Was thinking the same thing. The video editing style with the kind of music in the background, audio quality also makes this feel close in time. Looks almost more as a retrocomputing video made today than a review from back then!
Especially because we are used to watching stuff from that era via captures of worn out VHS tapes. Or computer tv tuner captures made back then. This is probably taken from the original source material, and, yes, the difference is shocking.
It was a very early version of iCloud, Dropbox, etc. It was a way to keep certain files in sync on multiple machines. As for Microsoft Network, it was basically just a Microsoft-run ISP. It competed mainly with AOL at the time.
I remember the 95/98 times with horror, you're doing some work when suddenly a blue screen of death for no reason and all data lost... Since then I have a habit of pressing Ctrl+S every 2 minutes.
Windows 95 was my first home operating system, in '97. I actually still have my Bell Atlantic/IBM computer that runs it at my father's house. We never threw it away and it still works lol
CNET (officially spelled with all caps with no characters) didn't use a single camera. Not only that - they used videotape not "film". From your comment, you're not familiar to ENG/EFP productions. In the mid 90s, their program was shot with multi cameras similar to a news/talk setup. You had multiple cameras and a technical director to cut between cameras. Taped packages were done on primitive Avid workstations. Their production was broadcast quality at the time since prosumer (now technology for streaming or for Web only) was ether cost prohibitive or not existent at the time. It was no different than any other ENG/EFP production done at that time. And all major programming in the US for over a generation was dubbed onto Betacam format (which makes the footage not look like VHS quality.)
80s you had internet measured in bits per seconds. Computers were text only and extremely expensive. I think it was cheaper to send a fax than attempt downloading a email with attachments.
Well, you gotta remember, there wasnt really much to do on the internet in the 90s, either. some chatrooms, forums, newsgroups and the like, but you didnt really get your news from the net, and streaming video wasnt even a thought. By the late 90s, you could start getting mp3s online, but a dial-up connection saw you taking the whole night to download one album. and no one better pick up the phone, either!
The video editing style with the kind of music in the background, audio quality also makes this feel close in time. Looks almost more as a retrocomputing video made today than a review from back then!
It's amazing support for Windows 95 ended at the end of 2001, it definitely brings back memories, also MSN no longer has a monthly or hourly fee for MSN apps since they have separate apps for that instead of one (news, sport, money and weather), three of their apps (Food & Drink, Travel and Health & Fitness) are discontinuing.
It's so wild seeing this after all this time. Watching "Long File Names" get introduced for the first time and Drag and Drop to the desktop as well as "Plug & Play." Those were the days!
Lmao that's hilarious. I bet chat rooms on windows 3.1 were on the rage and something people would have been interested in knowing "still work fine" on windows 95. The wild west of the internet is something you just can't get anymore.
This might be a stupid question, but where is this from? I mean, was CNET a website with videos in 1995? I highly doubt that.. .was this actually on TV? Is CNET former TV show of channel? Sorry I'm from Europe, I honestly have no clue :-)
+Panthera Tigris I dont know but they are probably out there. They used to do a great game show even that was like Jeopardy but on tech. There was one where you had Bill Gates Steve Jobs and the CEO of SUN & Cisco all participating. Was kinda awesome.
***** Oh wow i thought he would be retired now, maybe he not that old yet. This video remind me of when Windows start, that was the old days when internet wasn't popular.
I remember this well, I was working in the IT department of a local bank where we had most dumb terminals connected to the main frame. We did have PC's in certain areas which were running DOS 5, and Windows 3.11. The IT director refused to upgrade to Windows 95!! It was several years later after I left before they were forced to upgrade beyond Windows 3.11. I do remember how Plug and Play did make building PC's much easier, no more setting jumpers on each individual card!!! Great video and thanks for sharing!
Windows 95 looked so nice... I don't like the changes that began with Windows XP. The latest versions... they're not bad, they just don't look as inspired. And also, beginning with Windows 7, I just don't feel like I'm controlling the OS. I miss Windows 95.
God this takes me back. It feels like yesterday to me. Best decade of my life. I was in my 20 and totally addicted to PC gaming and learning how to use them. SO much love for this. And best of all I loved this show. Got cable that year and loved this network. I probably watched this back then.
+furiousgtz Apple was very expensive (still is), seen as artist only system such as photographers and musicians, for upper middle class. It was also known for having so many (too many) peripherals scanners, printers, storage, MIDI connections. You had to buy an Apple computer as a system not the OS which was another weird thing compared to Windows systems where you bought your own hardware and the OS separate or later the upgrade.
TVs have done 60fps since the 1930's. Unless you were European then you were capped at 50. You could buy 1080p videos in the 80's and no you didn't need to be a millionaire to watch them. 35mm film which was introduced in the late 1890's can have resolutions of 8k and more.
TVs have done 60fps since the 1930's. Unless you were European then you were capped at 50. You could buy 1080p videos in the 80's and no you didn't need to be a millionaire to watch them. 35mm film which was introduced in the late 1890's can have resolutions of 8k and more.
EYTPS Actually no they weren't. Okay buying 1080p videos maybe a little bit... What I'm saying is, 1080p and especially 60fps aren't as impressive as Diego seems to think.
I really miss this era of home computing. PC's were becoming more mainstream but weren't nearly as commonplace as today. People didn't have computers in the form of smart phones in their pocket, laptops were still pretty bulky, and desktops ruled the market. Beige towers, landlines and dial up internet, a lot of websites were mostly text and simple graphics. Then towards the end of the 90s we got great games like counterstrike, starcraft, etc. Going to lan parties with your friends, pulling all nighters, then crashing the next day. It's almost like too much of a good thing now. Everywhere you look, there's smart phones, tablets, laptops, and even computers embedded into random shit like refrigerators. Everything felt more balanced back then to me.
+LoriTheGirl I have a Win98SE CD but no time or will to build an Athlon XP-based PC for it. At least I have a 15" LCD with native 1024×768 resolution. Maybe someday ... Maybe :)
OH how times have changed~... And yet...haven't? That ad at the end was pretty modern, showcased tech side. Thank you, ***** , for always being here for us!
If you inserted the Win 95 install CD-ROM, you can could actually see a couple of music videos and movie trailers, Weezer's 'Buddy Holly' and I believe one of the trailers was a Liam Neeson film
That commercial is in incredibly high quality, more than anything currently on TH-cam. It's not a recording from a VHS, and the animations look straight from a computer.
FireShell7 That's so cute how you changed your original reply about fanboys to aggressive period, haha! But did it really take you over an hour to come up with that response and edit your own comment? I guess anything goes when trying to save your own ass over the internet to a bunch of strangers you'll never meet, huh?
Did you know those filenames got stored in DOS as somefile~1.dll or so. If you'd copy files from W95 with long file names to a DOS enviroment the long file names where actually lost and permanently stored as somefile~1.dll.
Abhid Islam actually no. VR was what everyone wanted but it wasn't very good or cheap. In fact, if VR were cheaply available back then, it would actually be far more successful than it is today.
I shouldn't find it so funny how much this sounds like a current tech review. Things haven't really changed much, except now we get excited over different more advanced features.
Totally! How else do you keep your flash drive synced with your desktop when you're taking files with you? On XP, I mean. Windows 95 doesn't like flash drives too much.
I have tried it out many years after the fact. I think you set it up on both computers and then sync over LAN or serial cable, something like that . But I already forgot again how it works.
It's funny to us in retrospect but this coverage really nailed all the new actually important features that are still staples of computers today. I was expecting more "These screensavers are bodacious!!! Can't wait for Microsoft BOB!!!"
Feeling my age! I saw a 3.5" Diskette drive! Happy to say though I remember Windows 95 well. I was just starting my IT career! I remember all the way it made my job easier and the challenges.
Waiting for the ''so 90s'' comments and the likes. But seriously, I can just briefly remember using a 95 Windows. I don't think I've ever lived without being around a computer at all!
In late 1995 my father bought his first PC and it had Windows 95 on it, oh the memories of spending hours playing around with Microsoft Dangerous Creatures and playing Rise Of The Triad with Dad. Then I found a demo CD of shareware DOS games which came bundled with Dad's PC, lots of classics were on there and I'd spend so much time playing them, mostly I'd play the Apogee Software releases. Windows 95 had its good points, but it had some real problems too, for one thing it was so very unstable, something would always go wrong and the system would frequently crash or you'd get some other error message. But there are times when I'd love to go back to the days of Windows 95, because back then there were no social networks like Facebook, but of course then you had bulletin board systems and newsgroups, back then it was much harder to come into contact with people who'd start drama on the Internet and cause you problems, sadly this happens all too frequently these days. When that sort of stuff happens, I wish I could replace my iMac with a 20 year old 486 or Pentium PC with Windows 95 on it and plenty of games, then I'd be set for life.
SaigonIntel lol, love you youngsters. No, seriously -- people actually used to pay for using the Internet (by the hour, no less) by going to a coffee shop with desktop PCs. The last I saw one was in 2008 in Oak Park, IL but that appeared to be geared toward gamers.
I still love that sound where you drag the speakers up or down to adjust the volume and make that sound which still is today but I still prefer that sound tone from Windows 95 and I love hearing it. So original! : )
With a 1990's computer you can relive the 1990's along with watching TV shows and movies from the 1990's I still play 1990's computer games with my 3Dfx card or even game in DOS too.
95 is one of the best operating systems, full stop. It converted so many people from either never having owned a pc to using one every day or even being a complete pc nerd. I once played the Windows 95 startup sound to my mom, and her reaction was ”oh my god, my entire childhood”
"This clip shows the sharper video that you can expect from Windows 95 multimedia." Wow, that 360p video looks so crisp and sharp! I can't wait to upgrade!
+Patriotis Have you heard of Skynet? in this so called cloud where is you data? Germany maybe or Florida. It's in a server somewhere not near you, me or anybody. I want my data where I know where it is- on MY computer. Not in some stupid server that thinks it's a white fluffy cloud in the sky.
+Simone J Stogrin well actually your data is alot more safer in the cloud than at home, cause there are many more safety precautions in place at the data centers where the data is stored, so your house is much more likely to burn down than the data center
that commercial honestly aged pretty well. If the computers weren't obviously dated I could picture that being made today
Was thinking the same thing. The video editing style with the kind of music in the background, audio quality also makes this feel close in time. Looks almost more as a retrocomputing video made today than a review from back then!
The longer version of the song should be used for Windows 10
♫♪...You Make A Grown Man Cry ♪♫
I was thinking the same thing was well. This seems almost eerily modern.
Exactly
The quality of the Windows 95 promotion video at the end is just eye-watering, best one I've ever seen.
Especially because we are used to watching stuff from that era via captures of worn out VHS tapes. Or computer tv tuner captures made back then. This is probably taken from the original source material, and, yes, the difference is shocking.
Should I upgrade to 95 from Windows 8?
Are you crazy? Of course yes.
***** windows 10 is better
***** no, do windows 10
Remember Windows 9?
***** yup!
Naming a folder Kid Pix is a great way to have the FBI search your hard drive these days...
Lol
It was a drawing program for kids, twas' the shit in elementary school
Hahahaha, that was a simpler time.
That's hilarious
Kid pix kid pix, I remember that song lol
This video looks pretty good in 720p!
shot on digital video tape. From original master tape.
It certainly does. I'm impressed.
This has 144 likes, 144p
All the footage is nostalgic!
It's 2016 and I still don't fully understand "My Briefcase" and the old Microsoft Network.
It was a very early version of iCloud, Dropbox, etc. It was a way to keep certain files in sync on multiple machines.
As for Microsoft Network, it was basically just a Microsoft-run ISP. It competed mainly with AOL at the time.
I never even used My Briefcase, ever. I never even tried to use it.
That Microsoft Network thing never worked in my country. Now I've learned you could use it to chat with lesbians, lol.
@@mvShooting Given the nature of chatrooms back then, I wouldn't be surprised if a sizable portion of the "lesbians" were men looking for cybersex.
You gotta admit, the ad was lit.
fuckin oath
Honesty in Advertising too - once Windows started up ... well Windows 3 to Windows 11 - it's still going...
"And if you use it more than 3 HOURS A MONTH there are extra charges"
LOL even considering that time, it's still hard to believe
Yeah but wasn't MSN piss cheap compared to other stuff like AOL
You never had to pay a monthly CompuServe bill over $260 ?
On-line time before the internet was expensive, and at dial-up speeds 300 / 1200 baud.
still better than windows 8
HA
Nope
No it is not xD
Windows 8 is better than windows 95.
Still better than Windows 10
I remember the 95/98 times with horror, you're doing some work when suddenly a blue screen of death for no reason and all data lost... Since then I have a habit of pressing Ctrl+S every 2 minutes.
I'm going install a new computer
Windows 95 was my first home operating system, in '97. I actually still have my Bell Atlantic/IBM computer that runs it at my father's house. We never threw it away and it still works lol
You should make a video about it. Or, could I see pictures?
That would cost a lot in time. I should have kept one from the Computer Lab I maintain which runs windows 98.
Edwin Capidos - We still have the Xerox printer too. I can imagine it may be worth something someday. Who knows? 😋
It's so fun installing old OS''s once in a while in Virtual PC, wish I could go back in time.
At least C-net filmed with a good camera for the time, usually archive footage like this looks as if its been through 6 VHS'.
CNET (officially spelled with all caps with no characters) didn't use a single camera. Not only that - they used videotape not "film". From your comment, you're not familiar to ENG/EFP productions.
In the mid 90s, their program was shot with multi cameras similar to a news/talk setup. You had multiple cameras and a technical director to cut between cameras. Taped packages were done on primitive Avid workstations. Their production was broadcast quality at the time since prosumer (now technology for streaming or for Web only) was ether cost prohibitive or not existent at the time. It was no different than any other ENG/EFP production done at that time. And all major programming in the US for over a generation was dubbed onto Betacam format (which makes the footage not look like VHS quality.)
Filming is a very common term for capturing video.
ibanez1403 And its not the proper terminology.
Neither is saying kleenex, band aid, Tylenol, Aspirin, but it all means the same thing.
ibanez1403 you're just a pompous a-hole over simplifying 2 different technologies with totally separate skillsets
I actually got excited all over again watching this...it really was exciting at the time.
Three hours *a month?!*
Jesus Christ the 90's were a dark time.
Probably in 2 years the way things are going.
nope... 90's were better than the 80's... the 80's were a dark time.
80s you had internet measured in bits per seconds. Computers were text only and extremely expensive. I think it was cheaper to send a fax than attempt downloading a email with attachments.
I read this exactly at this part.
Well, you gotta remember, there wasnt really much to do on the internet in the 90s, either. some chatrooms, forums, newsgroups and the like, but you didnt really get your news from the net, and streaming video wasnt even a thought. By the late 90s, you could start getting mp3s online, but a dial-up connection saw you taking the whole night to download one album. and no one better pick up the phone, either!
I can't wait for 95' to launch.
I will be 118 years old by then... Highly unlikely :(
You have to wait a good 15mins. lol
20 years later and it's still a remarkable piece of software.
Pretty dope production, directing and editing for a 1995 commercial.
The video editing style with the kind of music in the background, audio quality also makes this feel close in time. Looks almost more as a retrocomputing video made today than a review from back then!
Shows how much technology has improved over 20 years...
You mean 20 years?
LOL!!!!! I Couldn't count there!! HAHAH
Michael Lee dat math tho :P
***** I know... I'm so embarrassed... lol
ayyyy lmao. tbh windows 95 is better than windows 8 they both have so many errors
It's amazing support for Windows 95 ended at the end of 2001, it definitely brings back memories, also MSN no longer has a monthly or hourly fee for MSN apps since they have separate apps for that instead of one (news, sport, money and weather), three of their apps (Food & Drink, Travel and Health & Fitness) are discontinuing.
my uncle used to have a folder on his machine called "kid pix" too... heh what a coincidence.
jayblob - i hope u remembered to never walk into a room alone with him
Kid Pix was a image editing software back in the early 1990's.
@@Mahoromatic That was Pixie.
😂
It's so wild seeing this after all this time. Watching "Long File Names" get introduced for the first time and Drag and Drop to the desktop as well as "Plug & Play." Those were the days!
2:50: Do you see the icon on the right? LESBIAN CHAT!
On the left that is
Lmao that's hilarious. I bet chat rooms on windows 3.1 were on the rage and something people would have been interested in knowing "still work fine" on windows 95. The wild west of the internet is something you just can't get anymore.
what a keen eye hahahahahah!
hahaha
Its on the left dude..
Man that start me up add. Probably their most successful add campaign ever.
A great song accompanied with video footage of people actually using the product. Simple yet effective.
Kexin Love that add. They could perform the exact same quick shots and camera motions today and it would still work great.
This might be a stupid question, but where is this from? I mean, was CNET a website with videos in 1995? I highly doubt that.. .was this actually on TV? Is CNET former TV show of channel?
Sorry I'm from Europe, I honestly have no clue :-)
Yes they had a TV show in the sf bay area and Richard Hart I think was a CBS newscaster.
Their episodes ran on the USA Channel and Sci-Fi channel
+Evan Adams Are any early episodes archived like Computer Chronicles (free to access)? I'd like to see some :)
+Panthera Tigris I dont know but they are probably out there. They used to do a great game show even that was like Jeopardy but on tech. There was one where you had Bill Gates Steve Jobs and the CEO of SUN & Cisco all participating. Was kinda awesome.
+Evan Adams Oh an Computer Chronicles and CNET were different things. Like when MSNBC started and had a lot more MS in it from microsoft.
Ah..the 90s! :D Man I really miss those days.
Nice throwback video CNET. Two thumbs up.
What happen to buddy now, he still with CNET or he retired?
Lol Good question. I was thinking that, too... XD
***** Lol yeah i watch it already, i'm wondering what happen to him. He probably retired now or really old
***** Oh wow i thought he would be retired now, maybe he not that old yet. This video remind me of when Windows start, that was the old days when internet wasn't popular.
i love watching all this old videos. those were the days when i first start learning about computers and using windows. :p
Love these.
Timmaysmith
Agreed keep em coming cnet!!
This one was classic!
Looking back on mid 90s technology now, it is pretty funny to think back on what was so advanced back then...
basic functionalities are still same after 20yrs
They tried removing the Start and it didn't go well.
I remember this well, I was working in the IT department of a local bank where we had most dumb terminals connected to the main frame. We did have PC's in certain areas which were running DOS 5, and Windows 3.11. The IT director refused to upgrade to Windows 95!! It was several years later after I left before they were forced to upgrade beyond Windows 3.11. I do remember how Plug and Play did make building PC's much easier, no more setting jumpers on each individual card!!!
Great video and thanks for sharing!
Windows 95 looked so nice... I don't like the changes that began with Windows XP. The latest versions... they're not bad, they just don't look as inspired. And also, beginning with Windows 7, I just don't feel like I'm controlling the OS. I miss Windows 95.
God this takes me back. It feels like yesterday to me. Best decade of my life. I was in my 20 and totally addicted to PC gaming and learning how to use them. SO much love for this. And best of all I loved this show. Got cable that year and loved this network. I probably watched this back then.
This almost took down Apple.
People forget that today.
furiousgtz at that point in time Apple was a struggling company
furiousgtz Apple sucked because Steve Jobs wasn't there.
***** So is today
+furiousgtz Apple was very expensive (still is), seen as artist only system such as photographers and musicians, for upper middle class. It was also known for having so many (too many) peripherals scanners, printers, storage, MIDI connections. You had to buy an Apple computer as a system not the OS which was another weird thing compared to Windows systems where you bought your own hardware and the OS separate or later the upgrade.
So good. I miss all of this. Gives me the feels.
Screenshots are surprisingly high-quality for a 90s video LOL
There's actually a 90's video at 1080p and 60fps haha
Of course you had to be a millionare to watch those back then
TVs have done 60fps since the 1930's. Unless you were European then you were capped at 50.
You could buy 1080p videos in the 80's and no you didn't need to be a millionaire to watch them.
35mm film which was introduced in the late 1890's can have resolutions of 8k and more.
TVs have done 60fps since the 1930's. Unless you were European then you were capped at 50.
You could buy 1080p videos in the 80's and no you didn't need to be a millionaire to watch them.
35mm film which was introduced in the late 1890's can have resolutions of 8k and more.
VideoTape Yeah, but these maximum video rates must've been rare for their time that they were introduced. Very interesting facts, my friend
EYTPS Actually no they weren't. Okay buying 1080p videos maybe a little bit... What I'm saying is, 1080p and especially 60fps aren't as impressive as Diego seems to think.
I really miss this era of home computing. PC's were becoming more mainstream but weren't nearly as commonplace as today. People didn't have computers in the form of smart phones in their pocket, laptops were still pretty bulky, and desktops ruled the market. Beige towers, landlines and dial up internet, a lot of websites were mostly text and simple graphics. Then towards the end of the 90s we got great games like counterstrike, starcraft, etc. Going to lan parties with your friends, pulling all nighters, then crashing the next day.
It's almost like too much of a good thing now. Everywhere you look, there's smart phones, tablets, laptops, and even computers embedded into random shit like refrigerators. Everything felt more balanced back then to me.
Better than the content that CNET makes now
2:33
I got tears in my eyes once I saw that "msn" logo....
A gush of old good memories...
:(
So many nice memories playing Hoover in the past...
Wow this narration is really good compared to other older videos on youtube.
Am I the only one who misses Windows 95?
+LoriTheGirl I have a Win98SE CD but no time or will to build an Athlon XP-based PC for it. At least I have a 15" LCD with native 1024×768 resolution. Maybe someday ... Maybe :)
I miss Windows 2000, I had it in my gigantic Dell PC. Hours and Hours of Worms, Doom, and Half Life
Windows 2000 is the first usable system from Microsoft.
I like the now-retro aesthetic of the old desktop and such, but as far as actually operating Windows 95 and 98 goes, no.
OH how times have changed~... And yet...haven't? That ad at the end was pretty modern, showcased tech side.
Thank you, ***** , for always being here for us!
But can it run Bonzi Buddy?
:o its u!
It actually can't "un" fortunately.
It can on Windows 98 if you install Microsoft Agent 3.0, which the widely distributed pack comes with.
THANK YOU for the Long File Names ! 😀
theres something about windows 95 commercial that makes me feel good...even though the technology thats being promoted is old
And computers were a hell of a lot more expensive if you apply an inflation calculator. And they got outdated quickier, too...
Love these old videos! keep em coming!!!
Yeah - I remember the WEEZER video that came installed!!!
These give me life.
If you inserted the Win 95 install CD-ROM, you can could actually see a couple of music videos and movie trailers, Weezer's 'Buddy Holly' and I believe one of the trailers was a Liam Neeson film
Thank U Thank U Thank U! I grew up with windows 98. It just feels good 2 see this stuff again
Kept waiting for Mick Jagger to sing "You make a grown man cry" but they spliced that out a bit.
LOL
win 95 will make you cry. yes. this is a fact. lol
That commercial is in incredibly high quality, more than anything currently on TH-cam. It's not a recording from a VHS, and the animations look straight from a computer.
That moment you realize that 1995 was 20 years ago...
... is the same moment you realize the cheapest smart phone can do more than windows 95 ever did. lol
The simple clarity of the Win95 UI leaves Windows 10 in the dust!!
imagine how stupid our windows 10 reviews will sound in 10 years
Louis Jimenez imagine how non aggressive you'd be once your period is over.
FireShell7 Where did I even mention anything about a fanboy? And a fanboy about what? Clearly you haven't learned reading comprehension in school yet.
Louis Jimenez FireShell7 kids stop ! Your dinner is reaady!
Lol 😂
FireShell7 That's so cute how you changed your original reply about fanboys to aggressive period, haha! But did it really take you over an hour to come up with that response and edit your own comment? I guess anything goes when trying to save your own ass over the internet to a bunch of strangers you'll never meet, huh?
Very good remasterisation!!!
2:25 omg, he siad "Apps" on those days! :O
Yeah I am realizing that it is not a new term because of this video.
Apps is just short for applications. I used that too in the 90s.
Holy crap, that ISA card @ 1:30 hit me with a couple of memories....damn, how time flies.
Longer File Names!! WOW!!
If people from the 90's where in 2016.. there face will EXPLODE!!
Explode in terror lol (The VR horror will be too much for them)
+Abhid Islam XD Yeah!
Um... We are from the 90s
Did you know those filenames got stored in DOS as somefile~1.dll or so. If you'd copy files from W95 with long file names to a DOS enviroment the long file names where actually lost and permanently stored as somefile~1.dll.
Abhid Islam actually no. VR was what everyone wanted but it wasn't very good or cheap. In fact, if VR were cheaply available back then, it would actually be far more successful than it is today.
I shouldn't find it so funny how much this sounds like a current tech review. Things haven't really changed much, except now we get excited over different more advanced features.
Happy 25th anniversary Windows 95!
I absolutely love this new operating system!!! i cant wait to click on folders and recycle :)
Did anyone ever actually _use_ My Briefcase?
Totally! How else do you keep your flash drive synced with your desktop when you're taking files with you? On XP, I mean. Windows 95 doesn't like flash drives too much.
I have tried it out many years after the fact. I think you set it up on both computers and then sync over LAN or serial cable, something like that . But I already forgot again how it works.
It's funny to us in retrospect but this coverage really nailed all the new actually important features that are still staples of computers today. I was expecting more "These screensavers are bodacious!!! Can't wait for Microsoft BOB!!!"
awwww.... the memories!
Feeling my age! I saw a 3.5" Diskette drive! Happy to say though I remember Windows 95 well. I was just starting my IT career! I remember all the way it made my job easier and the challenges.
Technology is advancing rapidly...exponentially. It's amazing.
OMG! So much nostalgia 😊 I remembered my first computer with windows 95 on it. Damn those were the days........
A E S T H E T I C
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"look at this looong file names" - that was an amazing feature back then, regardless of how ridiculous it sounds
Waiting for the ''so 90s'' comments and the likes. But seriously, I can just briefly remember using a 95 Windows. I don't think I've ever lived without being around a computer at all!
So 90s!
That's so 90s...
In late 1995 my father bought his first PC and it had Windows 95 on it, oh the memories of spending hours playing around with Microsoft Dangerous Creatures and playing Rise Of The Triad with Dad. Then I found a demo CD of shareware DOS games which came bundled with Dad's PC, lots of classics were on there and I'd spend so much time playing them, mostly I'd play the Apogee Software releases. Windows 95 had its good points, but it had some real problems too, for one thing it was so very unstable, something would always go wrong and the system would frequently crash or you'd get some other error message. But there are times when I'd love to go back to the days of Windows 95, because back then there were no social networks like Facebook, but of course then you had bulletin board systems and newsgroups, back then it was much harder to come into contact with people who'd start drama on the Internet and cause you problems, sadly this happens all too frequently these days. When that sort of stuff happens, I wish I could replace my iMac with a 20 year old 486 or Pentium PC with Windows 95 on it and plenty of games, then I'd be set for life.
@4:26 those people brought their own desktop setup to a cafe? I've seen this only once and it was on SNL or something.
Nope, they were called "Internet Cafes" when you didn't have the internet at home or something.
SaigonIntel lol, love you youngsters. No, seriously -- people actually used to pay for using the Internet (by the hour, no less) by going to a coffee shop with desktop PCs. The last I saw one was in 2008 in Oak Park, IL but that appeared to be geared toward gamers.
Superb presentation by that anchor.
I got both win 95 and 98 installers... if anyone needs them :)
B Hamid i need win 95 for the great games
This took me back. I forgot how small all the screens were back then.
Windows 95 still looks classy and tends to look better than Windows 10.
I still love that sound where you drag the speakers up or down to adjust the volume and make that sound which still is today but I still prefer that sound tone from Windows 95 and I love hearing it. So original! : )
richard wenas Ding!
Windows 10 is the ugliest computer program ever created.
That's why I put a classic theme on my Windows 10.
Man....that Ad at the end sold me.....I would buy this sucker
Problem avoided: It's 23 years later and I STILL don't spend 3 hours a month on MSN.
Ha! Jokes on you, Microsoft!!
With a 1990's computer you can relive the 1990's along with watching TV shows and movies from the 1990's
I still play 1990's computer games with my 3Dfx card or even game in DOS too.
0:46 that's the sound when you pull the cord on the bus
Lmao so true 😂
Awesome! Love those vintage videos!
Until-I-got-my-first-IBM-type-computer-(running-Windows95),-I-was-still-using-a-Sinclair-Spectrum-128.
The-outside-ciber-world-simply-opened.
95 is one of the best operating systems, full stop. It converted so many people from either never having owned a pc to using one every day or even being a complete pc nerd. I once played the Windows 95 startup sound to my mom, and her reaction was ”oh my god, my entire childhood”
whoa what is this briefcase thing? Is that still in Windows? I feel like a moron
It was primarily used by laptop users that needed to sync files for offline use.
Totally useless on desktop machines though.
Winston It does, but it's hidden. Also, the icon is still the XP icon.
*****
+Evan Adams You can activate the briefcase by using a registry tool.
An early iteration of OneDrive
I bet he still works at CNET too. :) Man I'd love to get his take in Windows 10, UHD video, and where we're at with PC gaming.
It was a simpler time
this is incredibly high quality
But can it run Crysis?
No but it is a better joke than you are.
"This clip shows the sharper video that you can expect from Windows 95 multimedia."
Wow, that 360p video looks so crisp and sharp! I can't wait to upgrade!
Reminded me of school :)
aww this was early tech to me. I was born 96 & the 1st computer I ever used had Windows 95. Paint was awesome!! 🎨 So cool, honestly!!
Ah the good days way before crap like "the cloud"
+Patriotis
Have you heard of Skynet? in this so called cloud where is you data?
Germany maybe or Florida.
It's in a server somewhere not near you, me or anybody.
I want my data where I know where it is- on MY computer. Not in some stupid server that thinks it's a white fluffy cloud in the sky.
+Simone J Stogrin Agreed %100
The only cloud that I use is the Windows 95 cloud desktop.
+Simone J Stogrin Hail the Sentient Cloud!
+Simone J Stogrin well actually your data is alot more safer in the cloud than at home, cause there are many more safety precautions in place at the data centers where the data is stored, so your house is much more likely to burn down than the data center
We've come a long way, baby!
"Kid Pix" lmao.
When I was at the hospital, they were still running this on a computer...
This was yesterday.
Make sure to pick it up when they get rid of it.
I don;t know if you know this, but WIndows 7 has a Windows 95 theme.