See what the first version of Windows looked like. — -- Microsoft Windows turns the big 3-0 today. Windows 1.0 changed the way we use computers when it was released 30 years ago today.

Let’s take a look at just how far we’ve come since Windows 1.0… and where Microsoft is retracing its own footsteps with the latest version of Windows. On November 10th, 1983, Microsoft ...

It was the first 32-bit version of Windows (previous versions had been 16-bit), and it brought quite a few new features that ended up becoming historic additions. These include the taskbar ...

Microsoft “re-released” Windows 1.0 this week as part of a partnership with that Stranger Things show I have yet to binge on Netflix. While it’s free for you to download and play with—on ...

Easter is approaching so let's talk Easter eggs: an intrepid and incredibly dedicated user has uncovered a hidden dialog inside Windows 1.0. That's right, the very first version of the operating ...

It wasn't yet tradition to include a credits page as an Easter egg, which might've been why the Windows team hid theirs well-enough that users wouldn't find it for another 37 years. Which version ...

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 ...