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Which was the earlist version of Windows you ever used?

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  • T Tim Corey

    I started pre-Windows, but the first version of Windows that I used was 3.1. At the time, I wasn't able to do beta testing so I didn't get a chance to get my hands on Windows 1 or 2 (did anyone really?) My favorite was Windows ME ... just kidding. :)

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    NormDroid
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    ME X|, NT4.0 and 2000 stable as hell.

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    • L lewax00

      Windows 95. I still have that computer in my closet...

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      fjdiewornncalwe
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      Perhaps it is time for it to come out of the closet...

      I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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      • L Lost User

        Windows 286 (v2.1?) My fav was W2K, with Win 7 a close 2nd.

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        NormDroid
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        NT4 and W2K were solid as a rock.

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        • D Dave Kreskowiak

          Since I've been doing this crap since IBM DOS 1.1 was out, I got to experience Windows 1.0. I also remember playing around with IBM's TopView, and, of course, an Apple Lisa. Holy shit, I'm old!

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          NormDroid
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          So am I, but feel like a 18 year old ;)

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          • F fjdiewornncalwe

            Perhaps it is time for it to come out of the closet...

            I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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            NormDroid
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            :laugh:

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            • N NormDroid

              Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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              Joan M
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              3.1 here, the best XP and 7.

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              • N NormDroid

                Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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                Wendelius
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                It was a single window interface, to be specific, it was this[^] one :)

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                • N NormDroid

                  NT4 and W2K were solid as a rock.

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                  Lost User
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                  I had some issues with NT4 drivers and the HAL file(s), otherwise it might have made my top 2. Windows 7 has been entirely stable for me... better than XP, which wasn't terrible. I was a DOS geek before Windows made it big. I was a freaking master tweaking AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files to clean-up the lower 640K. No idea how many friends and neighbors PC's I saved.

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                    Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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                    William Kramer
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                    Microsoft Bob jk, did anyone use this operating system?

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                    • D Dave Kreskowiak

                      Since I've been doing this crap since IBM DOS 1.1 was out, I got to experience Windows 1.0. I also remember playing around with IBM's TopView, and, of course, an Apple Lisa. Holy shit, I'm old!

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                      Lost User
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                      Didja ever play around with the GEM interface? It was kinda cool... in an early 80's sort of way.

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                      • D Dave Kreskowiak

                        Since I've been doing this crap since IBM DOS 1.1 was out, I got to experience Windows 1.0. I also remember playing around with IBM's TopView, and, of course, an Apple Lisa. Holy shit, I'm old!

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                        Wendelius
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                        If I also remember all of those, does it make me old too? I kinda like not remembering if I'm old or not :)

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                        • N NormDroid

                          Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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                          PIEBALDconsult
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                          Gem Or do you mean Windows 3.1 ?

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                          • L Lost User

                            Didja ever play around with the GEM interface? It was kinda cool... in an early 80's sort of way.

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                            R Giskard Reventlov
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                            Oh yes. Oh the memories... :)

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                            • N NormDroid

                              Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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                              R Giskard Reventlov
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                              I'm sure I remember playing around with Windows 1 or 2 but not sure - probably an invented memory; definitely used OS2 and Windows 3.

                              "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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                              • N NormDroid

                                Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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                                Steve Maier
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                                I had a chance to play with Windows 1 and 2 for abit.

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                                  Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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                                  Gem I wrote a program in pascal that served as a DOS program launcher - I called it Radius. I was on the verge (days away from signing the papers) of selling it to a software manufacturer, and when Windows came out, and I gave the other party a chance to back out of the deal because I thought Windows was a better idea. They did, of course, and I remained a poor white child.

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                                  • N NormDroid

                                    Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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                                    Toli Cuturicu
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                                    Windows 3.1

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                                      Gem I wrote a program in pascal that served as a DOS program launcher - I called it Radius. I was on the verge (days away from signing the papers) of selling it to a software manufacturer, and when Windows came out, and I gave the other party a chance to back out of the deal because I thought Windows was a better idea. They did, of course, and I remained a poor white child.

                                      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                                      LloydA111
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                                      WHAT! You could be rich by now, or at least, slightly famous!

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                                      • N NormDroid

                                        Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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                                        Clifford Nelson
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                                        Windows 95. Used MSDOS before that, and also the first Macintosh OS.

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                                        • N NormDroid

                                          Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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                                          Joe Woodbury
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                                          Windows 386/2.1. Word required it. Where I worked at the time, we got into the Windows 3.0 beta program and received a beta copy three weeks before 3.0 was released. (Days after we received the beta discs, we received the 3.0 disks with a stern reminder of the NDA we'd signed.)

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