Win95 c'mon, lets help this guy with other cooler ways to getting attention and being "different".
Why I Still Use Windows 95
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#22Security Updates?
The Win95 Viruses are extinct already ;)
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#23This article reminds me of my father. He still uses what we call "lefebvre books" to do his business's payroll by pen. When I was younger, I thought he was an idiot. Eventually he rationalized it to me for long enough that I thought it was charming and really interesting that his business is like a snapshot of how things were run in the past.
Right now, his company grew to more than 20 employees and he's selling it because his tools and methods don't work in his changing environment and he refuses to adapt to new tools.
Don't get me wrong, he's by no means unhappy, but his business is no longer running at it's full potential. I think a comparison can be drawn here. I believe that your output is a function of your methods AND tools.. I don't care who you are, you can't build facebook in DOS.
If your environment is changing and you still want to excel in that environment, I believe that you have to adapt.
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#24I wonder why he doesn't use Linux, seems he could build whatever he needs and forget the bloatware of windows. Specially with a distribution like Gentoo he could build a custom system and not have to have the technology drawbacks of Windows 95.
I have to agree with you. I believe that guy can be even more productive with very lightweight distros like Puppy Linux and Damn Small Linux.
Yes, with today's hardwares, Win 95 is fast in performance. But I believe Puppy Linux (just 88 MB) in my USB drive performs a lot better than Win 95.
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#25andrew turnbull is completely right. i used windows 95 too, as long as possible (2006).
windows 95 has many good things that the modern version of windows have lost or never had:
- lightweight (Doesnt even use memory - very fast
- total cost of ownership = 0
- functional (office, opera, etc: everything works somehow)
- easily replaceable (ebay)
- robust (works even with damaged hardware - somehow)
- security (through obscurity)
- i have an idea how it works (in modern version of windows i have somehow lost the overview)
- no need to update (just accept how the system is)
- free of distractions (no widgets, sidebars, audoupdates)
:)
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#26andrew turnbull is completely right. i used windows 95 too, as long as possible (2006). windows 95 has many good things that the modern version of windows have lost or never had: - lightweight (Doesnt even use memory - very fast - total cost of ownership = 0 - functional (office, opera, etc: everything works somehow) - easily replaceable (ebay) - robust (works even with damaged hardware - somehow) - security (through…
oops: hackernews somehow didnt like the layout of my last comment and made one big sentence out of it.
just use your imagination to see some paragraphs in my last message. :)
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
He wants to play old DOS games natively. I bought a surplus PC ($40) for just that reason as well, so I can understand.
http://www.dosbox.com
Hell, http://www.winehq.org
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#28andrew turnbull is completely right. i used windows 95 too, as long as possible (2006). windows 95 has many good things that the modern version of windows have lost or never had: - lightweight (Doesnt even use memory - very fast - total cost of ownership = 0 - functional (office, opera, etc: everything works somehow) - easily replaceable (ebay) - robust (works even with damaged hardware - somehow) - security (through…
The changes that MS makes now seem to be just for selling new versions. I use Windows 2000, it is handy, no Internet registration scheme where they track your usage, and so on. When I was younger I wanted to run the newst thing out there and would change often. Now I stick with whatever works best until it breaks.
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#29There's a definite pleasure in using old, well-designed pieces of technology that were state-of-the-art in their time and have managed to remain competitive with newer equipment. I love my record player, I still use a high-quality CRT, I ride a steel bike, and I print documents with a mid-90s HP LaserJet. Many of you would cite LISP, a 50-year old language, as a perfect example of this phenomenon. Windows 95, however…
Well, there is a reason why it sold six kazillion copies back in the day.
Unless you think the reason was that it was hyped to high heaven in a gigantastic advertising avalanche.
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#30I think the best reason for him to switch from Win95 to WinXP is Office 2007.