Hacker NewsMar 5

Was Windows 1.0's lack of overlapping windows a legal or a technical matter?

https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/32511/was-windows-1-0s-lack-of-overlapping-windows-a-legal-or-a-technical-matter

#HackerNews #Windows1.0 #OverlappingWindows #LegalTech #RetroComputing #History

Was Windows 1.0's lack of overlapping windows a legal or a technical matter?

Windows 1.0 didn't have overlapping windows; it wasn't until Windows 2.0 that overlapping windows were introduced. Obviously, with the small screen resolutions of the day, not having overlapping wi...

Retrocomputing Stack Exchange
Shawn BrinkDec 18
Inside the #Windows1.0 40th anniversary reunion
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/inside-the-windows-1-0-40th-anniversary-reunion.43112/
Edwin G. Nov 20

On this day, Windows 1.0 was released 40 years ago

As they say, the rest is… money printing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_1.0?wprov=sfti1
- - -
En ce jour, il y a 40 ans, Windows 1.0 a été publié.

Comme ils disent, le reste est… de l’impression d’argent

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_1.0?wprov=sfti1

#Windows #Microsoft #MicrosoftWindows #Windows1

Windows 1.0 - Wikipedia

InkDesignSep 21, 2025
✨ HP Revoluciona o Mercado com Novo Laptop Acessível!
📝 A HP acaba de lançar um laptop com Windows 11 que promete muito mais por menos! Com um preço três vezes menor que os modelos da Apple, este dispositivo é perfeito para quem busca performance e estilo sem estourar o orçamento. Quer saber mais sobre essa oferta incrível? Clique no link e descubra tudo!
.
.
.#Tecnologia #Inovação #Windows1...
https://inkdesign.com.br/hp-lanca-laptop-com-windows-11-e-preco-3x-menor-que-apple/?fsp_sid=162721
HP lança laptop com Windows 11 e preço 3x menor que Apple

São Paulo — InkDesign News — Nos últimos anos, a cultura geek e os games têm atraído cada vez mais atenção, especialmente com o crescimento de dispositivos acessíveis, como o novo laptop da HP, que of

INK|DESIGN NEWS
Blisscast JournalAug 18, 2025

Let’s discover the development and beta builds of the first version of Windows, alongside its GUI! And... was Windows 1.0 as good as the other GUIs? Our analysis and comparison will try to unveil that; tap on the link to find out!

Also in 🇮🇹

https://blisscast.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/windows-1-vaporware-gui-wonderland-10

#windows1 #windows #gui #retrocomputer

ITs History!Apr 29, 2025
World's first mass-market #laptop was the #T1100 computer by #Toshiba. Introduced with a 4.77MHz #CPU, 512KB of #RAM, #monochrome #LCD display, and battery capacity up to 7 hours, it changed the world of #IBM compatible portable computers. It even worked with #MS #Windows1 in 640x200px #CGA #graphics, but only within a narrow view angle https://youtu.be/qk04sDF5SrM

Even without a hard disk this machine was very important, since the plus model was re-engineered in #USSR as Электроника #МС1504. Unlike #US, users in #Russia didn't pay royalties, or used the internal 3.5" floppy drive to boot #MS-DOS 2.11 https://youtu.be/_u5LwiP5Q4g

Our #graphic #illustration is a tribute to this #IT #milestone, celebrating the 40th #anniversary of this historic #microcomputer achievement in 1985. See it in comparison of #ComputerChronicles to #Tandy or #Dynamac #laptops two years later https://youtu.be/tPEMilDYpgY

The #screenshot of this #retrocomputer #cgi #art shows #SVG #vector #outlines around the cursor in #xRay view-mode. Made with #Inkscape and #FreeSoftware
Toshiba T1100Plus | Mr Lurchs Things

YouTube
N-gated Hacker NewsMar 16, 2025
Ah, yes, the thrilling tale of Microsoft's IPO from the Mesozoic era when dinosaurs roamed the Earth and Windows 1.0 was cutting-edge tech. 📈🦖 The author nobly attempts to connect this ancient event to the modern tech landscape, as if reminiscing about how fire was invented. 🔥💾 Truly a groundbreaking revelation from the depths of the Silicon Underground! 🙄
https://dfarq.homeip.net/microsofts-1986-ipo/ #MicrosoftIPO #MesozoicTech #Windows1.0 #TechHistory #SiliconUnderground #HackerNews #ngated
Microsoft's 1986 IPO

Its market cap hit $777 million and Bill Gates' net worth reached $350 million

The Silicon Underground
Show threadRetroComputingMXNov 21, 2024
Hubo 4 versiones, la 1.01, 1.02 (la primera en varios idiomas), 1.03 (lanzado solo en EEUU pero tenía drivers para teclados europeos y controladora de impresión), 1.04 (con soporte a VGA y multitareas para programas nativos de DOS).
La versión 1 de Windows fue la que tuvo el soporte más largo: 16 años.
El 9 de noviembre de 1987, le sucede la versión 2.0
#retrocomputingmx #retroos #Windows1 #Microsoft
RetroComputingMXNov 21, 2024

El 20 de noviembre de 1985 y luego de 2 años de haber sido anunciado, Microsoft pone a la venta su gestor de aplicaciones con interfase gráfica de usuario de 16 bits para MS-DOS, llamado Windows, versión 1.
La adopción de Windows fue realmente muy lenta, ya que no existía la “killer app” que ayudará a masificar este entorno.

#retrocomputingmx #retroos #Windows1 #Microsoft

RetroComputingMXNov 10, 2024
El 10 de noviembre de 1983 Microsoft anuncia un nuevo producto, el entorno gráfico Windows, que pretendía competir con otros ambientes similares como el de la Apple Lisa. Después de varios retrasos, Windows 1.0 se vende al público en 1985. Hasta la versión 3, no ganó relevancia entre el público en general
#retrocomputingmx #Windows1