Kathleen Maguire 11/5/2007 Digital Restoration Computer Timeline Microsoft Systems 1995 – 2007. Windows 95 Dates of use




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System Flaws:

  • Entirely incompatible with several gaming devices including 3-D cards and gamesticks, and would also break software associated with America Online and Earthlink.51

  • Although originally intended to be distributed both in business and consumer form, Microsoft ultimately realized this would not be possible and switched their consumer concentration to Windows ME. This was problematic because the name, Windows 2000, was similar to the titling of their consumer products. Reviews, marketers and Bill Gates himself all had to take great strides to educate the public regarding the intended system user.

  • System installation was difficult and potentially damaging to personal computers.

  • Required an exorbitant amount of memory. Although Microsoft places the system requirements as those listed above, others argued Win2000 required a base of 64 MB of memory and 1 GB of disk space, with double those requirements to avoided sluggish speeds and system crashes.52

Beginning with Windows XP, Microsoft began offering business editions of their consumer systems. Both WinXP and Vista have professional options that mirror the differentiated functionality previously offered in the separate NT line. The NT line also included server system that Microsoft continues to design, which have not been included in this timeline. The next professional system in expected to be Windows 7, which currently has an anticipated release date in 2010.53




1 Note: All requirements refer to the bare minimums put forth by Microsoft. In nearly all cases, reviewers warn that these bare requirements are usually not enough to operate the platforms to capacity.

2 “Windows 95.” Computer Hope. . Accessed 10/20/2007.

3 Himowitz, Michael. “Windows 95: Do You Need the Most Overhyped Product of the Decade?” Fortune. 18 Sept 1995: 191.

4 Pegoraro, Rob. “Windows 95: Beyond the Mythinformation.” Washington Post. 30 Aug 1995. R. 25.

5 Flynn, Mary Kathleen. “Beyond the Hype.” U.S. News & World Report. 7 Aug 1995: 52.

6 Pegoraro, Rob. “Windows 95: Beyond the Mythinformation.” Washington Post. 30 Aug 1995: R. 25.

7 Polsson, Ken. “June 28, 1998.” Chronology of Personal Computers..

. Accessed 10/15/2007.


8 “Windows 98.” Computer Hope.com. . Accessed 10/20/2007.

9 Microsoft Help and Home Windows 98. . Accessed 10/17/2007. Footnote also refers to 98SE and ME end support date.

10 Windows 98. . Accessed 10/17/2007.

11 http://www.computerhope.com/win98.htm

12 Windows 98. . Accessed 10/17/2007.

13 Angus, Jeff, Logan Harbaugh, and Sean Gallagher. “Win98: A Small Step Forward.” Information Week. 29 June 1998: 79.

14 Windows 98. . Accessed 10/17/2007.

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16 Angus, Jeff, Logan Harbaugh, and Sean Gallagher. “Win98: A Small Step Forward.” Information Week. 29 June 1998: 79.

17 Glascock, Stuart. "Windows 98 Second Edition offers Net Enhancements." Computer Reseller Network. 21 June 1999: 77.

18 Brioda, Rick. "Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition." Home Office Computing. Sept 1999: 89.

19 Brioda, Rick. "Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition." Home Office Computing. Sept 1999: 89.

20 Glascock, Stuart. "Windows 98 Second Edition offers Net Enhancements." Computer Reseller Network. 21 June 1999: 77.

21 Glascock, Stuart. "Windows 98 Second Edition offers Net Enhancements." Computer Reseller Network. 21 June 1999: 77.

22 “Windows Millenium.” Computer Hope. < http://www.computerhope.com/winme.htm>. Accessed 10/20/2007.

23 Baig, Edward. "Time to join the ME generation? Methinks one may want to ponder the alternatives." USA Today. 13 Sept 2000: D3.

24 Mossberg, Walter. "Microsoft Introduces A Very Unambitious 'Windows ME' Upgrade." The Wall Street Journal. 7 Sept 2000: B1

25 Norr, Henry. "The Desktop Evolution: Windows ME add PC Care, Online Integration, Digital Media." San Francisco Chronicle. 14 Sept 2000: B1.

26 “Microsoft Windows.” Wikipedia. < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows>. Accessed 10/29/2007.

27 “Windows XP.” Computer Hope. < http://www.computerhope.com/winxp.htm>. Accessed 10/20/2007.

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29 Pogue, David. "Windows XP: Microsoft's New Look for Fall in Size XXL." New York Times. 6 Sept 2001; G1

30 Clyman, John. "The Insiders Guide to Windows Vista; We cut through the hype to give you the real deal on Vista." PC Magazine. 16 Jan 2007: 1.

31 “Windows Vista.” Computer Hope. . Accessed 10/20/2007.

32 Windows AERO. . Accessed 10/22/2007.

33 Clyman, John. "The Insiders Guide to Windows Vista; We cut through the hype to give you the real deal on Vista." PC Magazine. 16 Jan 2007: 1.

34 Fost, Dan. “Review/Vista Launches/ Should you buy it now? Here’s what the new Microsoft operating system has and why you may want to wait.” San Francisco Chroncile. 29 Jan 2007.: C. 1

35 Clyman, John. "The Insiders Guide to Windows Vista; We cut through the hype to give you the real deal on Vista." PC Magazine. 16 Jan 2007: 1.

36 Fost, Dan. “Review/Vista Launches/ Should you buy it now? Here’s what the new Microsoft operating system has and why you may want to wait.” San Francisco Chroncile. 29 Jan 2007.: C. 1

37 Clyman, John. "The Insiders Guide to Windows Vista; We cut through the hype to give you the real deal on Vista." PC Magazine. 16 Jan 2007: 1.

38 Retiring Windows N.T. 4.0. Microsoft Tech Net. . Accessed 10/30/2007.

39 Corcoran, Elizabeth. “Pressing a Familiar Key; Windows NT 4.0 Looms Large in Microsoft’s Planning.” The Washington Post. 1 Aug 1996: D 14.

40 Windows NT. Computer Hope. . Accessed 10/30/2007.

41 Silverman, Dwight. “New NT offers alternative to Windows 95.” Houston Chronicle. 19 May 1996. 5.

42 Kessler, Gary. “Security in Windows NT.” Gary Kessler.net . Accesssed 10/29/2007.

43 Silverman, Dwight. “New NT offers alternative to Windows 95.” Houston Chronicle. 19 May 1996. 5.

44 Silverman, Dwight. “New NT offers alternative to Windows 95.” Houston Chronicle. 19 May 1996. 5.

45 Silverman, Dwight. “New NT offers alternative to Windows 95.” Houston Chronicle. 19 May 1996. 5.

46 “Microsoft Windows.” Wikipedia. < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows>. Accessed 10/29/2007.

47 “Window 2000.” Computer Hope. < http://www.computerhope.com/win2000.htm>. Accessed 10/20/2007.

48 Kang, Cecilia and Tom Quinlan. “Windows 2000 is the New Weapon in War for Internet Servers.” Chicago Tribune. 21 Feb 2000: 4.

49 Pegoraro, Rob. “Logging On; Windows 2000: It’s Not For You.” The Washington Post. 18 Feb 2000; E1.

50 Unless footnoted otherwise, all information in this section from: Silverman, Dwight. “Strictly Business: Few Consumers will need to buy Windows 2000, but it will be a welcome help in many workplace.” Houston Chronicle. 18 Feb 2000: 1.

51 Pegoraro, Rob. “Logging On: Windows 2000: It’s Not For You.” The Washington Post. 18 Feb. 2000: E 1.

52 Jerome, Marty. “Windows 2000 For the Birds.” Boston Globe. 20 Feb 2000: L15.

53 “Windows NT.” Wikipedia. . Accessed 11/3/2007.


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