Why use Windows?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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