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Why did Windows 95 setup use three operating systems?

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305 points mooreds | 1 comments | 17 Nov 24 19:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.304s | source
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pluto124 ◴[18 Nov 24 13:12 UTC] No.42172023[source]▶
Reading these comments is like seeing revisionist history. Windows 95 was the biggest piece of crap. The thing crashed constantly. Windows 11 today looks better and runs better. There is simply no comparison. Anyone who says different has no idea what they are talking about.
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1. Aachen ◴[18 Nov 24 16:07 UTC] No.42173718[source]▶
I was little, but I remember using Windows 95 on a machine that had it pre-installed and it ran stably from what I recall. They're good childhood memories more than that I'd be a revisionist agent

That Windows Vista and newer look better, even if their design languages are mixed (old and new configuration panels mixed depending on which ones they could be bothered to recreate, for example) and are more complex, I don't think anyone argues. I've never heard of anyone using the simpler classic theme for reasons other than nostalgia or performance