History of Windoze

[smueboy]

Wired News posts screen shots of Windows from version 1.0 through to Vista:

http://blog.wired.com/wiredphotos31/2007/01/windows_10.html

Interesting to see the progression, especially from version 1.0 to 2.0 with the help of Apple!

 

[pianoman]

this is interesting. i still remember using Windows 3.11 and thinking it was great (i didn't switch to Macs until OS X).

also, it seems that Windows 2000 and ME were worthless (which is what i've heard from users of those OSes).

 

[Flynnstone]

I like when you combine Windows CE, ME and NT to get
Windows CEMENT !
Now off to unplug a toilet!

 

[0007776]

I still remember when I used windows 3.11.
I was surprised that they managed to get a screenshot of something other then the BSOD on windows ME

 

[Flynnstone]

My parents still use ME. Seems to work ok. When it dies or is near death, I am planning on a mini or iMac for them.

 

[4JNA]

... they managed to get a screenshot of something other then the BSOD on windows ME

good one, and tru dat! faster crashes than super models on chewing gum diets!

still have my original 24 floppy disk set of windows 95. great way to get a repetitive work injury if you are looking for a day off.

 

[Lynxpoint]

I didn't really use DOS/Windows (1-3.11). My first MS OS I used was NT 3.5.

Back in the days of NT 4, I used NT at home and OS 7/8 at work. Being a "mac shop" we had our share of "mac zealots" who we in the IT department used to enjoy riling with talk of NT being more stable than Mac OS. Back then, UNIX and NT are what I considered my prefered OS's. Now it is OSX. So to "celebrate" the end of XP (launch of vista) I turned off my old XP box for the last time and said "adios MS".

 

[smueboy]

I was surprised that they managed to get a screenshot of something other then the BSOD on windows ME

Speaking of BSOD's :

http://blog.wired.com/wiredphotos30/