Microsoft has fun on Twitter teasing a new release of Windows 1.0 and all its apps, including the game Reversi.

The history of Windows isn't just changing Start menus. Here's a look at the evolution of Microsoft's flagship operating ...

Windows 1.0 shipped with several programs, including MS DOS file management, Paint, Windows Writer, Notepad, Calculator, Calendar, Card File, a clock, and the game Reversi. At the time, Microsoft and ...

Thirty years ago today, Microsoft released version 1.0 of its new graphical shell called Windows. It was really bad.

The first version was basically a skin of MS-DOS, letting users tile, but not overlap, application windows running programs like Calculator, Cardfile and Paint.

Happy birthday! 35 years ago today, Windows 1.0 shipped and marked the first version of the venerable operating system that brought together a GUI and MS-DOS. Windows has certainly changed a lot ...

Windows 1.0 was the first graphical user interface for MS-DOS. In comparison to today's tech, Windows 1.0 doesn't look so user-friendly, but at the time, it was quite the accomplishment.

It's hard to believe, but Microsoft Windows is 25 years old. Windows 1.0 was birthed on November 20, 1985. Born as a replacement for MS-DOS, Windows was GUI-based, mouse- (and keyboard-) driven ...

That concession was the foundation on which Microsoft would build its empire. Late last month, in Windows 10 Preview Build 14791, the command prompt was put out to pasture.

Microsoft later licensed the code to other OEMs under the name MS-DOS. In 1989, Microsoft released Word for Windows, leveraging its earlier work on Word for DOS, which shipped in 1983.

In honor of Microsoft's 50th anniversary, we've ranked the best Windows consumer operating systems Microsoft has ever shipped, in order from worst to best.