Wandows 95 Mac OS
SoftWindows is an x86 emulator for PowerPC classic Mac OS that comes packaged with a disk image containing an installation of Windows 95. Download SoftWindows 95 for Mac. Before Windows 95 hit shelves on August 24, 1995, Cupertino employees rode around with car bumper stickers reading, “Windows 95 = System 7” — likening the new Microsoft O.S. Running Windows 95 on a modern Mac is incredibly simple, here’s how: Go to the Github project page here to download the release for Mac (labeled as windows95-1-macos.zip.) Unzip the “windows95.zip” file as usual; Launch the resulting ‘windows95.app’ in MacOS to immediately start Windows 95.
2020 was the 25th anniversary of Windows 95. I hated that particular operating system when I first used it, but soon came to realize the error of my ways and it introduced many of the features we still use today, including a desktop, taskbar and Start button.
Slack developer Felix Rieseberg released Windows 95 as an Electron app two years ago, updating it shortly afterwards to allow it to run gaming classics like Doom. Now he rolls out a new version which can run on any Windows, Mac or Linux system.
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Based on the Electron framework, Rieseberg's Windows 95 is written entirely in JavaScript, so it doesn’t run as smoothly as it would if it was a native app, but don't let that put you off.
The new build is available in installer and portable versions for Windows (32-bit, 64-bit and ARM64), portable versions for macOS (Intel processor, Apple M1 processor) and Linux (32-bit, 64-bit, ARM64 and ARMv7 in rpm and deb versions).
Once up and running you can lock or unlock your mouse inside the virtual OS by tapping Esc.
Download Windows 95 2.3.0 for Windows, macOS, or Linux now.
Rieseberg's GitHub page for the Windows 95 app is here.
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What is SoftWindows 95? SoftWindows is an x86 emulator for PowerPC classic Mac OS that comes packaged with a disk image containing an installation of Windows 95. sw95os9patch.hqx(2.34 MiB / 2.45 MB) System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9 / BinHex'd, use Stuffit Expander 167 / 2015-01-28 / ef099e59c27537d1bc241292818853a490701c12 / / SoftWindows95CD.ZIP(54.96 MiB / 57.63 MB) System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9 379 / 2014-04-29 / de1b6adf33e373db8d57ae3eecd61775d8bb7ad2 / / Compatibility notes It runs well on Mac OS 9.2.2 using the Power Mac G4. Emulating this? It should run fine under: SheepShaver |