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I remember windows 95 made a sound when it started. Maybe now that boots are fast there is no need to notify a user who may have focused on something else while

I remember windows 95 made a sound when it started. Maybe now that boots are fast there is no need to notify a user who may have focused on something else while waiting ?

Lammy 5y ago
Brought to you by Brian Eno! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Eno#The_Microsoft_Sound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Eno#The_Microsoft_Sound
- vimy 5y ago
  > Eno shed further light on the composition of the sound on the BBC Radio 4 show The Museum of Curiosity, admitting that he created it using a Macintosh computer, stating "I wrote it on a Mac. I've never used a PC in my life; I don't like them." Funny.
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erwan577 5y ago
Windows used to make a sound when shutting down too... This page has the files for the default system sounds for Win95. https://www.rjgeib.com/about-me/sounds/sounds95.html https://www.rjgeib.com/about-me/sounds/sounds95.html You can see that there was a sound when the trash was emptied or when you receive a new mail. This was really a different, simpler time. Imagine an open space where each computer make a sound each time you receive an email, even with a good spam filter...
cbm-vic-20 5y ago
Back then, decent sound coming out of a PC was still pretty novel; you could still buy a PC that had no sound capability other than the click/beep speaker. Why not showcase the awesome new multimedia capabilities than a nice startup sound?