The document traces the evolution of operating systems from DOS to modern versions of Windows and Mac OS. It discusses how DOS originally required typing commands rather than using a graphical user interface (GUI). Windows 3.1 introduced a GUI, making the system easier to use, and Windows 95 further improved the point-and-click interface. The document also outlines key updates and releases for Windows such as Windows XP, Vista, and the upcoming Windows 7, as well as versions of the Mac OS over time.
2. WINDOWS HAS IT BEEN HERE FOREVER? WHEN DID IT ARRIVE ON THE SCENE?
3. EVOLUTION OF WINDOWS EARLY DAYS~ DOS D ISK O PERATING S YSTEM-REFINED BY BILL GATES AND PAUL ALLEN IN THE 1970S
4. WHAT DID DOS LOOK LIKE (DISK OPERATING SYSTEM) YOU HAD TO TYPE ALL THE COMMANDS AFTER THE H: TO GET THE FILE CREATED, SAVED INTO A CERTAIN FOLDER, TO PRINT IT ETC. IT WAS VERY TIME CONSUMING AND NOT EVERYONE COULD GET THE HANG OF IT LIKE THEY CAN WITH WINDOWS TODAY WITH POINT AND THE CLICK OF THE MOUSE
5. DOS ORIGINALLY CALLED QDOS IT WAS ACTUALLY DEVELOPED BY A GUY NAMED GARY KILDAR WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY HE SOLD IT TO PAUL ALLEN AND BILL GATES AND THEY CALLED IT MS DOS THERE WAS MORE TO IT THAN THAT BUT THAT IS IN THE HISTORY SECTION MS FOR M ICRO S OFT
6. WINDOWS 3.1 AND THEN CAME GUI GUI??? YES, GUI DOS REQUIRED YOU TO TYPE LINES AND LINES AND LINES AND MORE LINES OF TEXT CALLED COMMANDS THESE COMMANDS WERE USED TO PRINT AND SAVE AND OPEN AND MAKE NEW FILES AND IT WAS A PAIN
7. WINDOWS 3.1 USED GUI AS COMPARED TO CLUI WHICH WERE THE COMMAND LINES GUI USED G RAPHICAL U SER I NTERFACE WHAT IS THAT????? IT MEANS THAT YOU, THE USER, COULD USE ICONS AND DO THE POINT AND CLICK THING BUT. . . .
8. WINDOWS 95-IT GOT EASIER WINDOWS 3.1 WAS REVOLUTIONARY BUT STILL HARD TO USE SO. . .. MICROSOFT DEVELOPED WINDOWS 95 WINDOWS 95 WAS EASIER TO POINT AND CLICK AND HAD ICONS FOR EVERYTHING COMPUTERS STARTED USING PLUG AND PLAY WHERE THE COMPUTER RECOGNIZED NEW DEVICES THAT ARE ADDED TO THE COMPUTER
9. WINDOWS XP THE UNDERLYING OPERATING SYSTEM OF WINDOWS MAKES SOME CHANGES YOU DONT SEE TOO MANY MAJOR CHANGES BUT THE UNDERNEATH PROGRAMMING CHANGES DRASTICALLY IT NO LONGER IS RUNNING ON DOS TOTALLY
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