desperate guy with an old laptop

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have an old laptop. windows 98, pentium 2, 333mhz,

333Mhz is at the bottom end of what's acceptable for XP. It will work, but
don't expect good performance.

128mb memory,

That's insufficient. I don't recommend Windows XP with less than 256MB.

4 gb hard disk,

Also insufficient for almost everyone.

and i dont have the win98 cd with me anymore. How can i
upgrade it to windows xp? Is there still hope? also, i used to
connect the internet thru dail-up, if i buy an ethernet card, will it
work in my windows 98 OS? I would really appreciate for the help.
thanks.

You need to upgrade so much, that you'd almost certanly be better off just
buying a new computer.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

so, which is better to buy? the Full version or the Upgrade? will the
UPGRADE requires the win98 cd during installation? coz i dont have it
with me anymore. thanks.

The upgrade, because it has exactly the same software as the Full version,
and costs much less. Either will do a clean installation or an upgrade, but
the Upgrade version requires a CD of a previous qualifying version to do a
clean installation. If you don't have a 98 CD and want to do a clean
installation, you can get a used 98 CD very cheaply on eBay.

Don't confuse the Full version with an OEM version. It's much cheaper, but
comes wit several severe restrictions, and I don't recommend it.

 

[Ron Sommer]

I have a Win 98 laptop with 64 Mg of memory.
I bought and use a USB ethernet adapter.
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/networking/usbether.htm
This article says that you may have problems.
If you have a PCMCIA slot:
http://www.meritline.com/10mbpcmcifas.html
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Ron Sommer

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: "Leythos" wrote:
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: > In article <[email protected]>,
: > (e-mail address removed) says...
: > > if i stick with win98, can i still connect the internet if i use
ethernet
: > > instead of dial-up? coz im planning to buy a network adapter for my
old
: > > laptop. would you advise it? big thanks.
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: > Windows 98 supports ethernet adapters. You just need to make sure that
: > the adapter supports 98. The outside of the box should clearly state
: > what operating systems are supported.
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: > Windows 98 will work fine over ethernet, it won't know the difference
: > once you install it.
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