Windows1.0-3.0 operating system introduction

                                                                                                                                                                                         

Windows 3.1 and previous versions are 16-bit systems, so you can't take full advantage of the power of hardware. At the same time, they can only run on MS-DOS and must manage system resources together with MS-DOS, so they are not yet separate, complete operating systems.

Windows1.0

Windows 1.0 is Microsoft's first attempt to perform a graphical user interface on a personal computer platform. Windows 1.0 is based on the MS-DOS operating system. Microsoft Windows 1.0 was the first product in the Windows family and was released in 1985. At that time, many people thought that Microsoft Windows 1.0 was only a poor product, and it was not popular with users because of its lack of functions. The best GUI computer platform at the time was GEM. Windows 1.0 is not a complete operating system, but an extension to MS-DOS.

Windows 2.0

On December 9, 1987, Windows 2.0 was released, initially priced at $100; it is based on the MS-DOS operating system and looks like Mac OS. The Windows version of the Microsoft Windows graphical user interface. However, this version still has not been recognized by users. Later, the windows
386 and windows
286 versions were introduced, which were improved and laid the foundation for the success of Windows 3.0. And has more features than Windows 1.0. At the same time, the Windows version of Aldus Pagemaker was also released. This was the first major operating system released by a software vendor other than Microsoft, marking the beginning of Windows success.

Windows 3.0

On May 22, 1990, Windows 3.0 was officially released. Thanks to the great improvement in interface/humanization/memory management, it finally gained the approval of users. After that, Microsoft rushed to the iron, and in October 1991 released a multilingual version of Windows 3.0, which played a major role in the promotion of Windows in non-native English-speaking countries. Version 3.0 was the first successful version in the world. In April 1992, Windows 3.1 was released. In the first two months of its release, the sales volume exceeded one million. At this point, Microsoft's capital accumulation/research and development entered a virtuous circle.

This system includes both important improvements to the user interface and improvements to the memory management techniques of the 80286 and 80386. Programs written for the command-line operating system under MS-DOS can be run in a window, making the program available on a multitasking basis. Although this version is designed for home users only, many games and entertainment programs still require DOS storage. take.

Windows 3.0 series is the number one contributor to the expansion of Windows in the desktop PC market. In the 1990s, Microsoft's Fei Teng Tengda relied entirely on Windows 3.0. Windows 3.0 has the ability to emulate a 32-bit operating system, and the picture display has been greatly improved. It has good support for the most advanced 386 processor at that time. The system also provides support for virtual device drivers (VxDs), greatly improving the scalability of the system, and users no longer have to worry about verifying whether their hardware can be used when purchasing Windows 3.0. The system is supported because he can install another driver. The MS-DOS file management program is replaced by an icon-based program management program and a list-based file management program, thereby simplifying the startup of the program. In 1993, Microsoft released versions 3.1 and 3.11 of Windows for Workgroup that support some of the
network
functions based on Windows 3.1x.

In order to help hardware vendors develop drivers and other software companies to design applications in Windows, Microsoft released the Software Development Kit (SDK), a practice that continues to this day. In this regard, Microsoft must be convinced that "the convenience of people, and the convenience of their own", and Apple's maverick style in sharp contrast.

Windows 3.0 uses a new set of icons, which makes his face a big change, no longer a gray face. But this is not Microsoft's original creation, but it mimics the design of Apple's Macintosh. Until today, the icon design of Apple Computer (OS X) is still the top of the computer, but Apple's position in the personal computer market is not what it used to be.