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Before 1985 - MS-DOS (C prompt was the key component)

 

1985Windows 1.0 (basic icons, tiled panels or windows and used a mouse)

 

1987Windows 2.0 (improved graphics, integrated keyboard shortcuts, overlapping windows)

 

1990Windows 3.0 (Intel 386 chip, better icons, added program, file, and print managers)

 

1995 Windows 95 (access Internet through dial-up with networking, Plug & Play for installing

hardware and software)

 

1998Windows 98 (improved opening and closing applications, support reading DVDs and USB devices)

 

2000 Windows ME Millennium (accessed multimedia with System Restore feature)

 

2001Windows XP Experience (merging of NT and Windows 2000)

 

2007Windows Vista (The verdict?)





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