Windows 95 was definitely better for MS users, but it was really just patching a hole in a single company's product line. Macs were far more solid than Win 95/98/SE at the time, and things like Sun Sparc 5s were more solid than Macs. Before people were getting hit with security problems all the time, they used to go years without rebooting Unix servers.
It was more like one company with a stranglehold on the market was terrible. The intensity of that has waxed and waned, but that's been true from then all the way until now.
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atxpace
It was a great consumer product at the time but "last true revolution"?? Sorry, but you've missed a lot. ;)
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linsomniac
>it was probably the most absurd, loud marketing event the tech world has ever seen.
I remember watching TV with a friend during this and a Coke ad came on where this guy was shuffling from office to office asking for change for the Coke machine. I chuckled at it and he (a software engineer for like 20 years at that point) said "I don't get it, why was that funny? He was just looking for change." I replied: "That was Bill Gates."
Coke made a Bill Gates commercial for the release of Windows 95.
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brandon272
Not sure about the "last true revolution" claim, but the release was a seminal moment in computing. Growing up in the 90s, for me it feels like the milestone achievements or turning points were:
- Windows 95
- Broadband Internet
- AI
antonvs
Good grief, what a ridiculous claim.
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mwkaufma
Bait headline.
gjvc
windows 2000 and os x snow leopard were peak windows and mac desktops.
Windows 95 was definitely better for MS users, but it was really just patching a hole in a single company's product line. Macs were far more solid than Win 95/98/SE at the time, and things like Sun Sparc 5s were more solid than Macs. Before people were getting hit with security problems all the time, they used to go years without rebooting Unix servers.
It was more like one company with a stranglehold on the market was terrible. The intensity of that has waxed and waned, but that's been true from then all the way until now.
It was a great consumer product at the time but "last true revolution"?? Sorry, but you've missed a lot. ;)
>it was probably the most absurd, loud marketing event the tech world has ever seen.
I remember watching TV with a friend during this and a Coke ad came on where this guy was shuffling from office to office asking for change for the Coke machine. I chuckled at it and he (a software engineer for like 20 years at that point) said "I don't get it, why was that funny? He was just looking for change." I replied: "That was Bill Gates."
Coke made a Bill Gates commercial for the release of Windows 95.
Not sure about the "last true revolution" claim, but the release was a seminal moment in computing. Growing up in the 90s, for me it feels like the milestone achievements or turning points were:
- Windows 95
- Broadband Internet
- AI
Good grief, what a ridiculous claim.
Bait headline.
windows 2000 and os x snow leopard were peak windows and mac desktops.