And what's that at the bottom of Windows 1.0?
By Ina Fried, 27 March 2009 15:26
Much of the early work in coming up with the Windows 7 desktop was done not at a computer but in freehand drawings. Some was on whiteboards, others on notepads or scraps of paper. "We would sketch on anything available," Hoefnagels said.
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1. Nick Cole
Windows 2.x introduced overlapping windows, not 3.x.
I remember running windows 2.11 /286 on my Dad's PS/2 Model 50z. This was the special version optimised for the new 286 processor :-)
2. Karen Challinor
"We would sketch on anything available," Hoefnagels said.
no surprise there, some of the most innovative designs in computer science were first scribbled on split beermats and cigarette packets in the pub over the road from the university, and I'm talking about professors not students
ok there were a few turkeys too but never underestimate the inspirational power of beer when brainstorming