After much research I have found nearly every screenshot and piece of information I need to form the best timeline and history of Microsoft Windows. To view the pictures fully just click on the one you want to see. So here it is, a comprehensive and full guide to the history of Microsoft’s Windows Operating System starting just before it all started, Multiplan and Interface Manager.
Screenshots from my past… ah, Windows 2.0… I remember it well…
I mean: AAAAHHH! Windows 2.0! I remember it!! Hell!
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That was funny. I, too, remember Windows 2.0 (barely) but the 3.0 and 3.1 stuff certainly brings back memories….
I loved that! I came in on the 3.1 variety and the screen shots definitely brought back memories. Brought back a particular embarassing one….
I didn’t know what dithering was and I thought the colors with the “little polka dots” were patterns to be used in coloring images. What can I say, I’m an idiot… =P
Ahh, Win 2.0. It’s like a bad acid trip . . .
Hee! Windows Rolodex! Ahh, now there’s a good little application.
A pictorial history of Windows
Solonor has found a site that has screen captures of every iteration of Windows, dating back to 1981. It’s a
OMG. That’s like seeing a picture of yourself from the 70’s with a tie the size of an aircraft carrier and hair like a golden retriever.
We’ve come a long way, bay-bee
Very nicely done. What memories.