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Which is your first OS?

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Gigacore
Gigacore Original post #1
May 30, 2007 at 12:20 PM
Which is the first OS u come across and learnt the basics from it?

Me: Windows ME
Sukhdeep Singh
May 30, 2007 at 12:21 PM
Win98 and i am still using it :D
Gigacore
May 30, 2007 at 12:22 PM
Thats great :D
Third Eye
May 30, 2007 at 12:28 PM
Windows XP Professional
GeekyBoy
May 30, 2007 at 12:29 PM
Windows 95
Cool G5
Cool G5 #7
May 30, 2007 at 12:42 PM
Windows 98.
I love it more than XP,but had to switch due to lack of compatible apps.
deepak.krishnan
May 30, 2007 at 12:54 PM
Windows 95... the old junk is still working :))
S
May 30, 2007 at 12:59 PM
Windows 98SE:D
gxsaurav
gxsaurav #11
May 30, 2007 at 1:01 PM
Windows 2000 Professional SP2 back in 2001 with my first Pentium 3 computer.
ashfame
ashfame #12
May 30, 2007 at 1:02 PM
Windows 98SE
outlaw
outlaw #13
May 30, 2007 at 1:03 PM
DOS
als2
als2 #14
May 30, 2007 at 1:08 PM
win 3.1
comrade
comrade #16
May 30, 2007 at 1:11 PM
i can still remember it was Msdos 6.20...& my first attempt of installing an OS is Dos 6.22 on 80386 Machine
hullap
hullap #17
May 30, 2007 at 1:12 PM
windows 95 but had tried 3.1 one
RCuber
RCuber #18
May 30, 2007 at 1:24 PM
DOS, I dont remember the version, but it was older that 6.22
Goten
Goten #20
May 30, 2007 at 1:28 PM
Windows 95 for me.

I got my hands on pc on sept 1997.

Peace~~~!
blackpearl
May 30, 2007 at 2:59 PM
DOS at school
Later Win95 on my cousin brother's PC
And Win98 on my own PC.
shantanu
shantanu #22
May 30, 2007 at 3:04 PM
Dos at school .....

then windows 95 at my father's office and windows 98 with my first PC
windows ME with my seCond comp. then XP and now vista...
T
ThinkFree #23
May 30, 2007 at 3:08 PM
Win XP
nileshgr
nileshgr #24
May 30, 2007 at 3:11 PM
1st: DOS

2nd: Win 3.1

3rd: Win 95

4th: Win 98

5th: Win 98 SE

6th: Redhat 7.1

7th: Win 2k

8th: Redhat 8.1

9th: Win XP

10th (current): FC-6
L
May 30, 2007 at 3:14 PM
DOS. Don't remember the version :p
prateek_san
May 30, 2007 at 3:32 PM
windows 98 SE .. :D wat a crap that was
kalpik
kalpik #27
May 30, 2007 at 3:35 PM
DOS/Win 3.1 :)
aryayush
aryayush #28
May 30, 2007 at 3:39 PM
Windows 3.1 here. :)
BBThumbHealer
May 30, 2007 at 4:10 PM
mine was Windows 95....n that too on PC sporting only 8 GB of HDD :D....that was a long long time back ! at least 7-8 yrs :D
kalpik
kalpik #30
May 30, 2007 at 5:23 PM
I started with a 400 MB hard disk :)
praka123
praka123 #31
May 30, 2007 at 5:42 PM
Oh no!! i voted Linux wid out reading da whole thing :p.anyways mahi first OS is MS-DOS.
eagle_y2j
eagle_y2j #32
May 30, 2007 at 5:44 PM
Windows 95 School mai 5th class mai use kara tha
sms_solver
May 30, 2007 at 5:48 PM
System7 or MS-DOS 5 (I can not remember)
Quiz_Master
May 30, 2007 at 6:04 PM
It was DOS. I remeber I was youngest in my town (which is very small), who Mastered DOS.
But only after 2 months I started using Windows 95.
vish786
vish786 #35
May 30, 2007 at 6:08 PM
my fist os windows 3.1... i was so excited when i saw tat for first time:D
n2casey
n2casey #36
May 30, 2007 at 6:10 PM
DOS 6.22 I used it at school.
pannaguma
pannaguma #37
May 30, 2007 at 7:00 PM
i think it was in 3.1. it had prince of persia with graphix that was to good to be true at that time.
aryayush
aryayush #38
May 30, 2007 at 7:02 PM
Who is this sms_solver dude? The first operating system you ever used was the Mac OS! :eek:
M
major9 #39
May 30, 2007 at 7:04 PM
Windows XP Home Edition
Still using it.
Gigacore
Gigacore #40
May 30, 2007 at 7:45 PM
NO one has started from Vista :D :D
rajivnedungadi
May 30, 2007 at 7:54 PM
First OS Ever used was DOS, then Windows 3.11 at APTECH (in 1997)

At home used, Windows 3.11 and Windows 95 on a 486 computer and then Windows 98 and so on on Intel Pentiums
Gigacore
Gigacore #42
May 30, 2007 at 8:17 PM
My friend is the only one who got a brand new system for first time in his life with Vista. He doesn't know to click!! I'm his master :D
infra_red_dude
May 30, 2007 at 8:51 PM
kalpik said:
I started with a 400 MB hard disk :)
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a li'l older than you. MS-DOS a 20mb hard disk on a PC-XT system!!! i think it was ms-dos 3.0 or 3.x (major version was 3 thats all i remember!) the PC used to haf a 1.2mb floppy drive, a cga monitor and 1mb ram!!! my dad used to work on wordstar on it while i used to play test drive (TDCGA, if anyone remembers) and other ancient games on it!!! sweet memories!*:) it was somewhere in 1993 when i was in class 3!
A
May 30, 2007 at 9:03 PM
days when without hdd and one needs to boot with floppy:D

offcourse just attended couple of demo classes.


started with win 95...........
aneesh kalra
May 30, 2007 at 9:10 PM
started off with dos on uncle's computer still remember I had to type in the complete path of the game in order to run it.
satyamy
satyamy #46
May 30, 2007 at 9:35 PM
First
DOS

than 3.1

where is option for 3.1
bhushan2k
bhushan2k #48
May 30, 2007 at 11:25 PM
1st: DOS (in fathers office) (dont know about version)
2nd: Windows 3.1 (in school)
3rd: Windows 98 (on brothers PC)
4th: Windows 98 SE (my own pc)
5th: Windows 2000
6th: Windows 2000 SP4
7th: Windows XP
8th: Windows XP SP2 (still using)
9th: Ubuntu 7.04, Gentoo 2007, openSUSE 2.02
Vista (any) doesn't installs on my pc.

satyamy said:
First
DOS

than 3.1

where is option for 3.1

windows x.x
Choto Cheeta
May 30, 2007 at 11:53 PM
where is Windows NT ?? I saw 1st it in NIIT :lol: :D they were Running NT :D that time :)

and 1st application which i used was Note Pad :lol: typed for a 2 hours i guess :lol:

Check some screeny of that OS

*www.sens.buffalo.edu/UBiquity/software/Microsoft/windowsnt/