There is no
denying that Microsoft windows have revalorized the way of computing. With the
growing interest of people in graphical interface, Microsoft introduced window
1.0 in November 1985. It was more of extensions of MS_DOS, where you do not
have to type command instead move the mouse curser. It lacked the
functionality, so Microsoft released the window 2.0 in 1987. But the major
breakthrough was Microsoft Window 95, launched in August 1995. This version of
window had networking support and was the first to have plug and play
capability. This version also offered the multimedia capabilities. Within a
year of its launched, it became a hugely successful and popular OS in world.
Another Microsoft product that highly impacted the business world was window
NT. Window NT was 32 bit operating system which was built to meet the high-end
business requirement. Other features like processor independency, hardware and
software popularity and multi-user environment made it stand apart from other
OSes present in the market at that time.
Latter in
1998, Microsoft released Window 98 which was consumer specific. The quick
Launch bar that we have today in Window was first introduced in Win98. Other
improvement included support for USB devices and DVD and it is the last OS
based in MS-DOS. After that Microsoft came up with enhanced and redesigned
version of Window which includes Window ME, XP, Vista and 7. Now with the
launch of Window 8 Developers preview, Microsoft seems to be ready to take the
tablet market also.