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A "personal computer" version of Windows is considered to be a version that end-users or OEMs can install on personal computers, including desktop computers, laptops, and workstations. The first five versions of Windows– Windows 1.0 , Windows 2.0 , Windows 2.1 , Windows 3.0 , and Windows 3.1 –were all based on MS-DOS, and were aimed at both ...
Windows Embedded Compact (Windows CE) is a discontinued variation of Microsoft's Windows operating system for minimalistic computers and embedded systems. Windows CE was a distinctly different kernel, rather than a trimmed-down version of desktop Windows.
Windows 1.0: 1985-11-20 Windows 2.x: 1987-12-09 Windows 3.0: 1990-05-22 Windows for Workgroups 3.11: 1993-08-11 Windows NT 3.1: 1993-10-27 Windows NT 3.5: 1994-09-21 Windows NT 3.51: 1995-05-30 Windows 95: 1995-08-24 Windows NT 4.0: 1996-07-31 Windows 98: 1998-06-25 Windows 98 SE: 1999-05-05 Windows 2000: 2000-02-17 Windows Me: 2000-09-14 ...
Lists of computers cover computers, or programmable machines, by period, type, ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; ...
The Compaq DeskPro 386S currently on display at the Living Computer Museum in Seattle, Washington. Microsoft PowerPoint is running on the computer. Compaq Deskpro motherboard (1997) with Pentium II processor and three different slot types (AGP for graphics adapter, three PCI and three ISA slots for legacy cards) Compaq Deskpro Evo motherboard (2001) with Pentium 4 processor (hidden by cooler ...
Processor speeds were not a competitive point among home computer manufacturers, and typically the processor ran either at its maximum rated speed ( between 1 and 4 MHz for most processor types here), or at some fraction of the television color subcarrier signal, for economy of design. Since a crystal oscillator was necessary for stable color ...
The release of Windows NT 3.51 was dubbed "the PowerPC release" at Microsoft. The original intention was to release a PowerPC edition of NT 3.5, but according to Microsoft's David Thompson, "we basically sat around for 9 months fixing bugs while we waited for IBM to finish the Power PC hardware". [3]
In 1993 Leading Edge marketed the WinPro Series of computers. These computers had then an i486 or Intel 80486 processors. The low end model had an i486 SX25 processor. The computers had a 3.5-inch floppy, a 5.25 in floppy, 170MB hard drive, with 4MB of RAM, which could be expanded to 20MB if needed. Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS 5.0 were the operating ...