Underpinned by the iconic MS-DOS command line, Windows 1.0 is notable in that it specifically required a computer mouse to ...

The first version of Microsoft Windows will be knocking on the door of its third decade Thursday when it turns the ripe old age of 29 — well past retirement in software years, given that Microsoft ...

Time to flip open those Microsoft Windows history books, because this might be one of the only mentions of "OS/2" on this ...

Editor’s note: After this article was published, Microsoft issued a statement clarifying that cmd.exe will not be going away after all. Read Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols’ follow-up column. My very first ...

Windows went on sale 40 years ago. Here's the whole history of the operating system, from Windows 1 to 11 and everything in between.

Microsoft's Twitter account adopted a Bill and Ted persona yesterday to announce Windows 1.0 from 1985. The company hasn't explained what it's planning but told a fan to "just take a chill pill and ...

On November 20, 1985, Microsoft shipped Windows 1.0, a then new operating system. Development took two years after the Windows announcement in 1983, leading skeptics to call it “vaporware.” See EDN‘s ...

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 ...

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On Thursday, PC owners got a first look at the future of Windows. Microsoft hosted an event Thursday detailing what's next for Windows 11, the operating system that has helped power personal computers ...

What was Microsoft’s best Windows operating system of all time? If you’re like us, you have…opinions. Even if you’re not the type to parse through all of the little details that separated Windows 98 ...