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.

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 — all ...

Released on August 24, 1995, Microsoft Windows 95 was one of the most anticipated software launches at the time. It was a huge change over the previous release Windows 3.1, adding a bunch of new ...

The Pocket 386 is a tiny laptop computer with a 7 inch display, a QWERTY keyboard, and a body that’s small enough that you might actually be able to fit it into a (large) pocket. It’s also a device ...

Computing history: Raymond Chen is once again reminding us that back when Windows 95 ruled the software world, coding was a completely different beast. The Win9x user interface eventually made its way ...

What just happened? Jokingly referred to as "Plug and Pray" due to its notorious unreliability, the Plug and Play standard was nonetheless a pivotal advancement in simplifying hardware and peripheral ...

Early sales of Windows XP have exceeded those of some previous Microsoft Corp. desktop operating systems, boosting PC-related industries, the company said Thursday, citing independent research figures ...