Evolution of Windows

The most widely used OS in the world

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How it all began
Bill Gates and Paul
Allen started a company
called Microsoft in
1970s.
In 1980, The very first
OS of windows, MS-
DOS, had no graphics
at all. (fig, 1)
MS-DOS stood for
Microsoft disk operating
system.
It was no more than
series of texts on a
screen. It contained no
graphics at all.
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Introducing windows 1.0
The windows 1.0 was pretty much similar
to the previous version.
However, windows 1.0 had the facility to
point the mouse and click, rather than
typing commands.
Similar to the MS-DOS, Windows 1.0
contained no graphics.
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Revolutionary GUI in Windows 3.0
(Fig. 2)

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First easy to use OS Windows 95
In 1995, Microsoft
released windows 95.
Windows 95 had older
version of most of the
features that a computer
have right now such as
Internet capability, dial-
up connection, plug and
play capabilities that
made easy to install
hardware and software.
(fig. 3.)
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Final version made with MS-DOS Windows 98
In 1998, Microsoft
launched windows 98. It
was the very first version
that had the capability to
run disc drives and USB.
Windows 98 provided
better speed then
previous versions.
It was recognized with
the phrase, Works
better, play better. (fig
4.)
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Between 1998-2000, windows launched two
more products
Windows me (fig
.5)
Windows 2000
(Fig. 6)
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End of the 20
th
Century
From 1970s, windows had provided
following versions of OS.
1. MS-DOS
2. Windows 3.0
3. Windows 95
4. Windows 98
5. Windows ME
6. Windows 2000
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Beginning of the 21
st
Century:
Windows XP (Fig. 7)
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Windows Vista
A newer version of windows hit the market in 2006.
It is the version that is still being used in many
computers.
Windows Vista had facilities that included watching
television, view and send pictures, edit videos.
It had different versions such as Home Basic,
Home premium, Business, Ultimate.



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Windows 7: Highly active OS presently
In 2009, Microsoft
launched windows 7.
Windows 7 had very
minor improvements
then Vista. On the
whole, Windows 7
was pretty much
similar to the Vista.
(fig. 8)
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Windows 8 and so on(fig.9)
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The market share of Microsoft OS (fig.
10)
Sales
Microsoft Apple Others
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Work Cited
A History of Windows.windows.Microsoft.com.N.p.., November
2013. Web. 8 Aug 2014
Fig.1 How operating system got their names. Source:
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Fig. 2 Source: www.guidebookgallery.org. N.p. N.d. Web. 11
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Fig. 3 Source: www.guidebookgallery.org. N.p. N.d. Web. 11
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Fig. 4 Source: www.a5s.com N.p. N.d.Web. 11 Aug 2014.
Fig. 5 Source: www.guidebookgallery.org. N.p. N.d. Web. 11
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Fig. 6 Source: www.guidebookgallery.org. N.p. N.d. Web. 11
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Fig. 7 Source: www.guidebookgallery.org N.p. N.d. Web. 11 Aug
2014.
Fig. 8. Stern, Joanna. How to survive the windows expiration
date. online.wsj.com. The wall street journal. 18 March, 2014.
Web. 8 August 2014.
Fig.9. How to turn on/off wireless connectivity in Windows 8.
Source: www.pcadvisor.co.uk. N.p. 21 may 2013. Web. 8 Aug
2014.



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Work cited
Fig. 10: Krimly, Nina. Source:
www.hongkiat.com. N.p. N.d. Web. 11 Aug
2014.
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