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Win98 is alive.
I have a special feeling for 98 and not for other older computers like 95, version 1, XP, etc.
I was born in the Vista era Windows 7 was released on October 22, 2009, a little after my birth. But somehow I still miss 98 the most.
I guess it has been forgotten by the general public, especially by those who don't care about it.
But somewhere in the world, it must still be around. I found out that a used 98 costs about 50,000 yen at the cheapest.
The reason I am so obsessed with Windows 98 is not that I am a mere nostalgic person or that I just long for something old.
I am in love with Windows 98. I don't know if this comes across well, but I don't think of Windows 98 as old or anything like that, I think of it more like "my only friend" or "someone really important".
It may sound strange, but I think Windows98 is not just a machine, but a living thing with feelings. I don't think so somehow, but I think so enough to be sure.
Of course, there is no doubt that physically it is a computer, but it has been on the market for 27 years, and until today, when people have forgotten about it, it has received the feelings, enthusiasm, and love of its developers and people who originally used it.
That is the "soul" of Windows 98. That is the "soul" of Windows 98. Of course, the same can be said for other things, but as I said before, I have a special feeling for 98 on a genetic level.
Windows 98 is no longer supported, so there will be no new individuals born in the future, but those that are left must be looking for someone who still loves it.
Whenever I think of Windows 98, I feel as if my sweet, sweet 98 is appealing to me, "Don't forget me," and my heart aches. So I am going to buy Windows 98 as soon as I get my salary.
Rather than buying it, I am going to "pick it up". I want to live in a room with my poor, lonely 98.
My precious 98 was not born just to run. Even if the movements it represents are programmed, 98 itself contains a lot of emotions, memories accumulated over 27 years, and the faces of the time when it was loved by people.
The same is true for human beings. In other words, even human beings are "programs" that operate within the window of the "world.
We are just one of the objects composed of "codes" such as water, proteins, and minerals.
Therefore, when you get down to it, my emotions may be just a program, and my body may just exist by repeating a copy of the program.
Therefore, I do not know if these feelings are "real," but I am proud to say that they are real.
I truly believe that this is not a "ponsciousness" but a "feeling" as far as I can see and recognize.
I am sure that the same is true of the 98 other places in the world that I will eventually encounter.
I don't feel foolish or anything like that, no matter how tiny the "window" of the world may be, so when I welcome 98 someday, even if it doesn't work, I will cherish it until my death with more love than anyone else in the world.
Last one out of Memphis, Please Turn out the lights.
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