History of Windows in Screenshots

[Bryce W]

Here is a history of the evolution of Windows in screenshots.
http://blog.wired.com/wiredphotos31/2007/01/windows_10.html

I ended up entering the world of Windows at version 3.11.

[lcs]

cool. Yeah I started getting into Windows at 3.11 as well. I thinks that is when it got popular.

[Bryce W]

cool. Yeah I started getting into Windows at 3.11 as well. I thinks that is when it got popular.
Yeah, Windows 3.11 was pretty much the standard at the time. I got my 3.11 late in its lifetime as Win 95 was just around the corner. Before 3.11 I was using AmigaDOS on my ol' Amiga 500... which had 512k Ram upgrade! Woo!

[lcs]

My Grandfather did Computer repair for the US Government so he always got us the most up to date software. I don't remember what year it was but we had a Tandy and it took all that thing had to run Windows 3.11.

for those who don't know what a Tandy is: it was a brand of computers put out buy Radio Shack that was basically and IBM compatible but you could not use IBM compatible hardware on it you had to buy Tandy Hardware. I don't remember much about our Tandy other than I think it had a 40Mb Hard drive and about 640k of RAM.

[agarath]

Apple 2 with a 3 digit serial # and dual 5" floppies and 64k of ram...break out the wheelie bars were going to the drag races....:D

[gween2]

Wow, the only version I remember is 95! wow, its good too see the past! :D

PS. hey! What do you know! its good to see the Admin is a Sonic fan! Sonic&knuckles forever baby, I still remember when it arrived. :cool:

[Blues]

I still miss 3.1 even though most applications ran better in DOS then they would in windows.

[Fred_G]

Ahh the good old days. I had a Tandy Color Computer when I was a kid (yep, I am getting old!) My first windows computer was a screaming fast 75MHz computer with windows 3.1 and a free upgrade to win 95! Now that took about a day for format and reinstall! It was kinda cool, you could format your C drive from windows. Although I sure that was not too cool for some inquisitive souls out there!

Install DOS, install 3.11, upgrade to win 95. Yep that was a chore.

Interesting link Knuckles10.

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