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.

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It might be news to many of today’s selfie-snapping, hashtag-happy millennials, but Windows 95 was a huge deal. I’ll never forget the day my dad came home from CompUSA with that blue, cloud-covered ...

Microsoft has done something awesome for the Windows nostalgic. Oct. 2, 2013 — -- The year was 1995. If you weren't busy watching the OJ Simpson trial or "Seinfeld," you might have been listening ...

Found out not too long ago that my dad still has our old IBM PS/1 in his attic. I have no idea if it still works since it's apparently been up there for at least 10 years. 25MHz 486 with Overdrive ...

Microsoft Windows 95 originally launched 20 years ago back in 1995 as the name suggests, and for those interested is now capable of being run and used within a browser window thanks to a resourceful ...

TL;DR: Windows Classic Remastered is a concept OS aired via a YouTube clip, combining contemporary features with a look that takes us back to Windows 95. The result ...

As improbable as it seems, Windows 95 can run on a new Nintendo 3DS, as proudly demonstrated by GBATemp user Shutterbug2000 in a video. The hacking feat follows other memorable moments in coding cross ...

Microsoft is giving away a very special quasi-holiday ugly sweater to a handful of lucky fans on Twitter. The sweater has a sweet retro Windows 95 theme. Although wearing this sweater may not make you ...

Retro Potato: Longtime Microsoft software engineer Raymond Chen recently responded to an intriguing retro-tech question posed by a game developer on X. The developer inquired about the three distinct ...

It’s something of a shock to be reminded that Microsoft’s Windows 95 is now 30 years old — but the PC operating system that brought 32-bit computing to the masses and left behind a graphical interface ...

PC gaming is stronger than it has been in years, but the classic age of PC gaming has to be the mid- to late 1990s. The PC was a strong source of innovation in gaming, spawning new genres as well as ...