Celebrating Windows 95's Birthday | CNET Archives
CNET's review of Windows 95, released on its anniversary, revisits the operating system's initial hype and features like long file names, the taskbar, and the Recycle Bin. Experts debated its impact, comparing it to the Mac and discussing hardware requirements, the "plug and play" feature, and the new user interface, including Explorer and "My Computer."
Windows 95 represented a significant upgrade in PC operating systems, and its features and interface choices profoundly influenced the future of personal computing and user interaction with software.
The episode also covers the Windows 95 hype and cultural phenomenon, initial skepticism and the Mac user perspective, hardware requirements, hard drive space demands, "plug and pray" vs. reality, the Windows 95 vs. Mac debate, and the new interface including Explorer and the taskbar.