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Kevin Okemwa

After 29 years, a veteran Microsoft Engineer admits "MS-DOS could do graphics," but the company opted for a lackluster UI — as Windows 3.1 runtime already checked the missing boxes

Windows 95 virtual machine running Solitaire.

On August 24, 2025, Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system turns 30. Feeling old yet? Windows Central is a big fan of the operating system, often covering nostalgic bits, including its birthday, the introduction of the Iconic Start menu into the revolutionary taskbar, and the tale behind the Start menu's development as a Windows 95 feature.

As Windows 10's imminent death looms and Microsoft doubles down on its Windows 11 campaign to get more users to upgrade, it's interesting that the former still ships with many Windows 95 features. But one question has remained unanswered, well up until recently. Did the Windows 95 setup team forget that MS-DOS can do graphics?

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