Review Windows's past 20 years (1)

Bill Gates, 50, is the richest man in the world, and Microsoft, 30, is the most successful software company in the world, windows, aged 20, is the world's most widely used computer operating system. their stories have always been a classic topic of interest.

Previously, gates and Microsoft

Back in 1973, Bill Gates, an 18-year-old from Seattle, entered the Harvard University he dreamed. here, he is fond of mathematics and computer, he began to study software technology, write "great software" is the goal and ideal of this young man. that is, during this period, Bill Gates started his initial business attempt. he designed the first basic language interpreter for the then Altair 8800 computer, a simple and easy-to-use computerProgramDesign language, but also the later MS-DOS Operating System-Microsoft basic. although some breakthroughs have been made in computer science, the overall performance of Bill Gates can only be considered average at Harvard, where talented people are working. in the third year of college, Gates made a decision hard for others to understand. He dropped out of Harvard, a world-class university. bill Gates and Paul Allen, a childhood friend, with the copyright fee they received from the BASIC Program) the company created "micro-soft" (meaning "micro software") in the central city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. since then, Bill Gates has devoted all his energy to his favorite career.

Bill Gates young

In 1979, Gates moved the company to Seattle and changed its name from "micro-soft" to "Microsoft" (also known as "Microsoft "). at the beginning, Microsoft caught up with the success of personal computer development. Gates was keenly aware that a digital age was approaching. at that time, they learned that IBM, the top computer giant at that time, needed to find an appropriate Operating System Based on Intel x86 processors for its personal computer products. so Microsoft purchased their qdos operating system right from Tim Patterson, renamed it Microsoft DOS ("Microsoft disk operating system"), and made some modifications, finally, IBM was introduced to the market in 1981. microsoft in the next few years and launched several MS-DOS operating system versions, after, MS-DOS history has continued to 6 in 1990s. version X. microsoft was lucky, and MS-DOS had a good sales volume at that time. in addition, with the popularization of the Microsoft BASIC Interpreter, more and more companies begin to use the Microsoft BASIC language to compile programs and be compatible with Microsoft products. in this way, Microsoft's basic has gradually become a recognized market standard, and the company has gradually occupied the entire market.

Microsoft giants

Microsoft DOS August 1981 released in 1.0 is compiled by 4000 linesCodeCan run in 8 K memory. it has no graphical interface and is extremely inconvenient to operate. at that time, Apple's Macintosh operating system had a graphical user interface (GUI), which was obviously more user-friendly than DOS command lines. microsoft knew that Gui would become a popular operating system trend in the future, so they began to develop their own GUI Program-interface manager ), this is the predecessor of windows, the absolute overlord of Personal desktop operating systems in the next 20 years.

Chapter 1 1985-1994 start years

 

The "interface manager" mentioned above is not a real windows. In fact, it was not until 1983 that Microsoft officially announced the design of windows. It was positioned as a graphic interface operating system designed for PC users.

Windows 1.x

Microsoft Windows 1.0 was designed to take 55 developers a full year and officially launched on July 15, November 20, 1985 for $100. windows 1.0 MS-DOS2.0-based, support 256 K memory, display color is colors. windows 1.0 supports mouse control and multi-task parallelism. Windows is the most basic interface element in windows. windows 1.0 windows can be scaled at will. Unlike Apple's Macintosh, there is only one system menu at the top. Each windows application has its own menu. in addition, Windows 1.0 also includes some classic applications that are still retained in windows, such as calendar, notepad, and calculator.

Windows 1.0 Product Packaging

Windows 1.0 startup Screen

Despite being a pioneer, users generally do not think highly of Windows 1.0 because it runs very slowly. at that time, the best graphic personal computer platforms were gem and desqview/X.

Windows 1.0 working interface

[Note] in Windows 1.0, the program manager is the predecessor of the resource manager. So far, we can still find it in the XP system directory ("progman.exe ").

Windows 2.x

 

The initial failure of Windows 1.0 did not allow Microsoft to stop moving forward. In December 9, 1987, the price of Windows 2.0 was still USD 100. windows 2.0 has improved some of the less user-friendly aspects of Windows 1.0. the familiar "maximize" and "minimize" Buttons appear at the top of each window. in terms of the icon design, Microsoft drew some Mac OS style and elements, and was once sued by Apple. in addition to improvements on the interface, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel in the office series are now debut in Windows 2.0 for the first time. in less than a year, Microsoft successively released Windows/286 2.1 and Windows/386 2.1 286. These two versions respectively optimized intel 386 and processors. in 1989, Microsoft launched windows 2.11, which made some minor improvements in memory management and printing drivers.

Windows 2.0 installation Interface

Windows 2.0 startup Screen

At that time, there were very few third-party software that supported windows, but more and more companies began to develop applications for the Windows platform. however, according to user feedback, Windows 2.0 is still not a successful product.

Windows 2.0 working interface

[Note] some foreign users have done tests, and many programs in Windows 2.0 can still run correctly in Windows XP. Of course, the premise is that you still find these old Windows programs.

Run Windows 2.0 in Windows XP

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