Maybe,
Some people do run it on Win98 some have problems and some people the game runs fine out of the box but after updating it it stopped working.
So there's no guarantee it'll work for you.
The difference I believe in the 2 versions you're referring to is that the OLD version is the 1946 that requires that you already own all the previous games of the series while the NEW version is a ALL-IN-ONE installation so all the games on 1 DVD.
The game is very cheap so there's little lost if it doesn't work untill you've got a stick that is compatible with the laptop.
HunterICX
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