Post #1527800

2026-04-22 11:21 UTC

are you languishing on windows 11? windows 10? windows 7 😱? did you know that you're 87 or more major versions OUT OF DATE?! upgrade to windows 98 today! immune to even the most modern, high-tech malware very low resource usage no advertisements in start menu or explorer no microsoft account requirement no copilot upgrade today or be left behind!

Replies (8)

@iju@mastodon.social 2026-04-22 11:27

@Tak Oh, you're still in windows 10? I'm at 2000. We're not the same.

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@vicorva@mastodon.art 2026-04-22 11:36

@Tak *sighs wistfully*

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@mespique@mastodon.social 2026-04-22 11:41

@Tak If you're a DnD fan you can also try Windows XP.

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@xorlou@lgbtqia.space 2026-04-22 11:58

@Tak but you're 1902 major versions behind! The latest is Windows 2000!

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@jamn@kolektiva.social 2026-04-22 13:14

@Tak I had it in a laptop with 56 MB RAM. The design was very polished but it was also really slow. In the end I switched it to Damn Small Linux and it worked much better.

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@vitaut@mastodon.social 2026-04-22 13:35

@Tak if you are a millennial make sure to upgrade to Windows ME (Millenial Edition)

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@lunarloony@dosgame.club 2026-04-23 19:40

@Tak Unfortunately, Windows 98 did have ads. In the start menu, and on the desktop :( Desktop ads were in the form of an Active Desktop widget thing. In the start menu, you had ads for various different ISPs, and some versions had McAfee VirusScan included too (my copy definitely has it as a feature) Much easier to turn off than in Windows 11, though! And at the end of it you still get good ol' 98 and all its desktop themes.

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@jssfr@zombofant.net 2026-04-24 15:02

@Tak And even with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) support! cc @hailey

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