By akademiotoelektronik, 23/07/2022

Windows 95 is blowing its 25 candles today!What memories do you keep from it?

The editorial staff club August 24, 2020 at 5:4087 p.m.

It was 25 years ago, August 24, 1995: Microsoft presented, with great reinforcement of advertising spots and celebrities, its brand new operating system, aptly named Windows 95.And for you, was it the long-awaited revolution?

Presented by Bill Gates, accompanied by a very fit Steve Ballmer but also actor Jay Leno, replacing the Windows 3.11, Windows 4 code name, aimed to provide revolutionary features to its users including the famous MSN (Microsoft Network) giving access to emails and first web pages.

The start menu as a spearhead

First Microsoft 32 -bit operating system, it is the start menu the Star of Windows 95.

A menu that has never stopped transforming, almost disappear (in the first version of Windows 8) to return to the general demand of users.Even today Microsoft is working on a new design for its start menu.

Beyond the famous button, the Windows 95 interface is in total break with its predecessor, the objective: to make the PC the computer for all.The machine starts directly on the bone, it's the time for the plug'n play devices ....or almost.

A windows that those under 20 cannot know

The release of Windows 95 was the scene of a very special euphoria, the aficionados rushing in the stores on August 24 at midnight to win the precious sesame: in the box, a CD-Rom accompanied by its license.

In order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of this venerable version of Windows, tell us, for those who knew it, how you experienced the launch of this software, what were your first steps on this new interface, in short, share yourmemories of this crazy computer page with us.