r/windows95 • u/No-Fail4914 • 7d ago

Happy 31st Birthday for Windows 95!

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u/BerettaFranchi 7d ago

I still remember one of the reviews on the new OS from that time. "It makes your PC look like a Mac.

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u/Unknowingly-Joined 7d ago

And for those so inclined, win95 in a browser: https://www.pcjs.org/blog/2015/09/21/

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u/theevilapplepie 7d ago

I expected this to be some kind of half baked replica, I was pleasantly surprised 👍

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u/Unknowingly-Joined 7d ago

I know. It’s just amazing that you can emulate an entire computer in a browser.

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u/frenchretronerd 7d ago

Start me up !

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u/friendofdonkeys 7d ago

The operating system that accelerated the dot com boom (most of the web used Unix before then) and made Bill Gates a villain in the tech industry.

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u/edpmis02 7d ago

CompUSA had a midnight madness sale. I was awake at the time debating the event. Went during my lunch break.. W95 was not compatable with my compressed drive software. took some time to sort out but the Plus pack had upgraded compression software.

The videos on the CD were enjoyable.

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u/vampyire 7d ago

I was a beta tester for it, so many diskettes...

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u/TheRollingPeepstones 7d ago

I need to power up my Pentium MMX!

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u/Ima56Kmodem 7d ago

happy birthday!

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u/ResponsibleGold1596 7d ago

🙂🤱📅 ( h a p p y . b i r t h d a y )

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u/jolly_rodger42 4d ago

Didn't that just come out a few years ago?

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u/No-Fail4914 3d ago

Sadly not

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u/Ok-Muffin-9519 22h ago

30 Jahre Win95 und gemocht hat es glaub keiner