You could never open too many windows of the whole thing would crash (Picture: YouTube/Microsoft)
The year of the first Toy Story film was released in cinemas, Friends series two was on TV and Oasis’ Wonderwall was in the charts. Oh, and this page would have taken several days to load.If that makes you feel old then this video will give you major flashbacks.
It is the original advert for the Windows 95 operating system which was launched 20 years ago today.
There was no internet, well, not as we know it… but there was Minesweeper, Solitaire, Pinball and that screensaver where it looked like you were walking through a house.
And if you were really lucky there was Encarta.
If you were really lucky your computer had this (Picture: Microsoft)
It was all tied up in a computers that took up half the spare room.
Windows 95 revolutionised home computers.
According to the Office for National Statistics only a quarter of households owned a computer in 1995- this had double by 2001.
It was all tied up in a computers that took up half the spare room.
Windows 95 revolutionised home computers.
According to the Office for National Statistics only a quarter of households owned a computer in 1995- this had double by 2001.
Remember this? (Picture: Microsoft)
The media hype around the launch of Windows 95 was the first time people queued around the block for the latest piece of technology.
Three years after the launch, Bill Gates’ Microsoft has become the world’s biggest company- worth around $613bn.
The media hype around the launch of Windows 95 was the first time people queued around the block for the latest piece of technology.
Three years after the launch, Bill Gates’ Microsoft has become the world’s biggest company- worth around $613bn.
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