Just pay attention that you get an OEM version as that is the version that is bootable from the CD/ISO. The first hit I had when searching for the term on Google got me one. It shouldn’t be very hard to get your hands on a proper Windows 98 SE ISO file. The first thing we need to get is a copy of the Windows 98 SE installation media. It will also allow us to configure the required hardware like a video card and sound card, compatible with the old OS version.įor this article, I’ll be using a Macbook Air M1 but the exact same instructions work on any other Mac as well. UTM is using QEMU under the hood and is capable of emulating different processor architectures, which includes x86 or i386 which was the architecture of the era where Windows 98 was new.
To get Windows 98 SE operational on a modern Mac with an Intel x86-64 CPU or M1 SOC, as mentioned above, I’ll be using UTM ( ).
The main reason for this choice is that it contains some nice improvements over 95, like USB support, but is not too modern to still have a fully working DOS environment for older games. If you let the idea of using such an old OS and the purpose of doing so sink in, you might ask yourself why specifically Windows 98 and not 95, Me or XP for example.
