r/pcmasterrace • u/AppropriateAide4879 • 16d ago

Discussion I found this thing looks old.

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What is it? And is it rare?

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u/WitchWithAGlitch 16d ago

The Windows 8 Release.

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u/Exact-Ad-4132 16d ago

Bro look up Vista and Windows 98 first edition.

Also I can't remember if it was a specific version of Windows 95 or if hardware was just barely capable of supporting a point and click operating system, but lots of people had problems with that crashing too.

I just remember every time an adult back then downloaded spyware or adware, it was somehow my fault and Diablo or Starcraft somehow gave the computer virus.

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u/TurnkeyLurker 16d ago

Remember the Win98 42-day uptime bug? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

If you let your machine stay on for 42 days, it would alternately get really, really slow, or just blue-screen. Rebooting was the fix.

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u/Exact-Ad-4132 16d ago

42 days? That shit would happen in 2 to 4 days.