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I'd be curious about comparing the resolution, color depth and compression levels of those images, and the bitrate/compression levels/codec of those sounds. Let
by folkrav 7y ago
I'd be curious about comparing the resolution, color depth and compression levels of those images, and the bitrate/compression levels/codec of those sounds. Let's take one wallpaper. Win95 must have included a what, max 1024x768 wallpaper size? Assuming identical compression and color depths, that's still 786432 pixels total, compared to the 4K wallpapers we get today with 8294400 pixels - a larger than 10x increase. That's vastly oversimplifying, as a 10x pixel count doesn't directly translate to a 10x file size, but still, that's just for one image.
Pretty sure sounds in Win95 were MIDI, which aren't even actual audio files.
- secraetomani 7y agoWe are comparing here a full graphical OS with kernel & drivers versus a bunch of command line tools. And no, Win95 did include real audio files (if small).
- nitrogen 7y agoDon't make the mistake of assuming a GUI is automatically more complex or more advanced than command line tools.