Windows 1.0: Difference between revisions

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**Windows 1.0**

Microsoft Windows 1.x
Codename Preliminary name	None known
Kernel version	1.0
CPU architecture	x86
Release date	16/11/1985
Support end	Expired 31/12/2001
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Windows 2.x

Windows 1.x packing

Windows 1.0 is the first version of Microsoft Windows that was released to the public.

It was in development since at least 1983 and was originally named "Interface Manager". The name was later changed to "Windows" for marketing purposes. Several pre-release versions were released (some of which also leaked later), such as Development Releases 1-5, Alpha, and Beta.

A final preliminary release, Premiere Edition (1.00), was released to a limited number of people for evaluation.1.01, released on November 20th, 1985, was the first version of Windows to be released to general availability (it was called Windows 1.01 to differentiate it from the Premiere Edition), whereas several more versions, Windows 1.02 and Windows 1.03, were released, as per smaller updates made to the code, with the latest version, 1.04, being released in April 1987.

Windows 1.0 was not widely successful, and was quite understandably pronounced as a "flop" by some people, though it was the start of Microsoft's entrance into the then growing graphical user interface-based operating system market.

Several copies in other languages, such as Windows 1.03 in German and French (and a hard drive image of Windows 1.03 Japanese for the PC-98), as well as certain OEM releases, such as a Zenith OEM release of Windows 1.01, and Olivetti and Siemens OEM releases of Windows 1.03, are known to exist.

Builds

No information available
Existence doubtful
Information or pictures available
Leaked or released

Pre-release

Only DR5 is confirmed to exist, but because there is DR5, it's logical to assume there were also DR1-4.

Windows 1.01

Windows 1.02

Windows 1.02 (Retail)

Windows 1.03

Windows 1.04

Windows 1.04 (Retail)

Image from Microsoft showing "what the Interface Manager looked like Pre-Windows 1.0 in 1985!". Exact version is unknown, but it's likely before DR5.

Source: [1]

External links

YouTube: Windows 1.0 TV ad
YouTube: History of Microsoft - 1985 (part about Windows 1.x: 2.02 - 8:39)

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