The 'secret sauce' behind Windows 95 fast restart trick is something I wish I knew 30 years ago

Back in the 1990s, my fellow PC chums and I thought we had stumbled across a magic trick with Windows 95, something that we ...
Ars Technica

Install windows 95 on older laptop- HELP

I've been fighting with my IBM thinkpad 355CS which I am trying to install windows 95 on. Since I'm the only person in the world with a 355Cs its a 486 SX (no math copro) 20 megs RAM, 160 meg HD and a ...
Liliputing

Pocket 386 is a mini laptop for retro computing with support for DOS and Windows 95

The Pocket 386 is a tiny laptop computer with a 7 inch display, a QWERTY keyboard, and a body that’s small enough that you might actually be able to fit it into a (large) pocket. It’s also a device ...
Ars Technica

There’s a new benchmark in town for measuring performance on Windows 95 PCs

If you’re still using a computer you bought during the Clinton administration, interesting news: Crystal Dew World, developers of apps like CrystalDiskInfo and CrystalDiskMark, have released an update ...
SlashGear

5 Features Introduced In Windows 95 That You're Still Using Today

In 1995, Microsoft released the first iteration of what would become the Windows 9x series of home operating systems, the aptly named Windows 95. Windows had already been a prominent player in the ...
Hackaday

Celebrating 30 Years Of Windows 95 At VCF

It’s been 30 years since Windows 95 launched. [Ms-Dos5] and [Commodore Z] are celebrating with an epic exhibit at Vintage Computer Festival East 2025. They had no fewer than nine computers — all ...
SlashGear

Why The Launch Of Windows 95 Was Such A Huge Deal

The 1990s are remembered as the start of a technological revolution and the beginning of the digital era with the recent birth of the internet and the mass adoption of personal home computers. Fast ...