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- Why use Windows?
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- 1. Windows is a Graphical User Interface
- (GUI). It shows small pictures representing
- programs or data, called icons. You can
- select any of these icons and start the
- program or operate on the data by simply
- pressing a button. Many Windows operations
- are easier to learn than their DOS-based
- equivalents. The GUI also reduces typing,
- making the computer easier to operate for
- non-typists.
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- 2. Windows is a memory manager. If you have
- 2 megabytes or more of RAM, Windows can run
- very large programs which take full
- advantage of this RAM. Some Windows
- programs have more features and run faster
- than equivalent DOS-based programs.
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- 3. Windows can run several programs at one
- time. Data such as text or pictures can be
- moved from one program to another almost
- immediately. For instance, in the middle of
- writing a letter, you can start a paint
- program and draw a picture, then insert the
- picture into the letter. When done, you can
- print the letter, with the picture, onto
- paper.
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- 4. Windows standardizes video, input and
- printer support. When you get a new program
- for DOS, you sometimes have to to set it up,
- a menu-driven process involving telling the
- new program what type of monitor, mouse and
- printer you have. Then, you have to hope
- that the program supports your specific brand
- of video system, printer and mouse. This is
- all done automatically by Windows.
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- 5. Windows standardizes the way programs are
- operated. Once you know how to access help,
- files, change fonts and colors, and run one
- Windows program, you'll know the same basics
- for all Windows programs.
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- 6. The point-and-click, drag-and-drop,
- multiple-programs-at-one-time style of
- Windows is becoming the modern way in which
- computers are operated. This is similar to
- the way MacIntosh and many other types of
- computers look and feel. If you know
- Windows, you can run other systems almost
- instinctively.
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