98 was definitely an incremental update on 95. Plus and Win95 OSR2 had brought in most of the "new" features of 98, although 98 did tie them together. But even

98 was definitely an incremental update on 95. Plus and Win95 OSR2 had brought in most of the "new" features of 98, although 98 did tie them together. But even including those features, coming so soon off the heels of the 3.11->95 change, it certainly felt a minor change to me. That said, 98 was the last of the Dos era (the less said about ME the better), so it did persist until well into the 00s for people playing games. And of course you've got the other "grown up" line of NT 3.51>4.0>2000