Windows 98, the tuneup: latest from Microsoft, while useful, isn't likely to cause a consumer rush

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Microsoft's $109 Windows 98 OS represents an improvement over its Windows 95 predecessor, but it probably will not draw the same hype when it debuts on Jun 25, 1998. Customers since 1997 have been able to buy some of Windows 98 features as software patches for Windows 95, or as features in the prestigious Internet Explorer 4.01 software. Only the newest computers can operate some Windows 98 features, and other Windows 98 offerings will be useful only after a new generation of peripheral devices become available later in 1998. Users of older PCs will need to purchase additional system memory and a bigger hard disk to load Windows 98, and some may have to bolster their software to take full advantage. Windows 98 will emerge as the new personal computing standard, as between 90% to 95% of all new PCs sold by the end of 1998 will contain the product.

Systems Software Pkgs (Micro), Product introduction, Microsoft Windows 98 (Operating system)

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Conspiracy buffs see things to worry about in Microsoft's electronic software registry

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Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 95 operating system will include a registration wizard that will allow users to register their system by filling out an online form and filing it by sending it over the network to the company. Some users are concerned that Microsoft is planning to take advantage of this technology and use the registration wizard to collect information about the user's computer and monitor the user's other software, computer using habits and check for bootleg software. Microsoft officials deny these rumors and say that the purpose of the registration wizard is simply to replace the original paper version of the registration form and make it easier for users to register. They say that Microsoft is not the first company to use electronic registration and that the registration process is voluntary.

Systems Software Pkgs, Software, End users, End user, Product Information

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