Users can switch between several programs without having to quit and restart each one (also called “non-preemptive” multitasking). The graphical interface features drop-down menus, scroll bars, icons, and dialog boxes. The first release of Windows was available in colour. Also the whole system runs 20% faster than the previous release. 1985Īmong other improvements, System 2 offers an improved Finder where keyboard shortcut can be used to create a new folder and shut the computer down. A file can be draged and dropped onto the trash icon to delete it.įeatures that debuted on System 1 were: Calculator, Trash, Finder (file manager), and Text Editor. At that stage already the basic components that are still part of all modern graphical operating systems are present: Applications, files and folders are presented inside “windows” that can be moved around and overlapped, with the active window appearing on top. Have a look at the little beauty!Īpple’s interface was inspired by the physical desktop. Since my preference in terms of Operating System goes to Mac OS, my views will have some bias, you have been warned… I will comment here and there about certain releases and my perception of them to bring a bit more colour. This won’t be an exhaustive list of features but will highlight the most important changes and additions.
Here we are taking a look back at the appearance as well as the main features introduced by each new release of Mac OS or Windows over the past 29 years as a testimony of the evolution of each system over time and to appreciate choices, differences and similarities between the two.
Many articles have been written about the history of Mac OS versus Windows, telling us who copied the other or “stole” their ideas but this topic is not the subject of this article. However the rivality Mac vs PC is still very much relevant nowadays, also to give a light on the iOS vs Windows Mobile/8 competition. Today the heat of the competition is moving to the mobile area and carries on with iOS vs Windows Mobile/Windows 8. Traditionally it has been in the desktop and then laptop area. For most of the time since they were created, Apple and Microsoft have been competing against each other in the operating system area.
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