There are "minimum" requirements and then there are "recommended" configurations. The minimum was usually barely enough to install the OS, and maybe play Solitaire.
I had a recent experience with a machine running a specialized application. The guy who sourced the machine bought it because it met the "minimum" requirements for the application. It kept crashing until we tripled the amount of RAM on the thing, and suddenly all the problems went away.
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.