2006-10-23 10:27:47 · 7 answers · asked by MARILYN 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Windows is an OS that has a Graphical User Interface (GUI)
This is the reason why windows 1.0 in 1985 became so popular.
Check this extract (source)
"The Windows 1.0 product box featured the operating system's new, tiled windows and graphical user interface (GUI)."
Even OS like Linux, Solaris have GUI.
On other hand, DOS doesn't have GUI. Instead its a set of user commands, which made it less popular.
2006-10-23 10:33:17 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The GUI is exactly as its name implies. It's a graphical interface into the operating system. Therefore the GUI is part of the Windows OS.
2006-10-23 10:50:54 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The windows operating system is the actual system thats doing all the tasks. It's an operating system like Linux, Unix, Solaris, FreeBSD, etc. Thye windows graphical user interface ( GUI ) is the graphical parts of the windows operating system. Such as pictures, "folders," taskbar, task manager, desktop, etc. There is also a command-line part of windows called MS-DOS, or command prompt. Thats where you view your system as a bunch of words and directories ( AKA folders )
2006-10-23 10:33:49 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Windows operating system is the complete Windows software program. The GUI is the part you can see, like your desktop, windows, and icons.
In other words, what's installed on your hard drive is the Windows operating system. What you see on your screen is the GUI, which is part of the Windows operating system.
2006-10-23 10:32:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually the windows grapical user interface (GUI) is part of the Windows operating system.
2006-10-23 10:31:11 · answer #5 · answered by BMLZ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The windows operating system is a GUI.
2006-10-23 10:29:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it sounds like your question is really asking what is a gui? It means exactly what the acronym stands for. It is graphics or images used to represent different programs/directories that you can start, access or open by pointing and clicking, rather than typing in cryptic commands from a dos prompt.
2006-10-23 10:34:21 · answer #7 · answered by micah 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋