This one will really take you back if you used Windows 95 after its release nearly 24 years ago on 24 August 1995. For those who don’t remember or have never used the Operating System, well, when Windows 95 was installing or updating an application, or really doing any meaningful task, moving the mouse around seemed to make things faster. This has been a Windows 95 mystery for well over two decades and now, it might have been solved.
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Microsoft has not officially confirmed the reason for moving the mouse making Windows 95 seemingly load and install things faster, but there is a reasonably solid explanation for all of this. Remember, this was way before the era of SSD’s and multi-core CPUs, so everyone might have just thought it was their PC struggling and then getting into the swing of things, spurred on by some swift mouse movements.
Over on Stackexchange, as found by Tom Standage, the deputy editor/head of digital strategy at TheEconomist, the reason why it seemed like moving the cursor increased the speed of tasks was explained. In short, it seemed that way because it was, in fact, the case, due to a flaw in Windows 95.
Check out the lengthy explanation below:
Now I am no expert, but that sounds like a very reasonable explanation for this Windows 95 mystery. No, you were not seeing things or going crazy, as this could have really been the reason for things moving along faster after some movements from your mouse.
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Did you use Windows 95 back in the day and did you ever wonder why moving the mouse seemed to increase the speed of the OS? Let us know in the comment section below.
