Reply 20 of 25, by Kensuke_Aida
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Matching how? What runs best, or what is "period appropriate."
Socket 4 *and* 5 Pentiums are older than Windows 95. We ran the standard MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1 combo on my P100 for a few months before Windows 95 hit the market. Some very late 486 systems came with it preinstalled too. Socket 7s came out inbetween 95 and 98, so it's a tossup, but remember that early Socket 7s would probably be running OSR 2 or 2.5. Pentium Pros were reserved for NT-based servers and workstations at the time.
Various flavors of Linux and OS/2 Warp were available, but I don't think any major manufacturer other than IBM preinstalled OS/2.