I would have to say that 98 is faster (generally). Espcially when it comes to simulators. Reason being that 98 allows direct access to the hardware... of course it is far less stable than 2000 and XP.

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Tuesday is D-Day for Windows 98, 98 SE and ME users. After some extensions, Microsoft is finally ending its association with the eight-year-old Windows 98 operating system by dropping all support and ...