3 Aug
2016
3 Aug
'16
9:53 p.m.
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Brad H <vintagecomputer at bettercomputing.net>
wrote:
I would call Win 95 a high point also. I lived near Toronto at the time
and remember the unfurling of a huge Win 95 banner down one side. There
were events everywhere. MS was really at their zenith. The excitement
around that launch was like nothing since. I believe I got swept up and
installed it immediately but shortly after removed it. Couldn't get used
to the interface. Eventually for one reason or another I had to and did go
back to it. Wasn't the greatest or most stable OS and was kind of a half
breed at that, but man.. what I wouldn't give to feel the anticipation
again, the difference between it and DOS. Nothing released on either PC or
Mac has come close.
Brad
I have a can of Sapporo beer with the Win 95 logo - not a sticker, part of
the
'paint job' of the can! It's still full, too - I've never been a big a
fan of Sapporo, it's obviously cooler as a 'complete' artifact, and by now
that stuff in there must be incredibly funky....
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