Photos: Tech's 10 most-hyped product launches

With a launch commercial set to a Rolling Stones song, Windows 95 became one of the biggest hits in technology history. At its launch on August 24, 1995, it was the first major Windows upgrade for millions of users since Windows 3.1 came out in 1992. And Microsoft supported it until 2000, even after Windows 98 came out in 1998. Win95 solidified Windows' top-dog position in the operating system market, putting so much distance between it and competitors like Apple's MacOS, that it's difficult to imagine anyone ever catching up.