XP 10 Anniversary of Windows switch machine change

An operating system can leave the impression of the deepest, no more than every boot screen. In fact, every time the system upgrades, boot screen will often become the focus of speculation, do not care whether you are a professional programmer or ordinary enthusiasts, in fact, everyone is eagerly looking forward to the black screen after the glimpse. Of course, because each system's birth experience is different, making the original ordinary boot screen more interesting, sometimes they string up, is also a very good memory!

1. Windows 95 floating in blue sky and white clouds

Time: 1995

1995, Microsoft after the hard n years, launched the first independent Windows operating system. In addition to a lot of "dazzling" changes (of course now it must be "dazzle" ~), integrated IE has become the biggest aspect of this version, and this is also recognized as Microsoft's full access to the Internet battlefield important signal. 16 years later, when we revisit the classic "Blue Sky and white clouds", it seems more understandable bill's ambition-let Windows fly in the Blue Sky (Network) every corner, perhaps it is the best interpretation of this classic operating system!

Fig. 1 Win95 "Blue sky and White clouds"

The shutdown panel is very concise, and even many old birds are still impressed by it. Where "Restart your computer and switch to MS-DOS?" Pure DOS switching can be seen as the biggest aspect of this version of the operating system, because it represents the most sensational 16-bit and 32-bit programs that were mixed-compatible.

Figure 2 The classic shutdown interface

2. White clouds are more dazzling! Windows 98

ERA: 1998

After three years of Win98 brought more dazzling boot screen, in addition to a slight adjustment in the font, white clouds change is the biggest aspect of the version, the whole feeling is like all the white clouds are in Windows as the center. Of course, it turned out that Microsoft's design was equally successful, and Win98 indeed surpassed Win95 as one of the most heavily used systems in Microsoft's history.

Fig. 3 Win98 white clouds are more "eye-catching"

The shutdown panel, like Win95, "Put your computer to sleep" is one of the most obvious changes in the two version of the system. Familiar with the history of the veteran know that there was a very popular hardware technology--str, when the motherboard and power support STR technology, we can use the Win98 of this feature to quickly turn the computer into "sleep." In addition to maintaining a small amount of boot information in memory, the rest of the equipment will be stopped, one to significantly reduce the overall power consumption (and power-on ratio), and secondly also can speed up the system restart speed, can be said to be the first generation of Microsoft to speed up the function.

Figure 4 Shutdown interface, can you find out the difference with 95?