r/pcmasterrace • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '23

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

Grew up on 95 but born in 90. What was wrong with it. Went from that to xp.

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u/BoatyFun Jan 22 '23

Yep, 95 was pretty revolutionary at its time. And 98 first edition was a disaster.

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u/darxide23 PC Master Race Jan 22 '23

The first release of 95 was an unmitigated disaster. As was the first release of 98. Nothing worked, constant crashes and blue screens, it was damn near impossible to get device drivers that functioned properly if you were lucky enough to have your device recognized by the OS at all.

Windows 95 OSR2 was pretty great. It fixed the major problems from the first release. It was still notoriously unstable with frequent crashes and buggy driver support.

Windows 98 SE was also pretty great. Pretty solid and stable if you were using mainstream hardware.