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A little bit of history.

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    A little bit of history.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8316268.stm

    Windoze from 1 to 7.

    #2
    My Dad's got an old PC in his attic with Windows 1.0 working on it.

    Everytime I go back I keep meaning to rescue it thinking it might be worth something one day!

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      #3
      Ha, they mention Windows ME which lasted about 6 months ... longer than any PC that actually installed it ... man that was the worst ever!

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        #4
        Originally posted by Jeebo72 View Post
        Ha, they mention Windows ME which lasted about 6 months ... longer than any PC that actually installed it ... man that was the worst ever!


        Running it here.
        My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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          #5
          Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post


          Running it here.
          WHY!

          arrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!

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            #6
            Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post


            Running it here.
            Lots of coffee breaks at your place then!
            And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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              #7
              Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
              WHY!
              I bought the Missus & I two 2nd hand business Dell desktops. They came with XP. I put Windows ME on them.

              They fly. They load and shut down fast, maintenance is dead easy, there's no patching to do any more and they just work. Also, they are running without firewalls or resident anti-virus and have stayed clean.

              The only two complaints I have of Windows ME are:
              • the existence of a registry which makes backing up difficult;
              • the lack of resources meaning I cannot run Firefox and IE6 and Word and OpenOffice.org and Excel and then load something else.

              My server runs Windows 98SE.
              My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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                #8
                Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
                It claims that Windows 2 saw the introduction of Word and Excel in 1987.

                Complete rubbish. Word was originally released for Xenix systems in 1983, and was available on MS-DOS in 1983 and the Mac in 1984. Excel was introduced on the Mac in 1985.

                Come on BBC, get your facts straight

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
                  It claims that Windows 2 saw the introduction of Word and Excel in 1987.

                  Complete rubbish. Word was originally released for Xenix systems in 1983, and was available on MS-DOS in 1983 and the Mac in 1984. Excel was introduced on the Mac in 1985.

                  Come on BBC, get your facts straight
                  Mods, can this man be awarded some geek points?
                  And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
                    It claims that Windows 2 saw the introduction of Word and Excel in 1987.

                    Complete rubbish. Word was originally released for Xenix systems in 1983, and was available on MS-DOS in 1983 and the Mac in 1984. Excel was introduced on the Mac in 1985.

                    Come on BBC, get your facts straight
                    Tut, tut, NickFitz. Haven't you learned yet? There were no computers before Microsoft Windows came out.






                    Edit: I liked the Apple Lisa.
                    My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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