels rather nostalgic looking back on those days.
man time went by so fast, i was 10 years old back then. hearing thos sounds again just bring back so maney of the old days. we only had dail up. we only had one computer in the whole house and it was in a room and we called it computer room. all my familys use to take turns useing the computer. now today none of use computers no more. phones took over everyone. last time buyed a new computer was 2010 and when it broke down in 2012 we give up on geting it fixed and just moved on since a lot of us were already useing our phones.
my favorite.computer os. windows 98. i wish i can back at that era.
Got remember and now I'm crying 😭😭😭
Golden Memories 20 years ago.
Windows XP, 98, 2000, 95, Millenium Edition.... Time really flies so fast.😢
@@purwantiallan5089 yes Right
That was my mom's computer. She barely knew how to use it. She made greeting cards and played solitaire.
Those days were nice. We get so curious about new gadgets and softwares.
Win 98 was My favourite OS! ❤
Hey Marco, thanks for this video! I'm working on a story and will be mentioning Windows 98. Mind if I take a screengrab from your vide / use broll? I'm happy to credit you on-screen and link to your original vid in my description. Thanks! - Cindy
You are very much welcome to take a screengrab of this video
@@marcosretrotech704 Thank you! Would you like a credit on-screen?
Yes please I would vary much like that😁
Win98 allowed the startup sound to be original, so on our PC my voice was the startup sound and my brother's voice was the end sound.
I remember opening Notepad as a kid to type random things... and Paint to draw whatever was in my mind. This was in 1998-2000.
This was my first computer when I was a child!
computer speakers like in my pc since 1998 until now on intel core i7 4770k more then 25years work well...
Windows 98 one love...
the only operating system on which all games and software worked normally and which was as balanced as possible and had the most affordable system requirements. I also want to note that the old mechanical keyboards cost $10-15 and worked 3-5-10 times longer than modern membrane ones and even better than the expensive Razer ones for $200-300. Old school forever.
vintage tech is soo awesome 😍😍
I wasn’t expecting old computers to have modern website logos. Especially not Windows 98 on Google!
I like the Windows 98 work and sounds. I have a computer with Windows 98 when I was a kid. Have a happy weekend. 😊😅
Great computer. I wish I could have one of them.
Video of the year
It sure raised the hair on my spine. Hard to believe 25 years went by when I got my first PC.
Very nice love the retro computer. Beige is a beautiful thing.
Wow! nice. My first operating system (OS) was also Windows 98 & it was an incident of the year 2004! Bye the by, are these white keyboards are still available at market?
i am crying when i seeing this windiwow 98 childhood memery
it seems to be running very smooth!
These would look so fucken cool in ancient days.
I miss this And Missed it at the same time as I was too young to own one but still used and experienced one 🤷♂️
Guess I can always Still get a 90s PC just for the Nostalgia Sake
Windows 98 was honestly the best operating system in the 90s! It sold very well, the startup and shutdown sounds are phenomenal! Microsoft did so well with this OS
All of the applications look great on Windows 98 imo
I think internet was pure and much more genuine back then. Nowadays I feel like its like a costant market..
True
Bro that Energy Star logo at the start up is bringing me BACK
Now I wanna play Chips Challenge or other floppy disk games
Retrospect to those who feels nostalgic of old windows computers. 👌
Thank you for running windows 98
Welcome to Microsoft Windows95
I remember playing Slingo Quest on our Windows 98 PC when I was younger. Good times.
My dad used to have this type of computer in high school.
4:21 OMG!
Imagine Microsoft decided to rework windows 98
what's the point? you can get a winsows 98 skin for modern windows
@@stan0033x yeah but I want an actual Windows 98 rework
@@Spenorix based on dos ? Quite shitty os... rework would be better with something like windows 2000 which is NT based
@@Colgato no it's good but I think your calling it a shitty os because it was made in the 90s and don't judge a thing thats is made in old days somehow those things will someday be used again or get reworked.
@@Spenorix windows NT was made bevor windows 98 and this was a better os 🧐 nothing to do with the 90s
256mb ....crazy, for those years
This might be an unpopular opinion but I think humanity peaked during the 90s
Only to leave for a steep downfall. The fate of everything good.
Windows 98 was a nightmare.
We used to wait in line to play frogger on these after school in elementary school.
I use 98 at my school. It was my first experience on computers.
That’s a really nice piece of history you got
That was comforting to watch
When the monitor turns on it sounds like a machine in the hospital measuring beats per minute
I love windows 98 because my dad used to have windows 98
Thanks. My nostalgia loved it 😭
That startup sound
My god. I think I had this literal setup back when I had my Win98 except for that kind of modem on the tower.
Brings be back to the days
I remenber buzzz sound gadu gadu sir addaloth ahh nostalgia
love the setup!
men i miss my widows 98 computer i use to had one when i was a kid
Brother, u don't know what u remind me, what en Era y remind me .. 🙏🙏
Love from Pakistan ❤️🇵🇰
ahhh the days and nights of warcraft 2 and diablo and napster the 56k dial-up modem mmmmmmmmm best time of my life!!!
Amazing video thank you man
The sounds of the system the best
these were the days when you could get warm close to your monitor - no need for central heating
Back when Microsoft made sense! Office programs take so long to boot up now, and they want you to pay forever with 365 instead of once.
These old Windows computers are useful for PC games that are not compatible with newer operating systems. For example Noddy - The Magic Of Toytown.....
Has anyone noticed the Best Buy “turn off the computer before 12/31/99”? My college was throwing away old computers and the computer said “Y2K compliant”
welcome to 1998 it is no longer 2024 lol if i woke up tommorow and it was that year id go out and buy a windows 7 machine i dont know if it was out that same year but if not id be a kid on christmas day waiting for the release of windows 7
I LOVE the beutifuls pc setups. Specially between 1997- 2000. Now añl of there are generic and with neons.
1:32 Big Ben?, That's a real Windows 98 sound?