Originally posted by: Link19
Originally posted by: Smilin
Originally posted by: Link19
Originally posted by: Smilin
Windows 98 is a 32bit OS.
It is NOT a true 32-bit OS. It is a 16-bit OS with 32-bit extensions. The fact remains that POS Win 98SE/ME depend on 16-bit code just to exist. That makes them not a true 32-bit OS. They are capable of running 32-bit programs, but they are not a real 32-bit OS and thus cannot run 32-bit programs with the same level of performance as any other real 32-bit OS.
Haha you sucker. I merely stated that to get one of your rants started. I've got access to Windows 98 source code, do you?
Maybe you are talking about that Point Of Sale version hehe. Have you ever tried to run Windows 9x on a 16bit machine??? You are so very very wrong that I don't even know where to begin. I get an absolute kick out of watching you make such an ass of yourself again and again.
Most people feel emotional distress at being shunned by their peers. You however have managed to become the laughing stock of the entire Anandtech forum and either do not realize it or are so socially inept that you don't care.
When I have more time I'll come back and make fun of you some more.
Nobody likes you.
It is a 16-bit OS with 32-bit extensions. The GUI is 32-bit, but that GUI rides on top of a 16-bit OS called DOS. It is a 32-bit enabled program running on top of DOS much like Pharlaps DOS extender. The fact remains that Windows 98 couldn't exist without 16-bit DOS just like the 32-bit Pharlaps DOS extender couldn't exist without 16-bit DOS.
Linux, NT based Windows, VMS, Solaris, MAC OS X, and OS/2 WARP are all real 32-bit opertaing systems and not just a special DOS extender.
The fact is that Windows 9X is NOT a 32-bit OS from ground up. It still has and depends on real 16-bit code to exist. Whether you can run it on a 16-bit system or not, I don't know. But that doesn't change the fact that Windows 98 is NOT a true 32-bit OS. It is a 16/32-bit OS.