What Is the Difference Between Microsoft Windows 98 & Microsoft Windows XP?
Windows 98 and Windows XP are both operating systems from Microsoft. They have somewhat similar interfaces, but the similarities pretty much end there. Windows 98 was released in 1998, and Windows XP was released in 2001.
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Windows 98 and MS-DOS
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Windows 98 was one of a number of operating system releases from Microsoft that was built on top of MS-DOS, the 16-bit operating system that the industry had used as the standard operating system for businesses since the 1980s. Windows 3.1, 95, 98, 98SE and Me were all based on MS-DOS. MS-DOS was finally put out to pasture after Windows Me was released.
Windows NT and Windows XP
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Windows NT was a complete rewrite of Windows that appeared similar to Windows but was a 32-bit operating system at its core. Windows XP was based on Windows NT--indeed the operating system designation is Windows NT 5.1. Microsoft has based its operating systems since Windows 2000 on Windows NT: in fact, Windows 2000 is designated NT 5.0, Windows Vista is NT 6.0 and Windows 7 is NT 6.1.
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More Stability and Performance
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Windows NT is a better product than MS-DOS-based Windows versions. Aside from the fact that NT is 32-bit and MS-DOS is 16-bit, which alone is nearly sufficient reasoning to move to NT, Windows NT has better networking capabilities, permission structures and other important technologies that MS-DOS just couldn't handle.
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