seabass1858
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Does anyone know what year they stopped selling computers with windows 98 installed.
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Chuck(G)
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This can be solved by looking at the Wikipedia article for Windows 98. To whit:
Windows XP didn't come along until August, 2001. Windows 2000 was targeted for the non-consumer market, so I assume it isn't germane to the question.
Windows XP didn't come along until August, 2001. Windows 2000 was targeted for the non-consumer market, so I assume it isn't germane to the question.
krebizfan
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I think Windows 98 continued to be sold with systems until 2002 or 2003 in the US and even longer in Korea. Windows Me had a short period of dominance before budget systems went back to shipping with Win 98. I have a system manufactured in mid-2001 which has a big Win 98 sticker on it and was shipped with Win98. Exact month last unit sold with Win98 would be very difficult to determine.
Chuck(G)
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Officially, the Wiki dates pretty much define things for Microsoft. Of course, there's the matter of inventory, moving over production.
Heck, WInXP can still be found on new systems.
Heck, WInXP can still be found on new systems.
carlsson
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The dates in the Wiki suggests that Microsoft would only sell one operating system at a time, at least only one per customer group. Is that really how it officially works, that whenever they have a new Windows release, major manufacturers are expected to switch over within two weeks and the only computers remaining to be sold with the old version are surplus inventory?
It should be noted the article says support was planned to be discontinued on January 16, 2004 but due to a large number of users Microsoft extended it to July 11, 2006. Of course it doesn't mean new systems were shipped with Windows 98 or 98SE in 2003/04, but if it had been completely superceded already in 1999 or 2000, there would not have been that many users still running 98 to extend support by more than two years.
It should be noted the article says support was planned to be discontinued on January 16, 2004 but due to a large number of users Microsoft extended it to July 11, 2006. Of course it doesn't mean new systems were shipped with Windows 98 or 98SE in 2003/04, but if it had been completely superceded already in 1999 or 2000, there would not have been that many users still running 98 to extend support by more than two years.
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In some of the MS events I have attended they mentioned that they want to function on a 2 or 3 year cycle on their OSes. The idea is they release the OS, Service pack it about 12 months later, then move onto the next about 12 months after that, but keep the support open for another 2 - 4 years depending on the flavor (longer for the business versions).
Windows Vista was released in 2006 and Windows 7 was released in 2009, though Vista does have 2 Service packs. Windows 8 is slotted for release next year. So it does seem to me that they are trying to be at a 3 year cycle.
@Carlson - Yes, MS has always only focused on one OS at a time these days, and back in the NT days it was one per customer group.
Windows Vista was released in 2006 and Windows 7 was released in 2009, though Vista does have 2 Service packs. Windows 8 is slotted for release next year. So it does seem to me that they are trying to be at a 3 year cycle.
@Carlson - Yes, MS has always only focused on one OS at a time these days, and back in the NT days it was one per customer group.