Although it wouldn't be released until 1985, Microsoft introduced the Windows 1.0 operating system on November 10, 1983. Windows 1.0 got off to an auspicious start on Thursday, Nov. 10, 1983, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. That's when Microsoft founder and CEO Gates took the wraps off the first version of the OS. Gates' original name for Windows was Interface Manager, but Rowland Hanson, a Microsoft marketing guru at the time, is credited with convincing Gates to go with Windows. Must watc

“40 Years Since Windows 1.0 — and We’re Still Opening New Windows” On this day in 1983, Microsoft introduced Windows 1.0 — a revolutionary step beyond the command line. It wasn’t flashy: 16-bit graphics, tiled windows, and a mouse people didn’t quite know how to use yet. But it marked a fundamental shift — from code to interface, from commands to clicks, from control to accessibility. Fast-forward 40 years and we’re at another interface revolution — AI as the new GUI. We no longer open programs,