So, are core system functions in the “Main” menu of the “Program Manager” as it was in Windows 3.1? Of course, no such taskbar existed prior to Windows 95. For much of the past two decades, Windows users accessed a “Start” menu located on the bottom left of the screen as part of the taskbar. If you notice in the title of this article I said “Windows taskbar,” well, because there hasn’t been a definitive central location for OS settings during the lifespan of Windows, so I had to pick something to compare to the Menu Bar in OS X. In contrast, Microsoft Windows hasn’t quite figured out where to put global system features. Instead of putting menu options within the window of each application, the menu bar serves as the hub for all application features, as well as global system features. When sitting in front of a Mac, the menu bar is right there, at the top of the screen, where it’s always been, with the Apple logo sitting in the same position for nearly 30 years! While the functions available on this menu have changed with time, the menu bar is still a central design component of Apple’s computer operating system.