Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 26th Aug 2002 18:13 UTC
Almost a year after our much discussed Mac OS X 10.1 review, it is time to write down our impressions from the new version of OSX, Jaguar 10.2. Is Jaguar worth the full $129 USD? Dive in for more. Update: Slashdot seems to agree with our review, at least on the backwards compatibility issue.
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>Windows 98 has 10/10. It is the most supported OS today.
>Even WindowsXP wouldn't get more than a 9/10.
On the contrary, virtually ALL the hardware that dates back to Win98 days will install out-of-the-box under WinXP (notwithstanding the "Hardware compatibility list"), but on the other hand, more recent hardware will require the user to download drivers in order to install on Win98).
This has always been the case, as time passes and new hardware is introduced, out-of-the-box compatibility with older OSes is compromised.
This is why WinXP tops out everything else in this respect.
And this is why attempting to install OS/2 Warp4 (1996) on a new computer is close to impossible.
But hey, don't take my word for it, just install both Windows versions on a recent machine and check the device manager yourself. I am willing to bet that Win98 will display quite a few yellow exclamation marks...
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