now this may come as a surprise to some of our younger viewers out there but
there was a time when operating systems and graphical user interfaces you know
like Mouse pointers didn't exactly go together leaving computer enthusiasts
with only plain text and uh cat posters to stare at in their mom's basements The
Long Winter ended however in 1985 when
Microsoft delivered Windows 1.0 shining
in graphically generated light for the first time oh okay so they they actually
weren't the first to do that at all but we've got to give them credit where it's
due and while the first several Windows versions still basically ran over top of
Ms Doss relying heavily on command line entries they also introduced many things
we take for granted today such as differing executable file formats device
drivers and multitasking that's right for the first time people could play
mind sweeper and soliter simultaneously the next big developments
came with the smash hit release of Windows 9 5 arguably the most prolific
OS to date with sales reaching 40 million copies that year many of which
are still running on elderly people's computers worldwide Windows 95 was the
first OS capable of running 32-bit applications it introduced plug andplay
Hardware commonly called plugin prey at the time and preemptive multitasking and
os's ability to pause and resume program operations users were also treated to a
groundbreaking new way of launching programs and ironically powering down
the computer this start menu from then until Microsoft stopped supporting
Windows 95 and launched Windows XP in the year 2001 we had witnessed much
advancement multim Monitor and Universal serial bus or USB support with Windows
98 the first non-server OS based on the
NT kernel in Windows 2000 and that very
unhelpful but friendly little paperclip but XP is the next proper stop on our
tour because of this Milestone it was the first consumer oriented Windows OS
to break free from doss's strangle hold in favor of an NT kernel although many
remnants of the hey Doss days remained and in fact still exist like the command
prompt or the tily menus used to enter god mode anyway this combined with its
robust features like a restyled double wide start menu uh searching by document
types not just name easier networking and file sharing and even an auto play
all eventually led to 400 million copies
being distributed with extended support continued up until last year this
success did not come without a price though literally and Microsoft shocked
many by announcing that while Internet Explorer and space cadet pinball were
bundled for free office would no longer be included and would have to be
purchased separately at a steep premium a trend that continues today eventually
demand for a six 64-bit operating system capable of breaking through the 4 GB
system memory limit imposed by 32-bit processors and os's led to the release
of Vista in 2007 whose reception was
less than lukewarm with directx10 ending
up not being relevant for quite some time and controversy over things like
the unavailability of Hardware drivers and its very high system requirements
for the time Microsoft hurriedly released Windows 7 just two years though
which while sharing much of the same code base ended up looking and
Performing better than its predecessor thanks to Windows 7's critical Acclaim
it got a longer shelf life but the same can't be said of Windows 8 and its free
incremental .1 Improvement they did
deliver better performance monitoring faster boot up and sleep and wake times
improved networking performance and the Microsoft Store for apps but they
replaced the Beloved start menu with the large brightly colored tiled start
screen meant to blend The Experience between Windows desktop and Windows
mobile devices a halfway measure that
ended up not pleasing anyone but that
doesn't mean they don't learn good old Microsoft which brings us to the present
day Windows 10 while it may be too soon
yet to determine what we'll remember about Windows 10 in 10 years there are
some solid additions like Cortana for voice control the new and improved start
menu and a new way of handling upgrades
with Microsoft offering Windows 7 and eight owners a free Windows 10 license
within the first year as long as they're willing to Wade through the appropriate
menu options to preserve their privacy
if you're interested in more specific information about Windows 10 features
and performance make sure to check out our video about it here
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