The new Windows threat; Microsoft intends to snatch the Mac's interface primacy. Can it? (includes related article on a Mac owner's tour of Windows 95)

From: Macworld | Date: February 1, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

Microsoft's new Windows 95 operating system comes very close to duplicating the Mac's ease of use, posing a serious challenge to the Mac and a fundamental problem for Apple. Its Start button has a pop-up menu much like the Mac's Apple menu; Windows 95 also offers hierarchical menus and lists of recently used documents and programs. The movable Task Bar corresponds to System 7's application menu and is visible at all times. Many changes are cosmetic, while others are highly functional; Windows 95 will have built-in networking, security, telephony features and support for standardized ...

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