Young People Try Windows 98

Windows has changed a LOT over the last 24 years – but not nearly as much as some of our staff. What will they think of an operating system that predates their birth?

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:58 About the PC
2:04 The Contestants
3:40 My Briefcase
5:15 Change the background
7:10 Record your Voice
8:57 Plug in Headphones
11:07 Find the System Specs
13:58 Monitor Performance
15:00 Play Games
19:30 THE INTERNET
21:05 Outro

[lol_iyoutube]

I didn't realize Jake was that young. It makes sense why Linus adopted him

[bur]

Never in a million years would I have guessed Jake was 22. With the responsibility he seems to have given to him and how capable he is. Wow

[EBackwards]

This windows 98 looks clean!

- No Ads
- Simple to the point user interface
- Very quick to load anything even on old hardware

When is this being released? At last Microsoft is on point and heading in the right direction! HYPED!

[magnutron]

I can't help to think about my father when I watch this. He was a PC lunatic but he was swept away by his job. We bonded shortly over computers and a few days before he died, our last real conversation, was about the PC and the ability to upgrade.. Man he would kick himself if he knew that his son would grow up to be a PC enthusiast and I have dedicated my life to the platform... RIP dad.. 22 years went past fast, greetings from your now 33 year old son <3.

[henryatkinson]

I love how Emily was in her element the entire time, but the moment CnC comes up she just immediately gets even more focused.

[blanktenshii_]

I love how everyone is struggling while Anthony is straight up lecturing the viewer about how windows 98 used to work. what a chad

[andyandarius]

Man ... this was something else. Thank you so much for making this episode. I honestly really miss that time and really nothing brings back that nostalgia like the awesome themes that Win 98 came with. I remember Jungle was my favorite.

[fanstalingibs]

Anthony coming in and explaining things like he's holding my hand makes me feel safe

[drewba]

It's hilarious to see everyone, including Linus, struggle, and then see Anthony explain it as effortlessly as reading off a script XD

[brianegendorf]

Loved this little blast from the past. When Win 95 came out, I was working at Bell Atlantic supporting Compaq computers. I remember having to help people get their computers upgraded from 3.1 to 95 on the Prolineas and Proliants.

[robinsebelova]

17:58 there was even dedicated program that slowed those old games to be playable on high-clock CPUs. It was called "moslo". For Win98SE there was even unofficial service pack made by community, which added a lot of quality of life features from WinMe, 2k and XP.

[Swedishchef]

Awesome how everyone is trying hard and Anthony just tells a story on every thing they had to do and knows how to do all of them really well.

[zephy]

Man Anthony is just like google for computers. He's amazing. It was fun watching people play around with old OS systems.

[iamdew]

7:23 "What's dial up?" The modem dial and connect sound was pretty amazing, that's the sound to connect us to the world.

[donaldstewart]

I remember "config sis" and in the bios format, or format/u to wipe the hard drive :) Things like that come back to me seeing this. Thank you!

[LonelySandwich]

Anthony: "I can't right-click the taskbar and get task manager."

Yes yes, enough about Windows 11, what about Windows 98?

[JustinWild]

The more LTT videos I watch, the more convinced I become that Anthony is a walking encyclopedia.

[mhmtse]

Great and fun video. Ofc, some of the users are very knowledgeable IT people with very successful YT channels. Thanks to them too for helping me out on my latest PC build.

[SteveS]

I love how this is 3 people confused and Anthony just showing you around as if it is his daily driver. It’s like he’s showing you around his house

[MH-wzrb]

Anyone else loved to watch the Disk Defragmenter run as a kid? When a bunch of blocks would be collected and then reappear fast, so satisfying