Windows 1.0 turns 35 years old today

[Windows Central]

Windows has come a long way over the last 35 years.

[h=2]What you need to know[/h]

• Today is the 35th anniversary of the launch of Window 1.0.
• Windows 1.0 was the first graphical user interface for MS-DOS.

Windows 1.0 launched 35 years ago today. Two years after its announcement, Windows 1.0 started shipping on November 20, 1985. The world of Windows has changed quite a bit since then, but the operating system's launch was a major step in personal computing.

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[me just saying]

Never got into windows until xp was released. It was just so much faster to type DOS commands. I always called windows the lazy mans operating system mainly because I felt those who used it were too lazy to learn DOS.

 

[gomezz]

I remember us all excitedly gathering round while someone installed this off six (I think?) floppies.