Windows 1.0 officially released to the public 40 years ago today (November 20), and despite its age, still has some common ...

First developed in 1981 by computer scientist Chase Bishop, the software project that would eventually become Windows actually started life under a far wonkier name: "Interface ...

The original version of Microsoft Windows, which was introduced in 1985. Windows 1.0 was a DOS application that provided a crude windowing environment. Its "MS-DOS Executive" was the launching pad for ...

Top 5 things you didn’t know about Windows 1.0 Your email has been sent Windows still has more than 75% of the market on the desktop, but that wasn’t inevitable ...

November 10, 1983: Microsoft tells the world about an upcoming product called Windows that will bring the graphical user interface to IBM PCs. Although Microsoft’s announcement about the new operating ...