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Microsoft ships Windows 1.0, November 20, 1985
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Anon84
on Nov 20, 2020
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SippinLean
on Nov 20, 2020
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Finnucane
on Nov 20, 2020
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10 years later, ships somewhat usable version.
icedchai
on Nov 20, 2020
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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.
Finnucane
on Nov 23, 2020
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No file manager. 3.0 was a barely functional pile of crap.
icedchai
on Nov 24, 2020
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3.1 then, a couple years later.
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