Friday, February 16 2018
Evolution of Windows 1.0 Part 4 update
Friday, February 16 2018, 19:59 / no comments
Windows 1.0
Wednesday, January 31 2018
List of Windows 1.0 OEM releases
Wednesday, January 31 2018, 13:14 / no comments
Despite the known fact that Windows 1.0 was quite a commercial failure, you'd be surprised to know how many OEMs shipped it with their hardware.
Monday, January 29 2018
Evolution of Windows 1.0 Part 4: Golden magazine build
Monday, January 29 2018, 17:01 / no comments
We conclude our look at pre-Comdex builds with photos published in February 1984 issue of a French computer magazine called Golden. The photos were part of an interview with CEO of Microsoft France and they reveal several interesting details.
Friday, December 29 2017
Evolution of Windows 1.0 Part 3: InfoWorld demo
Friday, December 29 2017, 11:22 / no comments
There were actually two minor demonstrations of early Windows builds between the official product announcement on 10th November and Fall Comdex 1983 on 29th November. The first one was held on 14th November at Microsoft's offices in Bellevue, Washington for InfoWorld staff, with a major article published in their 21st November 1983 issue. The second one was on 22nd November, with an article published in February 1984 issue of Golden magazine. Today we'll be looking at the InfoWorld demo build.
Thursday, November 9 2017
Evolution of Windows 1.0 Part 2: The announcement build
Thursday, November 9 2017, 16:52 / no comments
On November 10th, 1983, Microsoft officially announced Windows in New York. The initial release date was scheduled for April 1984. In hindsight, this was obviously far too optimistic and probably also part of Microsoft's strategy to secure early endorsement by OEMs and ISVs as well as limiting their growing competition in the GUI market. As part of the announcement, a pre-release version was briefly demonstrated to the attendees, and luckily, some people took photos of it, which we'll analyze below.
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