An Old Idea Made New

Title: An Old Idea Made New
Category: Science & Technology | Words: 496 | Pages: 2.1 (approximately 235 words/page)

An Old Idea Made New

When Windows 98 finally reaches its destination it will mark a significant occasion: the completion of the original "Chicago" project. Remember Chicago? In the early 1990s, it was Microsoft's grand vision for an operating system, a new version of Windows. At the time, Windows 3.1 was flying high and quickly becoming the platform of choice for business and home users alike. The user interface consisted of Program Manager and File Manager. You customized and optimized Windows 3.1 by …showed first 75 words of 496 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 496 total…of old ideas slapped onto it. The OS will have at least 13 new hardware-support features, 17 new optimization tools, 20 new applets, and 22 new Internet goodies. Windows 98 is filled to the brim with new technology, a work in progress, so some of the wrinkles have yet to be ironed out. Anyone who tells you Windows 98 is a minor upgrade is just plain wrong. Of course Windows 98 is far from perfect. Microsoft's original Chicago vision is something awesome.

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