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Windows 95 was released 30 years ago today on August 24, 1995. (lemmy.one)

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

i remember some stores were open at midnight, and people waiting in line, even camping overnight, to buy it.

win7 had a similar launch hysteria, but no windows since can even come close to matching either of these.

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh yeah the win95 excitement got a little out of hand lol. I kind of miss getting that excited about stupid new gadgets and stuff. These days we're just left wondering how the new stuff will steal our information, ruin social interaction even further, or otherwise be enshittified or participate in the enshittification of some other service or function of life.

Tech bros being a bunch of psychotic Network State anarcho-capitalists really has ruined my excitement for new tech.

[–] etherphon@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

They had the commercials with the Rolling Stones too, Start Me Up, great move to introduce the new start menu.