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It is difficult to review Windows 1.0 without viewing it through the lens of what it would eventually become. Today, we look at this operating system and see the baby steps of a giant. But in 1985, if you were an MS-DOS user staring at a black screen with a blinking cursor, Windows 1.0 was a confusing, slow, and somewhat baffling experience.

In the early 1980s, the computer industry was dominated by text-based interfaces, with users interacting with machines using command-line interfaces. Microsoft, founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, had already made a name for itself with the development of the BASIC programming language for the Altair 8800 microcomputer. windows first version