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at the bottom of the screen that is reserved for iconized programs. 1986 1986: Apple threatens to sue Digital Research because the GEM desktop looked too much like Apple’s Macintosh. Digital Research cripples the desktop application so Apple will not sue. The new GEM desktop now has just two unmovable, nonresizable windows for file browsing. 1987 March 1987 Apple introduces the Apple Macintosh II, the first color Macintosh. Features: 640*480*256 color with 24 bit color card available. Microsoft releases the second version of Windows, version . Features: Finally has resizable / overlapping windows and new windowing controls. Acorn releases Arthur for the Acorn puter, it is the basis for RISC OS. RISC OS 2 and 3 have a similar look, but an improved feel. 1988 September 1988: Apple releases GS/OS, a 16bit operating system with a Macintoshlike GUI for the Apple IIGS. October: IBM releases OS/2 Standard Edition (SE) which added a graphical user interface called Presentation Manager. (OS/2 was text mode only!) The GUI was written by Microsoft and looked like Windows 2. October: The NeXT Computer is released for $6500. It includes a 25 MHz ’30 processor, 8 MB RAM, 250 MB optical disk drive, math coprocessor, digital processor for real time sound, fax modem, and a 17 monitor. 1990 1990: Commodore releases Amiga Workbench 2 for the A3000. Features: New 3d effects, a revised menu system and many other improvements. May 1990: Windows released by Microsoft Features: Program Manager shell. November: PCGEOS released by GeoWorks. 1992 Spring of 1992: IBM releases OS/2 Version , a true 32bit OS. Features a new Workplace Shell, an object oriented user interface that is heavily integrated with the rest of the OS. March: Microsoft introduces Windows . The user interface is basically the same as Windows but now includes their multimedia enhancements. September: Amiga Workbench 3 released for AGA Amigas. Features: Images for backgrounds, color pallet remapping. 1993 May 1993 Microsoft releases the first version of Windows NT, their 32bit OS. They give it the version number and use the same user interface they do for regular Windows . Made available for Intel, Power PC, Alpha, and MIPS systems. 1994 1994: QNX Software Systems releases the first embeddable microkernel windowing system, the Photon microGUI. 1995 1995: Microsoft introduces Windows 95 on August 24th. October: Be introduced BeOS at Agenda 96. The first version was designed to run on a custom multiprocessor system known as the BeBox. Later made 1996 1996: New Deal releases New Deal Office , which was formerly PCGEOS. IBM Releases OS/2 Warp 4 with a significant facelift for the Workplace Shell. Microsoft releases Windows NT with the same user interface as Windows 95. 1997 July 1997: Mac OS 8 is finally released. Selling million co