There was a good version of windows? You could have fooled me, and I've used virtually every version of MSdos and Windows there has ever been (except Windows 8).
Most people these day's don't understand that before MSdos (which evolved into Windows) it was 100% totally unacceptable for the base operating system to freeze and require a reboot.
I used several versions of the previous "cpm" operating systems prior to MSdos (and later Windows). TRSdos was the best (Tandy Radio Shack dos). IBM was loosing substantial client base to Tandy (Radio Shack) who could install desktop computers running TRSdos with business office software and not need mainframes. They needed something; and purchased MSdos from Bill Gates (who had a friend who wrote it) - even though it was not stable, and would otherwise have been totally rejected by the computer market - except that IBM was marketing it. MSdos became Windows some years later.
Some years ago I timed a comparison: Old about 1980 Tandy computer (fixed keyboard; 2 5.25" floppy drives) vs 2012 Dell computer with Windows 7.
Tandy computer booted faster, loaded the word processor faster, and because of that I could write a simple letter (with bold and italics at different places) faster than the Dell Computer with Windows 7 and Word.
Of course, the Tandy word Processor did not have 100 different fonts and limited the character size and line spacing options to just several, and could not paste a picture into a word document. I was just able to do a simple letter in half the time (and get on the internet in 1/4 the time too).
Edited to add: My memory is that Tandy computer had 64K ram memory. It came with a word processor, spreadsheet, and database program for contacts or other things. You had to buy separate programs and a modem for the internet as the current internet did not yet exist, although a form of email did exist and you could get and exchange data files from universities and other organizations on the Arpanet.
Oh yes, compare the lightweight text-based user interface to the complex graphical user interface by using a lightweight text-based word processor and a complex graphical word processor in two different computers without mentioning the specifications of either one.
Which version of Windows was the best?
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There was a good version of windows? You could have fooled me, and I've used virtually every version of MSdos and Windows there has ever been (except Windows 8).
Most people these day's don't understand that before MSdos (which evolved into Windows) it was 100% totally unacceptable for the base operating system to freeze and require a reboot.
I used several versions of the previous "cpm" operating systems prior to MSdos (and later Windows). TRSdos was the best (Tandy Radio Shack dos). IBM was loosing substantial client base to Tandy (Radio Shack) who could install desktop computers running TRSdos with business office software and not need mainframes. They needed something; and purchased MSdos from Bill Gates (who had a friend who wrote it) - even though it was not stable, and would otherwise have been totally rejected by the computer market - except that IBM was marketing it. MSdos became Windows some years later.
Some years ago I timed a comparison: Old about 1980 Tandy computer (fixed keyboard; 2 5.25" floppy drives) vs 2012 Dell computer with Windows 7.
Tandy computer booted faster, loaded the word processor faster, and because of that I could write a simple letter (with bold and italics at different places) faster than the Dell Computer with Windows 7 and Word.
Of course, the Tandy word Processor did not have 100 different fonts and limited the character size and line spacing options to just several, and could not paste a picture into a word document. I was just able to do a simple letter in half the time (and get on the internet in 1/4 the time too).
Edited to add: My memory is that Tandy computer had 64K ram memory. It came with a word processor, spreadsheet, and database program for contacts or other things. You had to buy separate programs and a modem for the internet as the current internet did not yet exist, although a form of email did exist and you could get and exchange data files from universities and other organizations on the Arpanet.
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Oh yes, compare the lightweight text-based user interface to the complex graphical user interface by using a lightweight text-based word processor and a complex graphical word processor in two different computers without mentioning the specifications of either one.