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Windows 95 - Online Essays

Windows 95


may very well be the most talked about software release in history.
With more people than ever using personal computers, and given Microsoft's
dominance in this still growing market, Mr. Gates' newest offering has caused
quite a stir. As with any new product in this ultra-competitive industry,
Windows 95 has come under intense scrutiny. Advocates of the new operating
system applaud its new features and usability, while its opponents talk about
the similarities to Apple's operating system. As I have never used an Apple
computer, I can't address this point, but I will attempt to outline some of the
more interesting "new" features of Windows 95. Arguably the most welcome
innovation Win 95 ...

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tolerance for file names in
plain English" (29-30). Traditionally, users had to think of file names that
summed up their work in eight letters or less. This was a constant problem
because frequently a user would look at a list of files to retrieve and think
"now what did I save that as?". Those days are over. Windows 95 will let the
user save his or her work with names like "New Speech" or "Inventory Spreadsheet
No. 1", making the contents of those files obvious. Much to the annoyance of
software developers, Windows 95 incorporates many features that previously
required add-on software. One such feature is the Briefcase- a program for
synchronizing the information stored on a user's desktop and notebook computers.
Keeping track of which files were the most recently updated was a big problem.
As Aley puts it, "Which copy of your speech for the sales conference did you
work on last, the one in the laptop or the one in the desktop?" (29-30). One
solution was to use programs like ...

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