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Windows 2.0

Windows 2.0, released in 1987, was a version of Microsoft Windows graphical user interface that was said to look similar to the Mac OS, but was somewhat more primitive in comparison. The user interface was similar to the more recent Windows 3.0, and it had much more functionality than Windows 1.0. Specifically, version 2.0 allowed for windows to overlap each other, as Windows 1.0 required all windows to be tiled on screen. File management tasks in Windows 2 were still managed by use of the MS-DOS Executive program introduced in Windows 1, which was more list-driven than icon oriented.

The first Windows versions of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel ran on Windows 2.0.

A year later, Windows/286 2.1 and Windows/386 2.1 were released, which could take advantage of the protected mode of the Intel 80286 and Intel 80386 processors. Windows/386 allowed to run several MS-DOS programs in parallel.

Versions 2.x have been superseded by Windows 3.0 in May 1990.

See also: Apple v. Microsoft

History of Microsoft Windows

Windows: 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.x | NT | 95 | 98 | Me | 2000 | XP | CE | PPC | WM | Longhorn

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