Nostalgia overload: Online Mac emulator takes you back to 1991 (and folder tabs spotted in Windows 95, too)

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Tue, 21 Nov 2023 12:52:12 +0000

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Yes, Microsoft really did have tabs in File Explorer in Windows 95, or rather the feature was tested way back then.

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Theres a pretty cool online emulator that lets you play with a virtual Mac running System 7 (also known as Mac OS 7).

9to5Mac picked up this one, noting that while there has been an app giving you a full System 7 experience, you can now run a virtual installation of the ancient OS simply by visiting this web page .

System 7, which first debuted in 1991 and was renamed Mac OS 7 with the release of the final version in 1997 works in all its monochrome glory. (Image credit: Leonardo Russo)

It was a somewhat controversial operating system at the time because it required a lot more RAM than its predecessor, System 6, and couldnt be run from a floppy disk (remember those?).

Furthermore, with the second version of the OS, System 7.1, Apple began the practice of charging a fee for the operating system (for a time). As you
might expect, that wasnt well-received.

Of course, you wont have to pay a cent to have a nostalgic spin on the web-based emulator. Analysis: Windows into the past

Its pretty cool to step back in time in such an easy and convenient way, even for those who didnt have a Mac in 1991, or werent even born then, perhaps.

What was Microsoft doing in 1991? It had Windows 3.0 running as a graphical interface on top of MS-DOS, and at the time, users faced similarly steep hardware requirements for Microsofts desktop OS, with many existing PCs not being able to run it. The times, they were a-changin

Interestingly, for those wanting to reminisce about the computing days of yore, we saw on X (formerly Twitter) that someone had tweeted (see below)
that early builds of Windows 95 actually had folder tabs in File Explorer ( a feature introduced with Windows 11 ). It was long before the world was ready for that innovation, though. Early builds of Windows 95 (1995) contained a hidden feature called Folder Tabs. Upon activating it, a tabbed interface in Windows Explorer is revealedalmost 30 YEARS before its official debut in Windows 11 (2021). The tabs acted as quick links to recently-opened folders.
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