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This combination of OS and \u201cshell\u201d was primitive, but it could run and display several programs at the same time \u2014 something novel then, when most PCs ran single-tasking DOS apps or simple, one-app-at-a-time task switchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Man, we were all a lot younger then. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Four different Win10 versions\/editions, one Win8, one Win7, one XP, and one Win98.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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