2006 – 2009retired
Google Page Creator
“No HTML, no CSS, all heart — your first website lives on in Google Sites now”
“It fixed Vista, pinned our apps, and never asked twice.”
Released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, Windows 7 was Microsoft's incremental upgrade to the much-maligned Windows Vista, smoothing out its rough edges like the aggressive User Account Control while keeping hardware and software compatibility intact. People loved it for the redesigned taskbar with pinned applications, the refined Windows Aero interface, and thoughtful additions like libraries, HomeGroup file shar
Windows 7's run as Microsoft's flagship ended when Windows 8 arrived in October 2012, following a comfortable stretch in the spotlight alongside its server sibling, Windows Server 2008 R2. It left behind a reputation as the operating system that tidied up after Vista and quietly did its job for hundreds of millions of users. Few retirements have been so fondly remembered — or so reluctant to be booted from the deskto
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“No HTML, no CSS, all heart — your first website lives on in Google Sites now”
“It gave every website a margin, and let us scribble in it.”
“Processed with love, developed by post, remembered in permanent color.”