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THE WHIRLING DERVISHES of Redmond have been spinning so much in recent weeks, I'm getting dizzier than ever trying to figure out this Windows 95 thing. First, Microsoft says the preview is essentially a Version 1.0 product and asks InfoWorld to formally review it as such. We refuse to score a nonshipping application and do a First Look. Suddenly it's only a beta, so please stop criticizing it like it's a shipping product. Then it's really just an early experience program for corporate IS departments because, after all, Windows 95 has built-in networking and lets IS managers control the user setup of individual workstations, so they can make sure their users aren't rampantly changing their desktop wallpaper. Then the limitations we discover don't matter much because Windows 95 is really for home use because it runs games so well. Corporate IS departments should really be looking at Windows NT, which will have the Windows 95 GUI Real Soon Now.
So, let's see, where does that leave us? I guess Windows 95 is for casual home users with 12MB of RAM who need built-in networking and must have Plug and Play so they can pop various sound cards in and out of the system without having to reconfigure.
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