The History of Windows 95

Re:The History of Windows 95 by prmoustache on Monday September 04, 2023 @12:12PM (#37381850)

Fervor from the medias yes. But from the people? Did people really line up to buy an Operating System? At the time of the release it is not like there was a lot of software ready for it anyway. I remember our first pc with Windows 95, we only used it for browsing, most of the time we would boot to DOS to play games and make music with Fast Tracker 2 and Impulse Tracker. I think we were even preferring a DOS CD player to play music because it had lots of fancy graphics effects reacting to music. Can't remember the name of the player.

It is only during the win98 era that we really started to use windows apps on our family computer and even then it didn't last long for me as on a pentium 90 overclocked at 100Mhz it was slower and less productive than using a Linux distribution.

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Re:The History of Windows 95 by FirmwareBurner on Monday September 04, 2023 @12:34PM (#37382091)

>Did people really line up to buy an Operating System?

I take it you haven't opened the article.

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Re:The History of Windows 95 by flohofwoe on Monday September 04, 2023 @12:43PM (#37382164)

TBF, the desire to queue up for even the smallest occasion is a typical US-culture thing and met with disbelief and ridicule pretty much anywhere else ;)

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Re:The History of Windows 95 by edizms on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @07:50AM (#37390469)

More notably British.

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Re:The History of Windows 95 by prmoustache on Monday September 04, 2023 @01:06PM (#37382440)

I did but the fact they wrote it doesn't mean it was true or wasn't part of the advertising campaign by paying people to pretend.

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Re:The History of Windows 95 by indymike on Monday September 04, 2023 @01:51PM (#37383021)

> Did people really line up to buy an Operating System?

Yes. I worked in government sales (think wear a suit, meet with people at their office) for CompUSA in Indianapolis, Indiana. I had to come in the night of the release and work on the retail floor (the first, last and only time I worked on the retail floor). We had a DJ, free bunny suit dolls from Intel, and a line that went half-way around the parking lot. The best part is all the employees got a free "Window95 w/Plus pack" and a bonus for working that night. It was a lot of fun, and Windows95 was that big of a deal, even in Indiana.

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Re:The History of Windows 95 by ztetranz on Monday September 04, 2023 @03:19PM (#37383928)

First sales in the world at midnight in Auckland, New Zealand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YluEi-WhTiI

I think Mick Jagger said I'd never allow his music for a commercial. Bill Gates proved that everyone has their price.

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