TIL my old Pentium 4 PC boots faster with Windows 98 than XP ever did

I swapped XP for 98 on my 2002 Dell last month and it went from a 4 minute boot to under 90 seconds. Has anyone else found an older OS actually made ancient hardware feel snappier?

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ivan21114d ago

Did the same thing with a Pentium III laptop from 1999. XP took over 5 minutes to get to a usable desktop. Dropped 98 SE on it and it boots in maybe 75 seconds tops. Everything just opens faster too like Notepad or Paint load instantly instead of hanging for a few seconds. People say 98 is unstable but on that old hardware it runs circles around XP.

the_luna14d ago

Huh, I always figured XP would be better. Guess I was wrong.