Presentation Introduction to Windows

Introduction to Windows
MJ Ferdous
Project Manager & SharePoint Consultant
Technical Author, DevMedia Group

Why Windows?
Most Recent version
Early Client versions
First Windows OS [1985]
Windows 3x [1990]
Windows 9x [1995]
Windows ME/2000 [2000]
Windows XP [2001]
Windows Vista [2006]
Windows 7 at a Glance [2009]
What’s New?
References
Agenda

Why Windows?
Before Coming Windows
PC users relied on the MS-DOS® method of typing commands at the C prompt (C:).
With Windows
Users moved a mouse to point and click their way through tasks, such as starting applications.
In addition, Windows users could switch among several concurrently running applications

Why Windows?
Most Recent version
Windows 3x [1990]
Windows 9x [1995]
Windows XP [2001]
What’s New?
References
Agenda

Most recent version
The most recent client version of Windows is Windows 7.
The most recent server version is Windows Server 2008.
Note: As of October 2009, Windows had approximately 93% of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the Internet.

Why Windows?
Most Recent version
Windows 3x [1990]
Windows 9x [1995]
Windows XP [2001]
What’s New?
References
Agenda

PC users trace the Microsoft Windows® operating system to the 1990 release of Windows 3.0, the first widely popular version of Windows.
However, Microsoft initially announced the Windows product seven years earlier and released the first version in 1983
Early Client Versions

Why Windows?
Most Recent version
Windows 3x [1990]
Windows 9x [1995]
Windows XP [2001]
What’s New?
References
Agenda

What was in the first version of Windows?
Windows 1.0 released on 1985
The MS-DOS file management program, a calendar, card file, notepad, calculator, clock, and telecommunications programs.
First Windows OS

What was in the first version of Windows?
Windows 1.0 released on 1985
The MS-DOS file management program, a calendar, card file, notepad, calculator, clock, and telecommunications programs.
First Windows OS
Task Bar

What was next release before 3.0?
Windows 2.0 was released in October 1987 and featured several improvements to the user interface and memory management.
The first Windows versions of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel ran on Windows 2.0
Windows 2.0 allowed application windows to overlap each other and also introduced more sophisticated keyboard-shortcuts.
It could also make use of expanded memory.
First Windows OS

Why Windows?
Most Recent version
Windows 3x [1990]
Windows 9x [1995]
Windows XP [2001]
What’s New?
References
Agenda

The third major release of Microsoft Windows, and was released on 22 May 1990.
Windows 3.0's user interface was finally a serious competitor to the user interface of the Macintosh computer
A "multimedia" version, Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions 1.0, was released several months later.
This version was the precursor to the multimedia features available in Windows 3.1
Windows 3.0 became a major source of income for Microsoft
Windows 3.0 (1990)

Why Windows?
Most Recent version
Windows 3x [1990]
Windows 9x [1995]
Windows XP [2001]
What’s New?
References
Agenda

Windows 7 at a glance
Windows 7 can be seen as a incremental update to Windows Vista. It has a simpler user interface and enhancements to performance, but uses the same technologies already in place with Vista
What was Code Name of Windows 7?
Vienna
Why named as “Windows 7” ?
? ? ?

Windows 7 at a glance
Why named as “Windows 7” ?
How they count number “7”. This is quite simple. It comes from code version.
Windows 1.0 [first Release] -> 2.0 -> 3.0
Windows 3.0 was Windows NT which was code versioned as Windows 3.1
Then come Windows 9x[ 95,98, 98 SE, ME], which was code versioned as Windows 4.0. So we're counting all 9x versions as being 4.0
Windows 2000 code was 5.0 and then we shipped Windows XP as 5.1, even though it was a major release. we didn't' want to change code version numbers to maximize application compatibility
That brings us to Windows Vista, which is 6.0
So we see windows 7 as 7th in the family of Windows releases

What’s New ?
Program Thumbnails: If a program is open, then hovering over that program’s icon in the taskbar will bring up a thumbnail view of any open windows.
HomeGroups: Windows 7 takes a new approach to home networking with the advent of HomeGroups. Sharing files with other Windows 7 PC’s is easy, and is secured with 128bit encryption and a randomly generated password.
XP Mode: Windows 7 Ultimate has a freely downloadable add-on that lets users run an instance of Windows XP within a window on their Windows 7 desktop. To use this feature, the PC’s processor must support virtualization.

Windows® Taskbar Features
Main Features
Overlay icons & progress bars
Jump lists (destinations, tasks)
Thumbnail toolbars
Custom thumbnails
Tabbed thumbnails

Next Release
Upcoming ….. Version ? ? ?
Windows 8
Will be release on 2012 or later

References
History:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows
Blogs:
Windows 7 team blog
http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/
What people are saying about windows 7
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/social/
Channel 9:
http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/windows+7

MJ Ferdous
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