Namuhla, ngoJuni 25, i- Windows 98 ineminyaka engu-20 ubudala. I-heiress eqondile ye-Windows evelele engamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nesishiyagalolunye isebenze iminyaka engu-8 - ukusekelwa kwayo okusemthethweni kwaphela ngoJulayi 2006 kuphela.
Isimemezelo se-Windows 98, esakazwa bukhoma ku-TV yase-American, sasiveze ukubonakala kwephutha elibulalayo kumakhompyutha we-demo, kodwa lokhu akuvimbeli ukusakaza kwe-OS esikhathini esizayo. Ngokusemthethweni, ukusebenzisa i-Windows 98, i-PC eneprosesa ayikho embi kakhulu kune-Intel 486DX ne-16 MB yememori eyadingekayo, kodwa empeleni, isivinini sesistimu yokusebenza kulokhu kulungiselelwa kushicilelwe kakhulu. Izici eziyinhloko ze-OS entsha uma kuqhathaniswa ne-predecessor yayo kwakukhona ukubuyekezwa kwe-inthanethi nge-Windows Update, ukutholakala kwesiphequluli se-Internet Explorer 4 esandulele nokusekelwa kwebhasi le-AGP.
I-Windows ME ishintshe iWindows 98 ngo-2000, okwakungaphumelelanga kakhulu, yingakho abasebenzisi abaningi bakhetha ukungathuthuki.
