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Windows edited Under Construction Windows was first released independently in November 20, 1985. At first Window…

Under ConstructionWindows was first released independently in November 20, 1985. At first Windows as ver. 1.0 lacked popularity, as it wasn't very well user friendly. Version 2 came out on December 9, 1987 it was proved slightly more popular than it's predecessor. It wasn't until the version 3.0 released when it became a success. 3.0 was later released with multimedia extensions that allowed it to use later MMX technology. When Windows 3.1/NT released it introduced a new filesystem for hard drives, NTFS, was more powerful than its FAT32 sibling, which allows it to be faster and more secure. In fact NTFS is used on current day Microsoft operating systems. Windows 95, codenamed Chicago, was introduced for 32-bit architecture, allowing a more powerful computer with larger amounts of RAM. Windows 98 was an improved version of 95, which allowed 2GB partitions. After that followed Windows 2000/ME/XP/Vista which are the newer versions of Windows that some people still use today.
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History edited Under Construction Bill Gates didn't actually invent the computer, him and his clique improved up…

Under ConstructionBill Gates didn't actually invent the computer, him and his clique improved upon the way the computer worked and improved the coding by constructing creative ideas of doing so. Before Gates was interested in computers there was already computers and the BASIC coding set used by beginner programmers. With BASIC you could do a code such as 10 PRINT 2+2 and it would appear on the screen as "4 TIME:0 SECS". Gates and his clique mastered this coding language.
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Hobbies edited Under Construction When Gates was young he had some of the same hobbies that your average high-sc…

Under ConstructionWhen Gates was young he had some of the same hobbies that your average high-schooler would have. He enjoyed activities such as water-skiing, talking about politics and sports, and enjoying computer time. When he became fascinated with computers he devoted more and more of his time with computers. When Gates got older he was invited to work with a big computer assignment that he would devote days in a row of his time to make the programming work properly.
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Family edited Under Construction Bill's family settled in the Seattle area in Washington. The Gates name came t…

Under ConstructionBill's family settled in the Seattle area in Washington. The Gates name came to Seattle in the 1880s from Pennsylvania. When gold was discovered in Alaska William Henry Gates Sr. moved his family to Nome, AL. The family spent more than a decade in Alaska, Bill Sr. then set up a furniture business there. Microsoft's Bill's father, William Henry Gates III had his name changed to "William Henry Gates Jr." prior to serving in World War II. After the war, Gates Jr. went to the University of Washington, where he went to study law. He then became assistant city attorney. He also married a schoolteacher that he had met at the University.
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is about a man who doesn't need an introduction, but I'll give him one anyway. For those who may not know, Bill Gates is the genius behind the success behindrevolutionary company that changed the Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft's coding was used in a broad rangeworld of personal and corporation computers because the programs were universal.for decades to come. The novel explainscomputer revolution including the behind-the-scenes perspective ofWindows operating system didn't start off big, it had to work it's way through the development of personal computers.masses. It wasn't easy because the code had to be rewritten and built several times to meet expectations.

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