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Love it or hate it, Windows 95 set the tone for the 30 years of Windows to come.
Apple had been on a losing run and needed money bad, or it was in danger of shuttering.
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary edition
Halo
Now, Microsoft didn’t invent HaloBungie did.
But afterSony acquired Bungie for $6.3 billionin 2022 it remains unclear what the company will work on next.
Xbox 360 launch party
Remember console launch events?
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary edition
Clippy
Clippy is a good thing, right?
We first met Clippy back in 1997 as Clippet, the animated assistant for Microsoft Office.
Would you like help?"
Fast forward to today though and Microsoft continues to bring Clippy back to promote its other services.
Could the little paperclip that won’t die return one day as an actually useful AI-powered assistant?
We’ll have to wait and see!
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary edition
Admittedly, for me that time was the late ’90s, but what a time they were!
“Developers!
And you know what, it was great!
Marcus T. Paulk and Shad “Bow Wow” Moss play an Xbox 360 during the launch event in Beverly Hills.
Forza Horizon 5
Look, some of us justreallylove Forza.
Maybe notbecauseVerizonbrought them back on the market with slightly different names, less features and a lower price.
Heck, I really liked the look of it after XP.
Microsoft Edge
I don’t actually have a problem with the performance of Microsoft Edge.
If you haven’t noticed this, try downloading a copy of Chrome using Edge.
But when the original Surface launched in 2012, it was a big disappointment.
But to get here, we had to go through the dark days of Windows RT.
Xbox One reveal
Speaking of the death of the Kinect, let’s revisit theXbox Onelaunch.
Game for Windows Live
Games for Windows Live was such a disappointment.
The Metro design language in action on the Windows 8 Start menu
The font debuted in the same Microsoft Plus!
Pour one out for the Surface Neoyou died too soon.
