Yau, Yuni 25, Windows 98 ya juya shekaru 20. Gidawar da ta dace a cikin sama da tasa'in da biyar na Windows ya kasance a cikin sabis na tsawon shekaru takwas - goyon bayansa na hukuma bai tsaya kawai a Yuli 2006 ba.
Sanarwa na Windows 98, watsa shirye-shirye a kan talabijin na Amurka, ya ɓoye bayyanar ɓataccen kuskure akan komfutar demo, amma wannan bai hana yaduwar OS a nan gaba ba. A bisa hukuma, amfani da Windows 98, PC tare da na'ura mai sarrafawa ba wanda ya fi muni fiye da Intel 486DX da 16 MB na ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya, amma a gaskiya, tsarin aiki da sauri akan wannan sanyi ya bar abin da ake so. Babban fasali na sabon OS ɗin da aka kwatanta da wanda ya riga ya kasance shine yiwuwar sabunta kan layi ta hanyar Windows Update, gabanin burauzar Intanet Explorer 4 da aka goge baya da goyan baya don bashar AGP.
Windows ME ta maye gurbin Windows 98 a shekarar 2000, wanda ba shi da matukar nasara, wanda shine dalilin da ya sa mutane da dama sun zaɓi kada su haɓaka.
