I second the comment re W98SE stability. As I remember, Win98 was the
most unstable, although Win95(plain) was right there. SE had less
problems than Win98. Most problems seem to stem from third party
software, drivers, etc. I haven't seen any quantitive study on the
"instability" factor of Win9x/ME. (We also don't have that many
unexpected problems with WinME.)

Note to Michael: Is there no updated driver for your Nikon film scanner?
If not, shame on Nikon.
jack payton

On Fri, 13 Jul 2001 09:16:37 -0500 Wanda Irby <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> We have not found 98SE unstable.  We have it on 5 computers and have
> had
> very few problems.  Those were caused by people doing the wrong
> thing--and such.
>
> Michael Eisenstadt wrote:
> >
> > Linda Toy wrote:
> >
> > > I realized the Windows 98 operating system is very unstable
> > > but is there anyone out there that has a fix that actually
> > > works until I migrate to Windows 2000 which I have been told
> > > is a lot more stable.
> >
> > Is there any hard evidence about the relative stability of
> > the different Win OS's? I am still using Win 95 but have
> > been considering "upgrading" to Win 98SE because there is
> > a Firewire card I would like to use whose driver requires
> > 98SE. My Win 95 is VERY unstable at the moment and I will
> > try to fix this by reinstalling it. On the other hand, my
> > Nikon film scanner's driver requires Win 95 so if I want
> > to keep using it, I would have to have double booting
> > on my harddrive.
> >
> > Again, aside from anecdotes, is there any published
> > evidence on the relative stability of the different
> > Win OS's?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Michael Eisenstadt

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