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Windows 95 Turns 15

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-remember-when dept.

An anonymous reader writes "15 years ago on this day, Microsoft's then new Windows 95 was released. Among other things it moved users away from the archaic file manager and program manager to Windows explorer and the start menu. Compared to today's 'social desktop,' I'd much rather have the simpler and more sparse (pre-Internet Explorer integrated) Windows Explorer, though I do not like the (lack of) stability that Windows 95 offers. Of course if you were alive then, you've probably seen the commercials." I fondly recall downloading build after build and installing them. But within months of the official release, I switched to Linux.

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  1. I finally could tell my friend to go to hell by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I had a buddy back in 94/95 who was constantly throwing OS/2 in my face. Hey, look at all the Windows I can have open, look at my clean interface, look at how much faster and more stable this runs that your Win 3.11, look at all these DOS sessions open simultaneously!

    Windows 95 finally gave me the ability to rub his arrogant face right in my ass. And, for that, I say "Thank you, Bill Gates."

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    1. Re:I finally could tell my friend to go to hell by AragornSonOfArathorn · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, but OS/2 was still way better than Win95. Win95 was 32-bit "OS" bolted on DOS. OS/2 was 32-bit from the ground up. The Windows of today has more in common with OS/2 than it has with Windows 95.

      Windows 95: n.
      32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition.

      http://monster-island.org/tinashumor/humor/win2bit.html

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    2. Re:I finally could tell my friend to go to hell by TheRaven64 · · Score: 5, Funny

      ALOT

      You don't need to capitalise your errors, we can spot them without your help.

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  2. Windows 95 vs. Windows 98 by recoiledsnake · · Score: 5, Funny

    I liked using Windows 95 over 98 because it rebooted much faster after bluescreening.

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  3. simpler and more sparese by FuckingNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't know who Roberto Sparese is, but I'm sure he'll get a few more hits to his Facebook account as other readers also wonder whether that was actually a little-known word and not just a typo.

    P.S. Cute kitty, Roberto!

  4. 15, you say? by FuckingNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    After so many years of Windows giving me an assfucking, now it's finally legal to... oh wait, one more year. Mustn't make that mistake again!

  5. Drinking Game by Cro+Magnon · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know someone who took a drink everytime W95 blue-screened. He died of liver damage in 97.

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