Windows 95 was a GUI based operating system which was released by Microsoft in 1995. It was released as a part of the 9x series of the Windows operating system and was the first operating system that was released as a part of the 9x series of Windows operating systems. Windows 95 was released in both 32 and 16-bit versions and it was based on the Disk Operating System (DOS) which was a Command-Line operating system developed by Microsoft. Windows 95 was released on the 15th of August in the year 1995 and was put on sale worldwide on the 24th of August in the same year.
The major updates that were seen on Windows 95 when compared to the earlier versions of Windows like Windows 3.1 or earlier are the Graphical User Interface updates as well as the ability to simply plug and play certain devices without going through a long hardware drivers installation process. Some changes were also made on the very core of the Windows 95 operating system. Unlike older versions of Windows, Windows 95 moved from a 16-bit architecture which was cooperatively multi-tasked to a newer 32-bit architecture which was pre-emptively multi-tasked. All of these improvements were even further improved by its successor, the Windows 98 operating system which was released in the year 1999. Finally, the support for Windows 95 expired on the 31st of December of the year 2001. By then, Microsoft had released numerous other windows platforms like the Windows 98, Windows ME and the well known Windows XP.
Windows 95 took a major leap forward over Windows 3.1 and started putting demands on system requirements including a 386 or 486 processor and 4 to 8 MB of RAM.
Personal computer with a 386DX or better processor (486 is recommended)
4 MB of memory (8 MB is recommended)
Hard disk space: 35 to 40 MB (to upgrade). This varies based on which features you select to install.
Hard disk space required to install Windows 95 on a clean system: 50-55 MB. Can vary based on which features are selected for installation.
1 x 3.5-inch high-density floppy disk drive
Video: VGA or higher resolution (recommended: 256-color SVGA)