Windows Operating Systems (question)...

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Is there some abstract term to describe the Win95/98/98SE/ME line of
operating systems?

Is there another term for the WinNT 3.51/4.00/2000/XP/2003 line of
operating systems?

TIA...

 

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rdlebreton wrote:

> Is there some abstract term to describe the Win95/98/98SE/ME line of
> operating systems?

FWIW, these OS's are typically referred to by some as
the Win9X series.

> Is there another term for the WinNT 3.51/4.00/2000/XP/2003 line of
> operating systems?

And these, as the Windows NT series.

 

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Ghostrider wrote:
>
> rdlebreton wrote:
>
>> Is there some abstract term to describe the Win95/98/98SE/ME line of
>> operating systems?
>
>
> FWIW, these OS's are typically referred to by some as
> the Win9X series.

Depending on the context they are sometimes better
categorized as the DOS-based versions of Windows.

The actual underlying OS for all of those is really
just MS-DOS.

>
>> Is there another term for the WinNT 3.51/4.00/2000/XP/2003 line of
>> operating systems?
>
>
> And these, as the Windows NT series.
>

 

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Rob Stow wrote:
> Ghostrider wrote:
>
>>
>> rdlebreton wrote:
>>
>>> Is there some abstract term to describe the Win95/98/98SE/ME line of
>>> operating systems?
>>
>>
>>
>> FWIW, these OS's are typically referred to by some as
>> the Win9X series.
>
>
> Depending on the context they are sometimes better
> categorized as the DOS-based versions of Windows.
>
> The actual underlying OS for all of those is really
> just MS-DOS.
>

Correct...Windows 9X is just a shell. But telling that
to a Windows 9X user.