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Re:A "real" user proves Windows 8 fails on the desktop by RyanMcGreal on Monday March 12, 2012 @12:13PM (#3694093)
Windows 95 wasn't hugely different than 3.1. The jump to Windows from DOS was much bigger. In both cases, the newer OS could seamlessly run applications written for the older one.
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Re:A "real" user proves Windows 8 fails on the desktop by dpark on Monday March 12, 2012 @12:42PM (#3694245)
95 introduced the start menu, desktop, and taskbar, and nearly did away with DOS. It was a pretty huge change.
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