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It was a revolutionary update for Windows, and also the first concerted effort by Microsoft to listen to consumers. Although it was still built upon the solid, if outdated, foundations of MS-DOS, the average user never saw the MS-DOS prompt unless they wanted to. Windows NT was too intensive for most computers of the time, and it was not until after the release of Windows 95 that Win32 applications were widely used and supported. | It was a revolutionary update for Windows, and also the first concerted effort by Microsoft to listen to consumers. Although it was still built upon the solid, if outdated, foundations of MS-DOS, the average user never saw the MS-DOS prompt unless they wanted to. Windows NT was too intensive for most computers of the time, and it was not until after the release of Windows 95 that Win32 applications were widely used and supported. | ||
This is the last version of Windows to be available on 5.25-inch floppy disks, specifically the original release. At this point, Microsoft no longer offered the floppy release of Windows for OEMs, as the CD release became the more widespread one. It is the first version of Windows to support upgrade paths from [[Windows 3.1x]] and | This is the last version of Windows to be available on 5.25-inch floppy disks, specifically the original release. At this point, Microsoft no longer offered the floppy release of Windows for OEMs, as the CD release became the more widespread one. It is the first version of Windows to support upgrade paths from [[Windows 3.1x]] and the first version of Windows to support upgrade paths to [[Windows 98]], [[Windows 2000]], and [[Windows Me]]. | ||
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