Windows Operating System 7

Windows Operating System (OS) 7 is Microsoft best OS so far. Microsoft has had many OS for personal computers over the years, some have been good and some have been a major step back. Windows 7 was a leap in to the right direction. Microsoft finally made an OS for the end user that they were able to understand and use. They increased security along with a lot of features that people actually want and use. To see how great this OS is we will have to look back at older version and see how they came up with a winner.

So let’s start out by talking about where Windows came from and how we got to where we are now. Microsoft was started in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. They made the OS “MS-DOS” it was released in 1981. MS‑DOS stands for Microsoft Disk Operating System. ("A history of Windows," 2013, p. 1) On November 20, 1985, two years after the initial announcement, Microsoft ships Windows 1.0. Windows 1.0 requires a minimum of 256 kilobytes (KB), two double-sided floppy disk drives, and a graphics adapter card. A hard disk and 512 KB memory is recommended for running multiple programs or when using DOS 3.0 or higher. ("A history of Windows," 2013, p. 2)

On December 9, 1987 Microsoft releases Windows 2.0 with desktop icons and expanded memory. With improved graphics support, you can now overlap windows, control the screen layout, and use keyboard shortcuts to speed up your work. Some software developers write their first Windows–based programs for this release. ("A history of Windows," 2013, p. 3) From 1990 to 1994 Windows came out with three different Window products. First it was Windows 3.0 then 3.11 and then Windows NT. Up in till Windows NT, all of the past OS were improvements of older version. When Windows NT releases on July 27, 1993, Microsoft meets an important milestone: the completion of a project begun in the late 1980s to build an advanced new operating system from scratch. ("A history of Windows," 2013, p. 4)

Windows came out with Windows 95 in...