Move over, MS-DOS. On November 20, 1985, Microsoft released version 1.0 of the graphical desktop operating system known as Windows, and the world of computing changed forever. Over the next 30 years, ...

I remember back when Windows 98 was released, I was so worried that my HP Pavilion wouldn't be able to run the new operating system. Although the minimum requirement for '98 was 66MHz of processing ...

With Windows 95, Microsoft clearly had a hit on its hands. And that spurred nervous Apple execs into action. September 6, 1995: The newly launched Windows 95 operating system dominates software sales, ...

Windows 1 was a dismal failure, Windows 2 was mostly a total flop but did have some redeeming features, and Windows 3 was perhaps the greatest comeback story in the history of software at that time.