History and Evolution of Microsoft Windows
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ScribdTranslationsAugust 24 of1995, Microsoft launched performance especially in speed and in
lower resource consumption. On the 26th of
Windows 95, a new version for the
consumers, and there were great changes October 2012, Microsoft launchedWindows 8.
For the first time since Windows 95, the button
that were made to the user interface, and
also if uses multitasking Start is no longer available in the bar.
[Link] 95 it was designed for
tasks, although the home screen is still
replace not only Windows 3.1, but also activate by clicking on the bottom corner
from Windows to Workgroups and MS-DOS. left of the screen and pressing the
It was also the first operating system Home key on the keyboard. Presents a
Windows to utilize Plug capabilities Redesigned Windows Explorer, with the
and Play. The changes that Windows 95 brought famosa interfaz ribbondeMicrosoft Office.
According toMicrosoftthey have sold 60 million of
they were revolutionaries, unlike the
licenses, although it has received many criticisms
next, such as Windows 98 and Windows
Me. The standard support for Windows 95 on the part of the users. They are kept the
the vast majority of the characteristics of your
ended on December 31, 2000 and the
extended support for Windows 95 ended on predecessorWindows 7, except for the
new graphical interface and some changes
The version
December 31, 2001. In October of
In 2001, Microsoft launchedWindows XP, the
minors.
the first edition "Media Center" was released
safer
in 2002. In April 2003,Windows Server
2003was introduced, replacing the line
Windows 2000 server products.
On January 30, 2007, Microsoft
launchedWindows Vista. October 22
In 2009, Microsoft launchedWindows 7. A
difference from its predecessor, Windows Vista,
for the
that introduced a large number of new
features, Windows 7 aimed to be a
incremental update, focused on the line
computer science
de
of Windows, with the aim of being
compatible with applications and hardware that
Windows Vista was not compatible. Windows 7
it has multi-touch support, a Windows shell
Business.
redesigned with a new taskbar,
known as Superbar, a red system
called HomeGroup, and improvements in the
What is Windows? Who created Windows? History of Windows
Windows Internet William Henry Gates III (Seattle, The first version of Microsoft Windows,
Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet) Washington, October 28, 1955),1 more version 1.0, released in November1985,
Explorer), commonly known as IE, known as Bill Gates, is a
competed with Apple's operating system.
it is aweb browser developed by American entrepreneur and philanthropist
Lacked a certain degree of functionality and
Microsoftfor the operating systemMicrosoft co-founder of the software company
achieved very little popularity. Windows 1.0 did not
Windowsfrom1995. It is the web browser Microsoft.4 Recently returned a
most used on the Internet since 1999, with a to hold the title of being the man most it was a complete operating system; rather
maximum peak utilization rate of richest in the world, with an estimated fortune it was a graphical extension of MS-DOS.
95%. Windows is an operating system at 72.7 billion dollars. Windows version 2.0 was released in
based on windows. From the beginning the November 1987 and it was a little more
the operating system was highly questioned by The software company Microsoft was founded more popular than its predecessor. Windows 2.03
many people due to their low security and the April 4, 1975, still being a student at (released in January of 1988) included by
unfair and monopolistic competition that Harvard University.
first time windows that could overlap
exercised Microsoft, taking advantage ofthe each other. The result of this change
popularity of the system. took toAppleto file a lawsuit
against Microsoft, due to violations
copyright.
Windows version 3.0, released in1990, it was the
first version of Microsoft Windows that
achieved broad commercial success,
selling 2 million copies in the
first six months. Showed improvements in
the user interface and multitasking.
It received a facelift in Windows 3.1,
what became available to the public in
general on March 1, 1992. The support of
Windows 3.1 ended on December 31st.
2001.