The decided to develop a GUI of there own for the x 86 computers and called it Windows. Windows v1.0 was released in 1985. Microsoft saw this as necessary for their survival and the survival of the IBM-PC market. There GUI allowed these computers to compete with Apple. There first versions were primitive but they did the job. Even though Apple’s GUI was better and more refined, Microsoft already had a larger install base because it would be installed on top of the already thousands of computer running MS-DOS. Therefore, this set the stage for all other versions of Windows including Windows 98, which is the first plug and play OS and Microsoft’s dominance in the computer
The decided to develop a GUI of there own for the x 86 computers and called it Windows. Windows v1.0 was released in 1985. Microsoft saw this as necessary for their survival and the survival of the IBM-PC market. There GUI allowed these computers to compete with Apple. There first versions were primitive but they did the job. Even though Apple’s GUI was better and more refined, Microsoft already had a larger install base because it would be installed on top of the already thousands of computer running MS-DOS. Therefore, this set the stage for all other versions of Windows including Windows 98, which is the first plug and play OS and Microsoft’s dominance in the computer