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windows verison 1.0
achieved little popularity. The project was briefly codenamed "Interface Manager" before the windowing system was developed - contrary to popular belief that it was the original name for Windows and Rowland Hanson, the head of marketing at Microsoft -
windows 2.0
It proved slightly more popular than its predecessor. Much of the popularity for Windows 2.0 came by way of its inclusion as a "run-time version" with Microsoft's new graphical applications, Excel and Word for Windows. They could be run from MS-DOS, executing Windows for the duration of their activity, and closing down Windows upon exit. -
windows 3.0
windows 3.0 improved capabilities given to native applications. It also allowed users to better multitask older MS-DOS based software compared to Windows/386, thanks to the introduction of virtual memory. Windows 3.0's user interface finally resembled a serious competitor to the user interface of the Macintosh computer. -
windows 3.1
Windows 3.1 runs on top of MS/PC-DOS. As such, a Windows 3.1 computer may either start Windows automatically when it is turned on or it will start in DOS. If it starts in DOS the user must type "WIN" at the command prompt to start Windows. -
windows NT3.1
The NT 3.1 Program Manager. Aside from being user-aware it works like the Windows 3.1 program manger. The Program Manager window contains a number of program groups, each of which may contain a number of program items which, when double-clicked, will launch the application specified by the properties of the program item. Most of the accessories and applications are 32-bit ports of the Windows 3.1 versions, although some stayed 16-bit and run using the Windows 3.1 emulation subsystem. -
windows 4.0
graphical and business oriented operating system made to work with uniprocessors or symmetric multi-processor computers -
windows 95
his is the default desktop of the original Windows 95 "gold" release sold in stores. The first thing a Windows 3.1 user might notice is that, windowing controls, dialogs, input controls, and menus all now have a beveled "3d" appearance. This visual appearance was popularized by NeXTStep and OS/2 2.0. It is interesting to notice that the original retail "gold" release of Windows 95 did not include Microsoft Internet Explorer at all.
