It has been 25 years since Microsoft launched Windows 95. Windows 95 brings the iconic “Start” menu and “Taskbar” to billions of users worldwide. Over the past 25 years, Windows has continued to evolve. Today, Microsoft released a video to show the development of Windows in the past 30 years.
Today, 25 years ago, people lined up at CompUSA or Best Buy at midnight. Shoppers are not waiting for a new Call of Duty game, not Apple’s latest iPod, but Microsoft’s Windows 95 operating system.
Microsoft’s Windows 95 conference on August 24, 1995 was a highly anticipated conference. Jay Leno and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates released the system together and made a lot of jokes. The entire Windows 95 development team also appeared on stage. This is a big day for Microsoft. Microsoft even hired Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry to produce a one-hour network sitcom. All the content is about Windows 95. The system is very popular. , Sold 7 million copies in the first five weeks .
PC geeks choose between Pentium or 486 processors, IDE or SCSI hard drives, dual-speed CD-ROMs, and Sound Blaster audio cards to experience the best features of Windows 95. Microsoft has added many features to Windows 95, but the most significant feature is the new “Start” button, menu, and taskbar , making it easier to discover applications and browse the operating system.
However, Windows 95 is not just the “Start” button. In addition to being a 32-bit operating system, an important new feature is to support long file names, up to 250 characters. This sounds like a basic feature in 2020, but at the time, it made the naming of documents easier. Another big feature is the introduction of plug and play, automatic detection and installation of hardware.
Microsoft also brought a new Microsoft Network (MSN) application to Windows 95. MSN was designed to provide access to e-mail, chat rooms, newsgroups and the first WWW homepage through a dial-up connection. Microsoft charges a monthly fee for MSN access. If you use MSN for more than 3 hours a month, you will need to pay an additional fee.
Microsoft also first proposed the idea of synchronizing data between multiple machines in Windows 95. My briefcase is designed to synchronize files between a laptop and a desktop computer, and in modern versions of Windows, all of this is driven by the cloud due to Microsoft’s OneDrive storage service. Microsoft even introduced user profile support in Windows 95, allowing multiple family members to log in and have their own independent profile.
Naijatechnews.com learned that Windows 95 is one of Microsoft’s most successful operating systems. In order to advertise Windows 95, Microsoft spent 300 million US dollars.
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