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Recalling Windows 1.0 At 25 Years

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the if-you-knew-then dept.

alphadogg writes "When Microsoft released the very first version of Windows nearly 25 years ago, on Nov. 20, 1985, it was late to the game and little used. Apple had already brought graphical user interfaces to computers with Macintosh more than a year earlier, while DOS systems dominated the market for IBM and IBM-compatible PCs. No one who used this first version was likely to have predicted that Windows would completely dominate the PC market 25 years later..."

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  1. Re:Windows 1.0 was barely usable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Overlapping windows were patented by Apple, so they couldn't be implemented.

  2. Recalling Windows? by TheLink · · Score: 5, Funny

    A bit too late for a recall of 1.0 right?

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    1. Re:Recalling Windows? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      That *WAS* the first thing I thought when I read the headline for the post. Laughed my arse off, which was a good thing as there was a lot of arse to get rid of.

    2. Re:Recalling Windows? by bondsbw · · Score: 2, Funny

      A bit too late for a recall of 1.0 right?

      I know! At this rate, it'll be 2031 before Vista is finally recalled...

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  3. Re:Windows 1.0 was barely usable by KiloByte · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, but the thing that makes Windows Windows was already there, even if it looked less organized than in later version.

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  4. Re:Windows 1.0 was barely usable by Crudely_Indecent · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...there's way too much information to decode the Matrix. You get used to it, though. Your brain does the translating. I don't even see the code. All I see is blonde, brunette, redhead.

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  5. Re:Here's what it looks like by NixieBunny · · Score: 2, Funny

    By node id pwugged up.

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  6. Re:Windows 1.0 was barely usable by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 2, Funny

    Agree totally. I'm glad they're finally issuing a recall for it, even if it's 25 years too late.

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