I also pledge that the fee I originally received for that Windows 95 chime will now go towards helping the victims of the attacks on Gaza. If a sound can signal a real change then let it be this one.

Three decades after composing the iconic Windows 95 startup jingle, Brian Eno has published an open letter to Microsoft, calling out the company for selling technology to Israel amid the country ...

Ironically, while Windows 95’s welcome chime accompanied one of the most successful computers of all time, Eno never owned one. “I wrote it on a Mac,” he confessed to the BBC in 2011.

Besides the Windows 95 booting track, other 2025 inductees into the Library of Congress include the soundtrack for Minecraft as well as songs from artists including Elton John and Amy Winehouse ...

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 &#… ...

TL;DR: CrystalMark Retro 2.0, a free benchmarking tool from Crystal Dew World, now supports Windows 95, 98, and Me, after a year of development. It allows users to compare retro and modern systems ...

shake the cobwebs out There’s a new benchmark in town for measuring performance on Windows 95 PCs Did you want to see how fast your ancient computer was? Because now you can!

Windows 95 required a VGA-compatible graphics card, so there was no need to worry about older tech like CGA and EGA. An engineering team could also develop basic windowing services and controls to ...

The developer inquired about the three distinct user interfaces used during the Windows 95 setup process, which transitioned from DOS to Windows 3.x, and finally to the classic Win9x GUI.

Back in August 2023, Windows 95 became 28 years old. Official support for Windows 95 ended in 2001, to be replaced by Windows 98, then Windows XP, then Windows Vista. (Oof.) We’ve previously ...

It’s also a device specifically designed for retro computing. The Pocket 386 gets its name from its 386 SX compatible processor, and the system should be able to run MS-DOS and Windows 95, but ...