![]() ![]() It was no doubt part of the reason that Microsoft was able to build a reputation as a gaming platform that persists to this day. ![]() ![]() ![]() Windows 95 was also significant for gaming. Things like this seem absurd now, but it made a huge difference to how usable Windows-based computers were. You could also give files and folders 255 character names, which was something you could do on MacOS for a long time before. Windows 95 needed a 32-bit processor to run. Technically significant was also the switch to 32-bit support. This wasn't true in fact, and while DOS played an important part in Windows 95, and was needed to maintain compatibility with older drivers, Windows 95 did most of the heavy lifting. Some people argued too that Windows 95 wasn't really an OS and was actually more of a GUI - Like Windows 3x - that sat over DOS. ![]()
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