News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Microsoft ships Windows 1.0, November 20, 1985.

Re:Microsoft ships Windows 1.0, November 20, 1985 by Finnucane on Friday November 20, 2020 @06:16PM (#25166293)
10 years later, ships somewhat usable version.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Microsoft ships Windows 1.0, November 20, 1985 by icedchai on Friday November 20, 2020 @06:36PM (#25166457)
Windows 3.0 was the first usable version, I think. You had multitasking, virtual memory (on the 386, anyway), VGA support, etc. That was less than 5 years later.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Microsoft ships Windows 1.0, November 20, 1985 by Finnucane on Monday November 23, 2020 @11:11AM (#25188245)
No file manager. 3.0 was a barely functional pile of crap.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Microsoft ships Windows 1.0, November 20, 1985 by icedchai on Monday November 23, 2020 @07:07PM (#25193563)
3.1 then, a couple years later.
[ Parent | on HN ]