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Revisiting Windows 1.0: how Microsoft’s first desktop gracefully failed 1985 is calling, and it has some lessons for Windows 8 ...
It appears Microsoft wants to give the Windows interface a major overhaul in late 2021. No, for the love of God, no! I’m a lucky guy. I can pick up new operating systems and desktop interfaces ...
Windows 1.0’s big selling point was its Graphical User Interface (GUI), intended to replace MS-DOS-style command prompts (C:/DOS/RUN) with a computing style that looked much more like the ...
Parallels Desktop 1.0 for Mac OS X If you want to run Windows (or Linux) on your Intel Mac, but don't want to … ...
As Microsoft unveils a new version of its Windows operating system, we take a look back at how Windows has changed over the years.
When Windows 1.0 arrived 30 years ago, it hardly seemed like a juggernaut. Apple had beaten Microsoft to the punch with the Mac OS, and Windows was mostly a shell on top of MS-DOS. Here's a record ...
Even though Windows 1.0 was widely lampooned as vaporware – we'll get back to that later – it did what it set out to do – make personal computing affordable for the masses.
Windows Taskbar has disappeared from the desktop. How do I restore the missing taskbar? Fix a disappearing taskbar by following these tips.
Evernote has published version 2.0 of Skitch for Windows Desktop adding new, easier sharing features and a reworked user interface.
Tom Merritt highlights five things you may not have known about the first Windows operating system.
If you find it hard to resist the acute nostalgia of the old days, download Windows 1.0 theme for Windows 10 from Microsoft Store and relive the experience. Give your Desktop a new look with this ...
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 ...