On 7/31/2024 7:25 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, 31 Jul 2024 at 06:14, Jim Brain via cctalk
<cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
In the interest of facts, I don't think this is correct.
Windows NT 3.1 utilized the Windows 3.1 UI look and feel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT_3.1
Windows NT 3.5 continued the 3.1 look and feel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT_3.5
OK, true but misses out a major release, the best one of NT 3.x.
I think it would be simpler to say:
NT 3.1, 3.5 and 3.51 used the Windows 3.1 UI.
NT 4 used the Windows 95 UI.
I was trying to be a bit pedantic, since I was correcting information in
the previous posting. I honestly did not remember 3.51, and I was not
sure if 4 used the WIn95 UI or a facsimile of it built from some of the
same source.
Windows 2000 used the same UI as Windows ME: it's a modified updated
version of the "Active Desktop" from Windows 98.
I was not aware (or, maybe I was, but it's been long enough I forgot)
Windows 2000
was supposed to unify the OS variants, but it didn't quite make it
(though I think W2K moved the graphics subsystem into the kernel for
better performance),
No, that was NT4.
I think you're referring to the GFX subsystem move, and I stand
corrected. If you're referring to NT 4 being the unified OS, I would
disagree.
and Windows XP was the first unified OS
It wasn't really "unified" in any way. That was marketing spiel.
A poor choice of words. I did not mean to imply the code was merged,
but that they had tried to offer feature parity in the WinNT tech.
Jim
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