nsane.forums Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Seventeen years ago today Microsoft unleashed Windows 95 onto the public with great fanfare and a massive marketing campaign. It started both a revolution in Personal Computing and made rivals angry. Windows 95 was arguably make or break for Microsoft, and today we celebrate the date in which it was released seventeen years ago. The iconic clouds startup screen. Seventeen years ago today Windows 95 was released to the public to major fanfare and success, this success also brought an antitrust case against Microsoft for bundling Internet Explorer 4.0 with a later service release of Windows 95. Windows 95 integrated Microsoft's formerly separate MS-DOS and Windows products. It featured significant improvements over its predecessor, Windows 3.1, most notably in the graphical user interface (GUI) and in its relatively simplified "plug-n-play" features. There were also major changes made at lower levels of the operating system, such as moving from a mainly 16-bit architecture to a pre-emptively multitasked 32-bit architecture. Welcome indeed. In the marketplace, Windows 95 was a major success, and shortly became the most popular desktop operating system. It was also suggested it had the effect of driving other major players (including OS/2) out of business, something which would later be used in court against Microsoft. Depending on how you look at it, there were six major updates to Windows 95 between 1996 and 1997 which included both Service Packs and Service Releases, this excludes the Windows 95 Plus! Pack that was released on the same day as Windows 95. Three years later Windows 98 succeeded it; but I think we can all agree that Windows 95 started a PC revolution, and for that we can be thankful --or not, depending on which way you swing. Windows 95 is unsupported as of December 31, 2001, but anyway; Happy Birthday Windows 95! View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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micky Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Seventeen years ago today Microsoft unleashed Windows 95 onto the public with great fanfare and a massive marketing campaign. It started both a revolution in Personal Computing and made rivals angry. Windows 95 was arguably make or break for Microsoft, and today we celebrate the date in which it was released seventeen years ago. The iconic clouds startup screen. Seventeen years ago today Windows 95 was released to the public to major fanfare and success, this success also brought an antitrust case against Microsoft for bundling Internet Explorer 4.0 with a later service release of Windows 95. Windows 95 integrated Microsoft's formerly separate MS-DOS and Windows products. It featured significant improvements over its predecessor, Windows 3.1, most notably in the graphical user interface (GUI) and in its relatively simplified "plug-n-play" features. There were also major changes made at lower levels of the operating system, such as moving from a mainly 16-bit architecture to a pre-emptively multitasked 32-bit architecture. Welcome indeed. In the marketplace, Windows 95 was a major success, and shortly became the most popular desktop operating system. It was also suggested it had the effect of driving other major players (including OS/2) out of business, something which would later be used in court against Microsoft. Depending on how you look at it, there were six major updates to Windows 95 between 1996 and 1997 which included both Service Packs and Service Releases, this excludes the Windows 95 Plus! Pack that was released on the same day as Windows 95. Three years later Windows 98 succeeded it; but I think we can all agree that Windows 95 started a PC revolution, and for that we can be thankful --or not, depending on which way you swing. Windows 95 is unsupported as of December 31, 2001, but anyway; Happy Birthday Windows 95! View: Original ArticleWhats windows 95!......ahem, cought, hehehehehehw before my time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soliman_123 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 ohhhhhhhhhhhh i love this windows hhhhhhhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1chaoticadult Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Haha. Good ole Windows 95. I remember when I upgraded my Acer PC from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95, that pc worked so much better afterwards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 I remember it came on 13 floppies x 1.44 MB. I received those from a friend in early August a few days prior to the official August 24 launch date. it was a huge visual improvement from Windows 3/3.1/3.11/WfWG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 26, 2012 Administrator Share Posted August 26, 2012 Though I'm not sure myself, but I think I played games on the school computer on Windows 95. I still can't remember if it was 95 or 98. :sUsed a lot of 98 though. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cramsdeath Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Dust off your one million floppy discs it's time for a birthday re-install Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 28, 2012 Administrator Share Posted August 28, 2012 Dust off your one million floppy discs it's time for a birthday re-install Yeah, floppy discs. :uhoh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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