Windows 2.0 was a version of Microsoft's graphical operating environment for the personal computer, released in late 1987. Unlike Windows 1.0, which tiled windows side by side, it allowed windows to overlap, and it added keyboard shortcuts, improved graphics support and desktop icons. It ran on top of MS-DOS and was designed for Intel 8086 and 8088 processors. Later versions called Windows/286 and Windows/386 took advantage of more advanced chips. It was moderately successful and led to a legal dispute with Apple over the resemblance to the Macintosh interface, and it paved the way for the much more popular Windows 3.0.
Before and after
- 19 October 1987Black Monday
- from November 1987 to February 19881987–1988 violence in Kafan
- 8 December 1987Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
- from 8 December 1987 to 13 September 1993First Intifada
- 9 December 1987Creation of Windows 2.0
- 10 December 1987Rise of Hamas
- 19 December 1987Birth of Karim Benzema
- 1988Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- 1988Founding of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
More in Science & technology
- 1945Discovery of promethium
- 1950Discovery of californium
- 1952Discovery of einsteinium
- December 1952Discovery of fermium
- 29 August 1982Discovery of meitnerium
- June 2002Discovery of oganesson
The era
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