The company announced in 1983 but was released just two years later, its original name was Interface Manager
In 1983 Microsoft announced that it was developing a new project, known internally as Interface Manager. Its development demanded a two-year work, and some felt that it was a vaporware , a designation used for products that do not exist, despite the promises of their creators.
However, the November 20, 1985 the company introduced Windows 1.0, the name finally adopted by Microsoft for the operating system would become the dominant platform for the industry of personal computers. After his announcement, Bill Gates said it was a unique piece of software for the real user of a PC. With him came the controversy, with the help of the operating system based on graphics Apple (with Lisa, in 1983, and the Macintosh in 1984), both based on the work of Bob Engelbart (inventor of the mouse) and team at Xerox Parc in the previous decade.
In its first edition, Windows had a file manager, Paint drawing application, Windows word processor Writer, editor Notepad and Calculator, among other functions created for administrative work. The operating system required a computer has at least 256 kilobytes of memory, two floppy disk or a hard disk (if using DOS 3.0) and a graphics card.
A screenshot of Windows 1.0
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In late 1987 Microsoft introduced its successor, Windows 2.0, designed for use on computers with Intel processor 286. After this launch, the company began to position itself as the leading provider of software within the segment of personal computers.
Between 1990 and 1992 they went to the market Windows 3.0 and Windows 3.1 versions, which became a best seller with 10 million copies sold in its first two years. Its main thrust was in the hands of programmers, who began using a renewed kit for developers. It is also known to be the versions that first entered the Solitaire games, Minesweeper and Hearts.
A journey in pictures from Windows 95 to Windows 10
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In the middle of the 90′s began the era of the versions identified by their year of release. First he touched Windows 95, which had a record 5 million copies sold in the first five weeks. It had improvements in Internet connectivity and incorporated the form plug and play to facilitate the installation of software and hardware. It is the version which marked the entry of several of the key elements for future editions. From the Start menu, the toolbar and buttons to minimize, maximize and close windows
Windows 98 came three years Later, with a focus on the market for end consumers, with support for DVD playback and USB devices. After an edit known as Me (Millennium Edition), Microsoft introduced Windows 2000, oriented corporate environments and workstations, which formed the basis for the launch of Windows XP in 2001, the most successful operating system version of the company with more than a decade of market presence.
Even with a strong presence of Windows XP, Microsoft launched Windows Vista in 2006, aiming to provide users a renewal of the operating system, but did not have a good reception in the market because of its hardware requirements and the persistent security notifications.
In 2009 Microsoft launched Windows 7, a slick of his predecessor version was evaluated by 8 million users before launch. Since 2012, the company decided to bet on the touch interface and implemented a drastic change in its interface to present Windows 8, an operating system that sought to adapt in a market where personal computers began to feel the strong competition from mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.
Windows 8 was also known as the operating system you put into a temporary retirement of the iconic Start button, which was then recovered partially from the Windows 8.1 update a year later.
Without being key device the PC industry with the emergence and evolution of mobile devices, Microsoft launched Windows 10 this year, an operating system that will be present in both personal computers and smartphones, tablets and the . One Xbox game consoles
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