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/ Adam Richardson

Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition goes Gold

Development of the Microsoft Windows 98 operating system Second Edition is complete and the product has been released to manufacturing.

Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition goes Gold is finished and headed for duplication. Development of the Microsoft Windows 98 operating system Second Edition is complete and the product has been released to manufacturing.

Windows 98 Second Edition is an update to Windows 98 that enhances the leading consumer operating system with the latest Internet, home-networking and hardware technologies. Windows 98 Second Edition will be available preinstalled with new personal computers for consumers and is scheduled to replace Windows 98 on retail shelves this summer. Existing users of Windows 98 will be able to update their system to the Second Edition technologies in the summer via a CD that can be ordered from the Microsoft Windows 98 Web site.