Today marks 16 years since the release, in 1995, of Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system. When released, it was the first Windows product to have the current desktop style home page and was the first Windows 32-bit system that Windows produced.
Since then, Windows have succeeded the product with Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, with Windows 8 set to be released next year.
If you own a computer and are not an IT student, the likelihood is that you own either a Windows computer or an Apple Mac. What we think of, when we think of the word "computer", is mostly Windows technology and, as a child, TWOL has grown up using Windows software. TWOL has never owned a Mac (although TWOL would be interested to compare the two) and is typing this entry from a laptop which runs Windows Vista.
Happy birthday Windows 95! Funnily enough, it's only 10 months younger than my good self.
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