PC World - Windows: The New PC Standard
I happen to have a May 1989 PC World where they proclaim Microsoft Windows as "The New PC Standard". They showcase a number of Windows 2 products, and lump them together with some ads showing products running on Windows 2. Google Books doesn't have this, so I decided to scan in the relevant pages.
On a side note, since Google only makes certain magazines public, sites like Wikipedia tend not to use unarchived print magazines as sources. This can sometimes give research a sort of one-sided view.
Any rate, here are the pages I scanned. I don't have time to scan the entire thing, and don't want to tare up this magazine any further. There is really lots of other good info in this magazine, such as a review of Alpha Four, reviews of then current VGA cards, some database application reviews, and lengthy lists of software products for sale.
Large cover page:
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Page 069, CAM viewpoint
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Page 071, Mitsubishi Laptop
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Page 147, Eltec Research Computer
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Page 151, Windows Special Report
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Page 152, Bridge 386, hDC Windows Express, and Metz Command Post
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Page 153, continued
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Page 154, Ad for Zsoft PC Paintbrush for Windows
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Page 155, AMI 1.0
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Page, 156, Xerox Presents
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Page 157, Ad for Whitewater Actor programming language
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Page 158, Windows Express
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Page 159, Ad for Samna AMI
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Page 160, Windows Express continued, Adobe Illustrator
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Page 161, Ad for Seiko Instruments
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Page 162, Adobe Illustrator continued
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Page 163, Ad for Microsoft Mouse and Windows 286 bundle.
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Page 164, Ad for Clickart clipart
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Page 165, Ad for hDC Windows Express
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On a side note, since Google only makes certain magazines public, sites like Wikipedia tend not to use unarchived print magazines as sources. This can sometimes give research a sort of one-sided view.
Any rate, here are the pages I scanned. I don't have time to scan the entire thing, and don't want to tare up this magazine any further. There is really lots of other good info in this magazine, such as a review of Alpha Four, reviews of then current VGA cards, some database application reviews, and lengthy lists of software products for sale.
Large cover page:
https://goput.it/ey2.jpg
Page 069, CAM viewpoint
https://goput.it/itg.jpg
Page 071, Mitsubishi Laptop
https://goput.it/6tk.jpg
Page 147, Eltec Research Computer
https://goput.it/qw9.jpg
Page 151, Windows Special Report
https://goput.it/hbp.jpg
Page 152, Bridge 386, hDC Windows Express, and Metz Command Post
https://goput.it/2fg.jpg
Page 153, continued
https://goput.it/oeu.jpg
Page 154, Ad for Zsoft PC Paintbrush for Windows
https://goput.it/6jg.jpg
Page 155, AMI 1.0
https://goput.it/938.jpg
Page, 156, Xerox Presents
https://goput.it/901.jpg
Page 157, Ad for Whitewater Actor programming language
https://goput.it/cki.jpg
Page 158, Windows Express
https://goput.it/58z.jpg
Page 159, Ad for Samna AMI
https://goput.it/sg1.jpg
Page 160, Windows Express continued, Adobe Illustrator
https://goput.it/xgz.jpg
Page 161, Ad for Seiko Instruments
https://goput.it/pzy.jpg
Page 162, Adobe Illustrator continued
https://goput.it/4jk.jpg
Page 163, Ad for Microsoft Mouse and Windows 286 bundle.
https://goput.it/gdy.jpg
Page 164, Ad for Clickart clipart
https://goput.it/fx6.jpg
Page 165, Ad for hDC Windows Express
https://goput.it/2mt.jpg
Comments
By the way, if we find any of the software mentioned in this article, it would be very nice to see it archived and properly preserved in its original form, thanks.
At the time, calling Windows the "The New PC Stnadard" was a bit of an outrageous claim. But, you see, it was a claim people were looking for. That's why I posted this. A developer in 1989 or earlier would have been pulling their hair out trying to decide which GUI or environment they should program for.
The reality was in 1989 on the PC side, you still had GEM, Geos, DeskMate, Windows 1/2, and shattered promises that OS/2 would be the next big thing. Nobody was sure which direction things would go, which even made rolling your own DOS application GUI look like a safer bet.
But articles like this probably helped changes many minds. And yes, it got enough developers and just enough existing applications on the Windows boat that 3.0 was a relative success.
Personally, I would love to get my hand on the Win 2.x version of Actor. It allegedly came with a Windows 2.x compatible version of the Whitewater Resource ToolKit. And C/C++ or other language developers were scrambling to get that. We have the later Windows 3.1 version here: https://winworldpc.com/product/actor