Remembering Windows 95:

A good article from ZD Net about the day Windows 95 was released.

http://www.zdnet.com/photos/gallery-windows-95-15-years-after/459774?tag=mantle_skin;content

 

R.I.P.

 

I remember it too, there was some great publicity. Also remember the world was simpler then

 

Yes I remember, indeed it was the good old times. People back then used their computers without having no protection at all, oblivious of terms like virus, spyware, trojan etc... you know.....

Thanks.

 

lol, I already had viruses long before win95. When I was still very young my parents had a PC with MS-DOS, and a friend of me and my brother gave us a floppy with games, but it was also loaded with viruses and the PC became unusable

 

Well you can always get VirtualBox or VMware and reminisce.

 

Guys

You misunderstood my post. I did not say that malware did not exist when windows 95 came to be. I simply said that most computer users were not even aware them.

Thanks.

 

Actually for quite a while after viruses were on the scene many people believed it was a hoax by the AV companies to sell their products. I thought that way briefly, and boy was I wrong

Windows 95 was part of a confluence of events that changed the world, i.e. a 32 bit OS (sort of), a drop in the price of ram, and access to the internet. Still, I can't say I miss it...