r-101.blogspot.com — This article shows us how graphical interfaces have evolved since 1984, comparing different versions of Mac OS, Microsoft Windows and KDE. Nice for the nostalgic ones who still remember Apple II times.
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purplepotionAug 13, 2006
Not to mention that the Amiga was pre-emptively multitasking. And this was in 1985. Ten years before Microsoft relased its otherwice shoddy OS, with pre-emptive multitasking. It also had a 4-channel 8-bit soundchip, among other things.And the Amiga was never overpriced either.
xst4t1kxAug 14, 2006
Incredibly lame page. Many desktops left out. Thanks for multiple microsoft boot screens (a.k.a not your desktop)
ikeariotAug 14, 2006
It's a different bottle but it's the same old piss, in my opinion. Graphically it's better, sure, but in terms of workflow not much has changed since the earliest Mac OS.Rotating Gnome desktops ? Jeez, just hold me back. :sTechnology has let us down; I expected touch control desktops to be the norm by now. <a class="user" href="http://mrl.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/">http://mrl.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/</a>Article is fun though.
slooperAug 14, 2006
I'm with you on that. I loved Windows ME . . . for about 10 seconds. But still, I'm shocked that it isn't there.
hsokineesAug 14, 2006
hahaha.. the Program Manager(or was it Window Manager?) in Windows 3.1 pwned lol
Closed AccountAug 14, 2006
Gnome... Where?
mlyczbaAug 14, 2006
Is it just me, or nothing really changed...? (except the colors). And does the OS do much more then in 1984? Namely.. start up other programs.
smartitguyAug 15, 2006
Is there something wrong with Commodore BASIC?
dh2kAug 18, 2006
Yes, geos, <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEOS_%288-bit_operating_system%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEOS_%288-bit_operating_system%29</a> on Commodore 64 from 1986 (later Goeworks) missing... But that was a wonderful GUI based OS on C64 I can't catch the concept when geos was fresh new (and included with the c64). When I saw win3.1 first time my first notice was "It's like GEOS but takes 20 floppy disks to install and runs on PC"