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Obviously this does not bode well for millions of consumers who will upgrade to 95 only to realize that in just a couple of years they'll need more memory and a faster processor to operate Windows NT. Because most PCs are not nearly powerful enough to run NT, it seems likely that Microsoft introduced 95 as a stepping stone to Cairo, which drops the DOS format completely.

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Finally, when it comes to Windows 95, it seems that 'new and improved' makes for higher costs but does not necessarily mean better quality. Some critics say Microsoft's market dominance has made it a lazy software developer that depends more on hyper-marketing than good software engineering. 'Microsoft trades quality for quantity and gets away with it,' Syman says, 'and its publicity's corny, middle-of-the-road tone is no accident. A more sophisticated pitch might demand better software. '

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