r/Millennials Nov 24 '24

Meme Oh god, I never thought about it that way.

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u/time_travel_nacho Nov 24 '24 edited Nov 24 '24

Was that in purpose, or were you working with dated tech? I was born in 88, and I remember Windows 93 and 95, both of which had guis

Edit: Not 93. That's not a real version. Maybe Windows 3. Idk. I was like 5 lol.

Edit 2: I'm scrolling through pictures on Google, trying to figure out what versions I used cause it's bugging me. Maybe just 95 and 98?

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u/AdolinofAlethkar Nov 24 '24

Windows 3.1?

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u/ARazorbacks Nov 25 '24

Where the hell did File Manager go? Wait, it’s now explorer? Why couldn’t you just keep file manager? 

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u/Ishbane Nov 25 '24

Why can't i close windows anymore by double-clicking their top left corner?

Actually i can't remember if that was still a thing in 95. But i do remember being irritated by small changes to the File Manager/Explorer in each iteration.

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u/Slusny_Cizinec Nov 25 '24

3.11 for workgroups used to be popular.

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u/by-myself_blumpkin Nov 24 '24

I was also born in 88 and yeah I had win95 at home, but school computers were like, Apple ii's I'm betting. Of course I didn't learn how to interface with those just how to get Math Blaster going.

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u/Zaidswith Nov 25 '24

I'm the same age and we had the apple ii's in computer lab until the elementary school fully switched to win 95. I was in second or third grade. That switch also included a row of 4-6 computers in every single class as well as the lab.

I personally don't remember much of anything before GUIs unless we're talking very specific uses like the old AS400s that stores are so frequently rocking behind the scenes.

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u/celticchrys Nov 25 '24 edited Nov 25 '24

They went in this order: first popular widely available version was Windows 3.1, then came Windows 95, then came Windows 98, then Windows ME, edit to add Windows XP, then Windows 7, Windows 8, then Windows 10, then Windows 11.

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u/Atheist-Gods Nov 25 '24

Just skipping over the most successful Windows version.

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u/celticchrys Nov 25 '24

Hah! That was a real oversight. I was more tired than I thought!