Windows 95 turns 25 years old today
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Commander Clueless
Hiya, hiya. Pleased to meetcha.
- Sep 10, 2008
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I remember first seeing it and being really impressed when I went over to a friend's house in December of 1994 and he showed me a beta of Microsoft "Chicago" (its codename) running on his computer. He must've downloaded it from a BBS. A few months later, I was running a newer beta on my computer at home. I remember how exciting it was to be running it before the general public. I was still looking forward to the final, though, and it must've been on release day 25 years ago today that my dad went down to the store to buy it... and returned with the version that came on 13 diskettes 
. I implored him to take it back and buy the CD-ROM version, instead.
He also eventually bought Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95. Remember that? It was an enhancement pack that added themes, a few utilities and a few mediocre games. It was neat to have, but was horribly overpriced ($50).
. I implored him to take it back and buy the CD-ROM version, instead.He also eventually bought Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95. Remember that? It was an enhancement pack that added themes, a few utilities and a few mediocre games. It was neat to have, but was horribly overpriced ($50).
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NyQuil
Big F$&*in Q
I read that Microsoft paid $1M for the use of that song. The Rolling Stones really extorted them
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