Windows 1.0 (Premier Edition) Review

Hello, this is Lolo, today we have an old one. Windows 1.0 (Premier Edition) just let it be known that this IS the original Windows 1.0 and not 1.01. But, we will start with the installer, pretty basic, nothing fancy or even colored for that matter but it does the job. Here is a picture of the welcome screen.

As you can see it is really basic. The next picture shows the "Where to Install" folder selection screen.

Now for the sake of the length of this article the next image I will include will be the "How to boot into Windows for the First Time" picture. Here it is:

After you install to start Windows 1.0 you boot a DOS boot disk and move to the C:\Windows default directory. Then, you type win to start the MS-DOS Executive of which there is a picture of here:

There are a couple of applications including:

• Paint
• Notepad
• Calculator
• and finally, Reversi

I won't show pictures of those applications here because this article is already pretty long and you can find pictures of those all over the net. But, for the second to last picture let's see a picture of the about box! Here it is:

And now for the final picture and the rating. Here is the picture the rating is after it:

Now for the rating...I have a hard time rating an operating system as old as Windows 1.0 because it could be amazing or horrid at the time of it's release but as of now it is really complicated to used, has extremely limited drivers and a small feature set. So for the rating: 2 out of 5. It is possible to use and that is why it didn't get a 1 out of 5 but I am not grading based on what happened 26 years ago when this came out. I am grading based on what I think of it now!

This has been a Lolo review. Thank You for Reading.

Linux Mint 11 Review

As my first review, I will try to be as thorough as possible. The PC I am using has 1GB of RAM a 10GB Hard Drive and a 2.6GHz Processor. A couple of things are my personal opinion on what I like and don't like. Thank you for your understanding.

The Live CD boot is just a general Linux boot with its entire being made of text. The Live CD desktop looks like this.



















The installer says forward instead of next just like Ubuntu Linux. Linux Mint needs at least 3.7GB according to the installer. Another thing, the installer asks you questions while you install which is a convenient way to use the time installing although it does seem to freeze up quite a bit while answering the questions. But before I forget... here is a picture of the installer.




















The default desktop after installing the operating system contains a link to the Computer folder and a link to Your Home. The default desktop after installation looks like this.

The desktop by default uses the GNOME desktop with the GNOME Menu using a gear instead of the GNOME foot. The default web browser is Firefox with Thunderbird for Mail. The installation I have is the CD version but the DVD version contains some more applications. The DVD upgrade program looks like this.

So, for a final addition to this review I of course have to give Linux Mint 11 a rating.
Out of 5 stars... I give Linux Mint a 4. It is a very good operating system but of course it isn't perfect and I can't give it a perfect score unless it deserves it.

Thank You for reading Lolo's Linux Mint 11 Review. Good Bye!