[Windows in a Nutshell]

By Andrew Schulman


Windows 95: What It Isn't
"DOS is part of Windows 95, not simply as a convenient place from which to boot, nor simply for compatibility. The system still has MS-DOS at its core."
Windows 95: What It Is
"All in all, despite the continuing sense that Microsoft uses Apple as its R&D lab, even MacWEEK has to admit that Win95 does some things better than Apple's System 7.5."
Windows 95 Architecture: Why It Matters
"Here's another very practical implication of the fact that Win95 still rests on DOS: you can crash all of Win95 from a DOS program."


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