Twenty years ago today, Windows 95 was released. Here's the ad that was used

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	Twenty years ago today, Windows 95 was released. Here's the ad that was used (youtube.com)
	27 points by bitzerlander 3949 days ago

7 comments

biofox 3949 days ago

Microsoft Windows 95 Video Guide with Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry from Friends:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGYcNcFhctc

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philtar 3949 days ago

The sad thing is that probably got less coverage then some random crap today. 300 articles about the gmail icon changing it's red to a different red.

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felhr 3949 days ago

First graphic OS I had the chance to use and I still remember how blown away I was.

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iamthepieman 3948 days ago

So many beige boxes and giant monitors. I remember it being news that Microsoft secured the rights to "start me up"

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gjvc 3949 days ago

look how slow the screen repaint was.

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J_Darnley 3948 days ago

That would be an eye-candy feature these days. A slow transition mimicking some real-world effect (like page turning) or some completely fake transition (Alt-Tab being on some sort of 3D shape or items in a folder).

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camillomiller 3949 days ago

Video not available (at least on iPad)

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hnewez 3949 days ago

And still... with more privacy features than the new Windows 10.

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