(A YouTube video provides a tour of Windows 2.0, if you’re interested.) History tells us that Windows 2.0 took Windows 1 ... Microsoft backed it with a $3 million launch. Windows 3.0’s desktop.

Windows 1.0 Desktop (Credit: Microsoft/PCMag) Windows "puts a new face on DOS and uses DOS to do some work," we said. Rather than using only a single command line on the screen, Windows "puts the ...

Microsoft is turning 50, and nothing has defined the tech giant more than Windows. Like you, we've loved some versions of the desktop OS, and others...not so much. PC hardware is nice, but it’s ...