I kēia lā, Iune 25, ua pihaʻo Windows 98 iā 20 makahiki. ʻO ka makuahine pono'ī o ka makahiki he kanaiwakumamālima i ka lawelaweʻana no nā makahikiʻewalu - ua pau wale ka kākoʻo hana ma Iulai 2006.
ʻO ka hoʻolahaʻana i ka Windows 98, hoʻolaha pālahalaha i ka TV American, e uhi ana i keʻano o kahi hewa maʻamau i ka kọmputa demo, akā,ʻaʻole kēia i pale i ka hoʻolahaʻana o ke OS i ka wā e hiki mai ana. ʻOiai,ʻo ka hoʻohanaʻana i ka Windows 98, he PC me kahi pūnaeweleʻaʻoleʻoi aku iʻoi aku kaʻino ma mua o ka Intel 486DX a me ka 16 MB o ka mea e hoʻomanaʻo ai, akā i kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ka wikiwiki o ka'ōnaehana holomua i kēia mea i makemakeʻia. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona nui o ka OS hou e like me kona kūlana mua he hiki i nā loli pūnaewele ma o Windows Update, ke heleʻana o kahi meaʻike pūnaewele Internet Explorer 4 i hoʻokumu muaʻia a me ke kākoʻo no ka kaʻa AGP.
Ua paniʻo Windows ME i ka Windows 98 i 2000,ʻaʻoheʻoi loa o ka holomua,ʻo ia ke kumu i koho ai nā mea he nuiʻole e hoʻonā.
