It has been a staggering twenty years since #Windows95 was the operating system of choice for home users. It was, in my view, the first time that operating systems and computers became affordable for the masses.<\/p>\n
Back then we had barely scratched the surface of what we could or would do with a computer. Windows 95 brought about a common sense ability or use for most to easily pick up and run with a OS.<\/p>\n
Fast forward twenty years and we have moved forward in some areas a lot, in others less so. Back in Windows 95 days I remember viewing a short clip on #Encarta95 about basketball. It was amazing to see audio and video all on a PC, now video and video calls are common place on phones, let alone PCs.
\nThe OS hasn’t moved on much since then. Comparing Windows 95 to Windows 8 (or 8.1) we see a slightly different interface, some improvement in stability and a lot more graphical “stuff” but by and large its pretty similar.<\/p>\n
Windows 10 is a bit of a game changer. Microsoft are intending to have a common platform across all hardware, it will be a free upgrade for those that use Windows 7 or Windows 8.x and also will have touch built into it.<\/p>\n
This is a big step away from the various versions of old including windows CE, etc.<\/p>\n
Windows 10 has a chance to be something good. Back to the excitement of when PCs where new (and is most cases a bit scary, but in a good way).<\/p>\n
Let’s hope that they manage to pull it off and bring back some fun to the PC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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