
0 " is replaced with " graphi cal environment with Multimedia Extensions 1.0 ", and below that we see the MPC logo, which consists of a square. On computers running Windows MPC, " Version 3.On the bottom, we see a copyright notice. After they blend, text appears below the logo that reads "Microsoft Windows, Version 1.01."in white At the bottom of the screen is a copyright notice.


Screen : On a blue background, we see two white segmented copies of the then-current Microsoft logo at the top of the screen, blending together to form one whole logo. If a user attempts to change the date to the year 2000 or onward, the system will display a three-digit number ranging from 100-199. Trivia: The date on this operating system does not go further than 1999. Microsoft decided to use "tiling" (which has made a bit of a comeback since Windows 7) in order to avoid a lawsuit from Apple. Apple's Macintosh, released the previous year, already used overlapping windows. Unlike future versions, Windows 1.x is the only one not to include overlapping and freely positionable windows on the desktop. Windows 1.0 is the first public version of the Windows line of operating systems (although Windows 1 through 3.1 were graphical shells installed on top of MS-DOS). Codename: "Interface Manager" (1.01-1.04)īackground: The earliest confirmed build of Windows 1.0 dates back to May 1983 and was the feature of an article in BYTE magazine.
