Windows 9x has many memory problems that are not publicly understood, such as the system resources limitation. I am very knowledgable about these OS - i supported them. I used to work for Microsoft supporting windows 95/98/XP. To help better answer his/her question, you should read around the 9x forums a bit - Day-to-day running Win 9x/ME with more than 1 GiB RAM. Who's to say what's better for the original poster's circumstances and requirements? mst3kpimp didn't ask about the shortcomings of one OS compared to another. Windows 95 and later have a fatal design flaw with how memory is used that doesnt exist in windows xp or later. There are patches and "workarounds" for this, but youd be better of upgrading to a newer OS that was designed for this. Windows 98 was never tested or designed for more than 512mb of ram. For computers using less than 512MB of RAM, "MaxFileCache" also should be decreased. If "AGP Aperture" is set at maximum or very high in the BIOS settings, "MaxFileCache" should be decreased. If "AGP Aperture" is set at minimum or very low in the BIOS settings (or disabled in Windows), "MaxFileCache" can be increased. Memory that Windows uses for "MaxFileCache" is also used by AGP video (how much depends on the system bios settings of "AGP Aperture"). If the "MaxFileCache" is absent or set too high, Windows may create such a large cache, that memory management problems may start to occur, especially for computers using more than 512MB of RAM. When you open and then close programs on your computer, Windows 98SE will save or cache the closed programs in memory, up to the "MaxFileCache" entry (making reloading faster for these previously closed programs). For example, my 98SE computer is set at "MaxFileCache=457216".
"MaxFileCache=393216" is a fairly safe setting for most 98SE computers, but may not be optimum. If so, by installing SP 2.1a, you won't have to modify the "system.ini" file manually. I also recall that SP 2.1a creates or modifies the MaxFileCache entry in the "system.ini" file.
#Get more ram than 512mb for osx install#
So I recommend installation of SP 2.1a first, whether or not you install SP 3(beta 4). The "Unofficial Service Pack 3 (beta 4)" may or may not include the same tweaks. My recollection is that "Windows 98 SE Service Pack 2.1a" includes a number of 98SE tweaks, such as replacing the "defrag.exe" file from Windows 98SE with the updated "defrag.exe" from Windows ME.
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