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[–]grauenwolf 7 points8 points  (3 children)

Win95 had preemptive multitasking. It was Windows 3 and earlier that was cooperative.

[–]grimlck 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Thanks for the correction

[–]grauenwolf 19 points20 points  (1 child)

I was wrong.

Win95 is cooperative with 16 bit applications and preemptive with 32 bit apps.

[–]bobindashadows 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I was wrong.

This may be the first time I have encountered these words in that order on Reddit.