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by masklinn 3416 days ago
> When it came out, Windows 95 blew everything out of the water

Surely not in a technical sense. OS2/Warp and NeXT already existed and BeOS would be released a few months later able to play multiple videos in real time (playing MP3 on Windows would preclude doing anything else with the machine for a few more years, lest you liked skipping).
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georgeecollins 3416 days ago
Windows 95 was the best mass market OS at that time. Yes OS2/Warp and NeXT existed, but they were not popular. The Mac and Amiga OSs were inferior at that point.
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valuearb 3416 days ago
It had the best bones at that point, but it's UI/Fonts/Graphics were still subpar.
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masklinn 3415 days ago
> It had the best bones at that point

Windows 95? Had the best bones? The underlying system was just terrible, there's a reason why the line would be replaced by NT two releases later.

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masklinn 3416 days ago
That doesn't come even remotely close to "blowing everything out the water".
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