When I returned to PCMag in 2000, Apple was just starting to claw its way back to relevance, and Microsoft was ubiquitous.

Windows XP did just that — basically taking Windows ... Though you could access MS-DOS, Windows 95 marked a clean break from the MS-DOS era, running in 32-bit mode. (Today, you can run Windows ...

At the end of the day, Microsoft doesn’t need to keep creating entirely new versions of Windows - it does so because outside ...

To get the answer, just put a decimal point in the number "50"—my first Microsoft product was MS-DOS 5.0.

Windows XP (2001) - MS Version 5.1 A client version ... MS Version 1.0 The first Windows version introduced the "MS-DOS Executive," which was a DOS application that ran applications in side ...

In the mid-1990s, Microsoft DOS dominated most PCs ... Microsoft Bob makes a comeback… sort of With Windows XP’s release in 2001, the failed Microsoft Bob made a curious comeback.

With MS-DOS 2.0, Microsoft replaced "the traditional ... a lot of power to bring 'cool' UI closer to reality." "Windows XP is Microsoft's latest—and dare we say greatest—operating system ...

At PCMag, we were all painfully aware that these systems were still shipping with MS-DOS, as well, which remained the Windows subsystem until Windows XP. I became quite adept at using Autoexec.bat ...

In the mid-1990s, Microsoft DOS dominated most PCs. Those who were a step ahead ... Microsoft Bob makes a comeback… sort of With Windows XP’s release in 2001, the failed Microsoft Bob made a curious ...