Ironic. Win 98 had “Active Desktop”, which made your desktop a web browser. This meant your desktop restarted every time Internet Explorer crashed, which it did a lot. It also took up a lot of RAM. Proportionately as much as running Chrome as your desktop would today.
It’s amazing. They finally removed all the bloat and telemetry. You’ll love it.
And added the pipes screensaver
Ironic. Win 98 had “Active Desktop”, which made your desktop a web browser. This meant your desktop restarted every time Internet Explorer crashed, which it did a lot. It also took up a lot of RAM. Proportionately as much as running Chrome as your desktop would today.