What does Windows do?

Like the mother with the whistle in the lunch court,Windows controls all the parts of your computer.You turn on your computer,start Windows,and start running windows programs .Each programs runs in its own little window on screen.Yet windows keeps things safe,even if the programs starts throwing food at each other.

While its keeping order,Windows makes computing a little easier. Windows purges an ugly computing custom called DOS command line .The command lines lives next to a confusing little symbol,the DOS prompt,which look something like this:
C:\>

With DOS,people boss around their computers by typing command at the prompt.To start the WhipIt program ,for example the type the program's name and then press ENTER,like this:
C:\>  WHIPIT

That is ,they type WHIPIT at the prompt and press enter.The computer dutifully loads the WhipIt program and brings it to the screen.DOS is tense shoulder-tightening stuff. you must memorize the name so all your programs  because DOS doesn't offer any clues-- not even a quick spelling tip.

• Some people say that the colorful pictures make Windows easier to use,other say that windows is little too arty.To write a letter in windows, for example,do you select the picture of the notepad ,the quill, or the  clipboard?And what do you do with the icon of the little man jiggling?

• A computer environment  that uses little pictures and symbols is called a graphical user interface or GUI (Its pronounced gooey, believe it or not). Pictures require more computing  horsepower than  letters or numbers , so windows requires a relatively powerful computer. 

Because Windows uses graphics, its much easier to use than to describe. To tell someone how to move a document in a DOS-based programs , you simply say,"press the PgDn key". In Windows you say,"click the vertical scroll bar beneath the scroll box."   Those direction sound awfull weird, but after you have done it you will say,"OH, is that all?Golly!!"(Plus you can still use the PgDn key in Windos.You don't have to "click in the vertical scroll bar beneath the scroll box"if u don't want to.)