Twenty years ago today, Windows 95 was released. Here's the ad that was used

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0AJM6HMYjM

by bitzerlander • 11 years ago

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gjvc• 11 years ago

look how slow the screen repaint was.

J_Darnley• 11 years ago

That would be an eye-candy feature these days. A slow transition mimicking some real-world effect (like page turning) or some completely fake transition (Alt-Tab being on some sort of 3D shape or items in a folder).

camillomiller• 11 years ago

Video not available (at least on iPad)

philtar• 11 years ago

The sad thing is that probably got less coverage then some random crap today. 300 articles about the gmail icon changing it's red to a different red.

hnewez• 11 years ago

And still... with more privacy features than the new Windows 10.

felhr• 11 years ago

First graphic OS I had the chance to use and I still remember how blown away I was.

biofox• 11 years ago

Microsoft Windows 95 Video Guide with Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry from Friends:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGYcNcFhctc

iamthepieman• 11 years ago

So many beige boxes and giant monitors. I remember it being news that Microsoft secured the rights to "start me up"

Twenty years ago today, Windows 95 was released. Here's the ad that was used

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