ElI5: Why was so special about Windows 95, what made it a 90s pop culture touchstone?
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It was one of the first decent graphical OSes that the wider market could get into pretty easily. It also existed at a time when every day people (basically non-tech nerds) were starting to get their first computers at home. It was also the start of the internet becoming more mainstream. Also Microsoft’s massive marketing budget for it really pushed it into the spotlight when it released. In the 3 years from 1995 to 1998 Windows 95 had 57% of the OS market. The majority of the alternatives were OSes that were either difficult to use for the everyday user or were oriented toward businesses.
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