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[flomo]

The quality/competitiveness of Apple's mid-1990s computers is subjective and invariably turns into a back-and-forth.

However, Windows 95 demolished Apple's profit margins, and that's what counts.

[rbanffy → flomo]

Indeed.

With 95, mainstream users got access to long filenames and a reasonably functional GUI.

Still, when you wanted a computer to "just work", you really had no choice.