On Thursday, PC owners got a first look at the future of Windows. Microsoft hosted an event Thursday detailing what's next for Windows 11, the operating system that has helped power personal computers ...

40 years ago, Microsoft presented Windows 1.0 at the Comdex computer trade fair in Las Vegas. In 1985, Bill Gates ...

Time to flip open those Microsoft Windows history books, because this might be one of the only mentions of "OS/2" on this ...

First developed in 1981 by computer scientist Chase Bishop, the software project that would eventually become Windows actually started life under a far wonkier name: "Interface ...

Growing up using a PC that ran on Windows 3.1, I don't think it ever occurred to me that there was a Windows 2.1. Or 1.0. That was just Windows, until Windows 95 came around a few years later. But ...

The original version of Microsoft Windows, which was introduced in 1985. Windows 1.0 was a DOS application that provided a crude windowing environment. Its "MS-DOS Executive" was the launching pad for ...

Windows went on sale 40 years ago. Here's the whole history of the operating system, from Windows 1 to 11 and everything in between.

Microsoft Windows turns 40 this week, marking the anniversary of one of the most influential technologies in modern history.

Windows has come a long way over the last 35 years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Today is the 35th anniversary of the launch ...