13. Features
• Speedy Boot Time
• Metro UI
• Tile Notifications
• No Start Menu
• Improved Search Function
• Windows To Go
• Windows Live Syncing
• Internet Explorer 10: Totally Chromeless
• Desktop as app, new Explorer and Task Manager
• Cloud Integration
• App Store
drop-down menus, scroll bars, icons, and dialog boxesMS‑DOS file management, Paint, Windows Writer, Notepad, CalculatorTrivia - even a game—Reversi.
desktop icons and expanded memoryoverlap windows, use keyboard shortcutsControl Panel makes its first appearance
Program Manager, File Manager, and Print ManagerWindows for Workgroups 3.11 - integral part of the emerging client/server computing evolutionWindows NT 3.1 is a 32-bit operating systemgroup that develops Windows NT - "Portable Systems"
the PC comes of age and Internet tooselling a record-setting 7 million copies in the first five weeks 32-bit operating system386DX or higher processor, 4 MB of RAMStart menu, taskbar, and minimize, maximize, and close buttons on each window.Summer of 95 – first version of IE
Windows 98 is the last version based on MS‑DOS.Windows Me was the last Microsoft operating system to be based on the Windows 95 code base
Windows XP 64-bit Edition (2001) is the first Microsoft operating system for 64-bit processors Windows Messenger, and Remote Assistance. Trivia - Windows XP is compiled from 45 million lines of code.
User Account Control features such as the taskbar and the borders around windows get a brand new look.redesigned Start button makes its first appearance in Windows Vista
Windows 7 is selling seven copies a second—the fastest-selling operating system in history. Trivia - Windows 7 is evaluated by 8 million beta testers worldwide before it's released.
Influence of metro
hibernating the system kernelmake a copy of their OS complete with their settings, wallpapers, files and even apps, into a USB thumb drivcan login on any Windows 8 PC with ‘Live ID’ and get back their own personalized settings on it.Windows 8, as Microsoft treats it just like an app with its own TileRibbon Interface