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Happy Birthday Windows95
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| Thursday, August 24, 1995
| David Segal
Posted on 08/24/2005 9:21:42 AM PDT by N3WBI3
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To: Mike Bates
I was a beta tester for Win 95. I remember how in the Win95 beta you could set an option to enable smooth window dragging. Then they took that feature out of Win95, making you buy the Plus Pack to get it back.
To: N3WBI3
Windows 95 had a screen lock on my heart.
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posted on
08/24/2005 10:32:58 AM PDT
by
TheForceOfOne
(The alternative media is our Enigma machine.)
To: martin_fierro
To: Disambiguator
Yep, the recommended configuration for '95 was a 486 DX/66 with 8MB of RAM. As I recall, it didn't run too well on that either...you really needed a Pentium 66 with 12 or 16 MB of RAM or better to make it run with any kind of decent performance.
To: ShadowAce
ROTFLMAO! There actually IS one? Now how the heck will I get it on a medium that the old wheezer will read?
To: N3WBI3
I was so excited about Windows 95 I bought three copies that day!
Problem was, I didn't even have a computer. ;-)
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posted on
08/24/2005 10:42:44 AM PDT
by
HitmanLV
To: Billthedrill
There actually IS one? LOL!! I was truly amazed when I found it. I thought it would fit in with some of the other posts here.
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posted on
08/24/2005 10:43:11 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: mikegi
I didn't have to, sometimes it did it by itself. Mostly graphic problems and sound card issues if I remember correctly.
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posted on
08/24/2005 10:45:39 AM PDT
by
steveo
(Member: Fathers Against Rude Television)
To: N3WBI3
I was so excited about Windows 95 I bought three copies that day!
Problem was, I didn't even have a computer. ;-)
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posted on
08/24/2005 10:47:17 AM PDT
by
HitmanLV
To: Arthalion
Yep, the recommended configuration for '95 was a 486 DX/66 with 8MB of RAM. You described exactly the system I first ran it on, and it worked fine.
To: SlowBoat407
You're right! Clarification: Millenium Edition sucks. They couldn't even name it right!
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posted on
08/24/2005 10:53:32 AM PDT
by
Born Conservative
("If not us, who? And if not now, when? - Ronald Reagan)
To: VeniVidiVici
LOL. Don't get the wrong idea. Thats not ALL that I run. That particular LAN has no need to be upgraded. All my other stuff runs Win2000 or XP, and I actually find 2000 more stable than XP. I did not know what a BSOD was until I bought an HP machine for my kids with WinME on it. I blew that off after a couple months. Me was positively awful. The Pinto, Vega and Edsel of operating systems all rolled into one.
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posted on
08/24/2005 10:55:08 AM PDT
by
kylaka
To: antiRepublicrat
Maybe I should clarify that a little. The OS itself ran fine on a 486 DX2/66, but if you actually wanted to do any real work on it, you needed more. One of the most touted features of Windows 95 was it's ability to handle "True multitasking", but if you ran two programs (like MS word and Excel) at the same time on that setup the computer would slow to a crawl. The 486 processor simply didn't have the horsepower needed to do anything other than run one program at a time without seriously compromising performance.
The Pentium 66, with the same clockspeed and the same amount of memory, was the slowest CPU you could run that was capable of satisfactorily executing all of the new features in Windows 95. Since you could buy a Pentium 133 in July of 1995, I never understood why they didn't just use the Pentium as the recommended processor. Most PC buyers at that point were picking up P75's or P90's anyway (or the 486/100's, which matched the performance of the Pentium 66).
To: chronic_loser
and OS/2 is still around, as ECS. even tho IBM has been trying to kill it for 10yrs..
check out http://www.ecomstation.com
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posted on
08/24/2005 11:12:08 AM PDT
by
markman46
(engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
To: N3WBI3
Ahh, those were the days. I remember my first 14-ounce granite headthumper. It had a 27-inch oak hand-hewn handle with the stone married in place by sinew from the shin of a sabre tooth, enough leverage to hammer any liberal.
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posted on
08/24/2005 11:42:05 AM PDT
by
Reaganghost
(Our freedoms will never be safe as long as a single Democrat holds elected public office.)
To: N3WBI3
Since we're talking Windows,...what is Windows Center Media Edition? How is it different from regular XP Home or XP Pro.
Is XP Pro worth the extra money over XP Home?
Thanks.
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posted on
08/24/2005 12:13:06 PM PDT
by
garyhope
To: garyhope
Neither XP or XPpro is worth the money if you have 2k keep it and wait until vista (longhorn). If you dont have anything use Linux (at least until Longhorn comes out) cause you 'officially' cant buy 2000 anymore, though I am sure you can find it if you look..
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posted on
08/24/2005 12:15:23 PM PDT
by
N3WBI3
(If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
To: N3WBI3; garyhope
I've heard that vista, now that they've taken out a lot of the beta features, is really nothing more than XP with a prettier smile.
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posted on
08/24/2005 12:26:57 PM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
I've heard that vista, now that they've taken out a lot of the beta features, is really nothing more than XP with a prettier smile. Dont know, Ive heard that they built it from the ground up. Ill reserve judgment until I see it..
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posted on
08/24/2005 12:30:52 PM PDT
by
N3WBI3
(If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
To: N3WBI3
Ill reserve judgment until I see it.. Agreed. Pre-release rumors aren't usually all that reliable. :)
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posted on
08/24/2005 12:34:01 PM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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