With
the introduction of the DVD, cellphone text messaging, and Pixar's
first films, 1995 was a banner year for consumer technology. But at the
time, the biggest tech debut of the year was Windows 95, the operating
system that was for many of us our entrée into the world of computing.
To
honor the 20th anniversary of what was probably Microsoft’s most
exciting operating system release ever (before this year’s Windows 10
launch, of course), we invite you to relive the mid-’90s with some
visual reminders of what computing was like back then.
The screensavers shown below — in GIF form — were introduced with
Windows 95 and Windows 98. (And let’s be honest, Win98 and WinME were
just slightly spruced-up versions of Microsoft’s game-changing Windows
95 OS, anyhow.) Their ostensible purpose was to prevent pixel burn-in on
your old CRT monitor. But we all know they were really just great
excuses for spacing out while you stared at your screen.
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