Microsoft Announces Windows
Microsoft announced Windows on November 10, 1983.
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The Event
Microsoft announced Windows on November 10, 1983. The project aimed to provide a graphical environment for personal-computer users.
The Wider Story
Menus, windows and mouse interaction offered an alternative to relying entirely on typed commands. The announcement took place before the product's eventual commercial release.
Putting the Event in Perspective
Windows 1.0 reached customers in November 1985.
Reading the Historical Record
A scene from the 1983 announcement must not imply that a finished modern Windows desktop was already being sold or running on contemporary hardware.
About the Historical Recreation
The accompanying visual is an illustrative reconstruction: an early-1980s computer demonstration table with a CRT monitor showing indistinct simple windows. It is not authentic archival footage, an eyewitness record or additional evidence for the event.
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