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Windows 95 launch...do you still remember?
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Traumahound
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I remember running OS/2 2.1 at the time. Now THAT was a solid operating system.
AndreasNystrom
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I remember when they were gonna show how good USB was, and the computer bluescreened.. ah that was nice for an amiga-user to see 
Youre thinking about Win98 http://alt.venus.co.uk/weed/humour/gates30.movAndreasNystrom said:I remember when they were gonna show how good USB was, and the computer bluescreened.. ah that was nice for an amiga-user to see
Traumahound
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AndreasNystrom said:I remember when they were gonna show how good USB was, and the computer bluescreened.. ah that was nice for an amiga-user to see
That was Windows 98 (or possibly ME). Windows 95a didn't have USB support out of the box.
MrPing1000
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nubbe said:
bwahah that was great
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It came with a Weezer video! And Terminal Velocity!
JoshuaJSlone
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I remember the hype, but I'm not one to get very excited about a new operating system. It comes with the machine, seems to work, that's good for me. Think we got one of the later '95 versions with our PC in 1997.
the floppy version Win95 came on 23 or 25 (I'm not sure, its been a while) floppies and it took forever to install. God that was hell.
I remember not liking 95 at all back then, so when my father was around the computer, I would quit Doom (or whatever) and boot to windows, to pretend that I was actually using that god forsaken os
The first release of win95 was ugh. It was interesting yet so meh Then Msoft went all out with DirectX, I remember how me and my friends hated directx games (it will never catch on, or so we thought)
and then Diablo 1 came out. It was the first quality game made with DirectX2 (at the time). Tons of people converted after that!
I remember not liking 95 at all back then, so when my father was around the computer, I would quit Doom (or whatever) and boot to windows, to pretend that I was actually using that god forsaken os
The first release of win95 was ugh. It was interesting yet so meh
Then Msoft went all out with DirectX, I remember how me and my friends hated directx games (it will never catch on, or so we thought)and then Diablo 1 came out. It was the first quality game made with DirectX2 (at the time). Tons of people converted after that!
fenekku-gitsune said:
It didn't come with terminal velocity. MS released a clone (actually based on the same engine) for Win95 around the same time (one of the first DirectX games) called Fury^3, though.
It came with the good old card games, the Weezer video, a pinball game, and a 3d hovercraft fighting game.
I remember. I remember using MSN from the beta (which was free) the night all the newbs were coming online after buying it at midnight and stinking up the joint.
Bruce Vilanch
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I remember being in the pool at my house and seeing lights in the sky.
"What are those, papa?"
"It's the future, my son."
Then he forced me to fellate him.
"What are those, papa?"
"It's the future, my son."
Then he forced me to fellate him.
samus4ever
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I remeber my dad has windows 95 before it even came out, and he was so proud of his 200MHZ computer. Boy, have times changed! LOL!
Thaedolus
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I remember begging my sister's boyfriend to bring his dad's copy over, and then fretting about freeing up 50 megabytes to install it...
50 megabytes? My computer now has approximately 4,800 times that in total capacity
Oh, and it was on a Pentium 66 MHz vs. 2700 MHz now. I remember shitting my pants when they released a 200 MHz computer, 3x as fast as mine!
50 megabytes? My computer now has approximately 4,800 times that in total capacity
Oh, and it was on a Pentium 66 MHz vs. 2700 MHz now
. I remember shitting my pants when they released a 200 MHz computer, 3x as fast as mine!Win 95 changed the face of computing for the better.
It used to be "hard" to find your way around a PC, without something like Win 95, everyone in the office wouldn't have a PC. Hate on MS all you want, but be jealous that they capitalized on a huge need.
Could things be/have been better, sure. But they got the job done well enough. Now any moron can find their way around a PC. That was the whole goal.
It used to be "hard" to find your way around a PC, without something like Win 95, everyone in the office wouldn't have a PC. Hate on MS all you want, but be jealous that they capitalized on a huge need.
Could things be/have been better, sure. But they got the job done well enough. Now any moron can find their way around a PC. That was the whole goal.
AndreasNystrom
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I also had a Powerbook 540c at the time. It was crap like hell
Apples OS is one of the worst ever, even if millions of Apple users say something
else..
Apples OS is one of the worst ever, even if millions of Apple users say something
else..
FortNinety
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I was still a kid in Washington when the thing launched, it was major news when it was finally sold in stores. I remember one guy who proudly proclaimed that he was buying a acopy despite not having a computer. He just wanted to be "a part of history."
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