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Currently the most popular GUI, created for Intel-based PCs.
Available since 1985. Developed by
Microsoft
.
1983
Windows 1.0 is announced
1985
Windows 1.0
(30 screenshots)
1987
Windows 2.0
(32 screenshots)
1990
Windows 3.0
(35 screenshots)
1992
Windows 3.1
(74 screenshots)
1993
Windows NT 3.1
(41 screenshots)
1994
Windows NT 3.5
(48 screenshots)
1995
Windows 95
(98 screenshots)
1996
Windows NT 4.0
(102 screenshots)
1998
Windows 98
(102 screenshots)
2000
Windows 2000
(103 screenshots)
Windows Millennium Edition
(51 screenshots)
2001
Windows XP
(108 screenshots)
2003
Windows Server 2003
(50 screenshots)
Windows Vista, the successor of Windows XP, is announced (under the code name Longhorn)
2007
Windows Vista
(50 screenshots)
19
articles, starting with:
“Microsoft Windows”
from Byte 1983
“Microsoft does Windows”
from PC World 1984
“Drawing back the curtain on Windows shows Microsoft has a clear edge”
from PC Magazine 1985
“Microsoft Windows”
from 1985
“Microsoft Windows”
from 1986
“Sorting out fact from fiction in the Apple-Microsoft lawsuit”
from PC Magazine 1988
“A guide to GUIs”
from Byte 1989
“Time for a new interface”
from PC Magazine 1992
268
icons
33
sounds
2
tutorials
2
posters
2
quotes
8
trivia
8
taglines
386
splashes
12
links
Windows 95B
58
magazine ads, including:
An ad of Windows XP from 2005
An early advertisement of Windows XP
An ad of Windows XP from 2005
Windows 95 advertisement from PC Magazine 9/95
3
other ads:
A slideshow from 1985’s preview disk
A short interactive demo of Windows 95
Four banners promoting the launch event of Windows 95
9
books, including:
“The GUI Guide”
“Designing Visual Interfaces”
“The GUI Style Guide”
“The Windows Interface Guidelines for Software Design”
Copyright © 2002-2006
Marcin Wichary
, unless stated otherwise.