I loved Windows 95 and I bet you did too: Enjoy the nostalgia trip

Aug24

by Sindy Cator on August 24, 2015 at 4:19 pm

The startup sound. The burble of the modem connecting. The fevered anticipation of watching an image load on the Web. The unfettered joy of playing Minesweeper or watching the cascade of the Solitaire tiles. The ultimate accolade in Windows 95 Windows 3.1 was my first software kiss, but Windows 95 was my real first operating system love. Win 95 was the first operating system in my lifetime that felt like a star was born. It arrived with a Rolling Stones-endorsed advertising campaign, a blitz that seemed to blanket every surface. Of course, the Macintosh had been a starlet before Windows 95…