Windows 1.0

Windows 1.0 is a graphical personal computer operating environment developed by Microsoft. Microsoft (Bill Gates) had worked with Apple Computer (Steve Jobs) to develop applications for Apple's January 1984 original Macintosh, the first mass-produced personal computer with a graphical user interface. As part of the related business negotiations, Microsoft had licensed certain aspects of the Macintosh user interface from Apple; in later litigation, a district court summarized these aspects as "screen displays". Thus Windows 1.0 was a direct result of Microsoft's involvement with Apple's Macintosh.

Windows 1.0 was released on November 20, 1985 as the first version of the Microsoft Windows line. It runs as a graphical, 16-bit multi-tasking shell on top of an existing MS-DOS installation, providing an environment which can run graphical programs designed for Windows, as well as existing MS-DOS software. Its development was spearheaded by the company founder, Bill Gates, after seeing a demo of a similar software suite known as Visi On at COMDEX.

Despite positive responses to its early presentations and support from a number of hardware and software makers, Windows 1.0 was received poorly by critics, who felt it did not meet their expectations. In particular, they felt that Windows 1.0 put too much emphasis on mouse input at a time when mouse use was not yet widespread; not providing enough resources for new users; and for suffering from performance issues, especially on systems with lower hardware specifications. Despite this criticism, Windows 1.0 proved to be an important milestone for Microsoft, and in computer history in general.^[3] Windows 1.0 was officially declared obsolete and unsupported by Microsoft on December 31, 2001.

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