Microsoft got its start on PCs in 1981with MS-DOS First graphical interface came out in 1985 First big Windows launch was Windows 95 in August 1995 NEW YORK (AP) — With Friday's release of the ...

One way or another, you’re interacting with operating systems. Your smartphone uses one, and your tablet and laptop do as well. However, little is said about how the ways we interact with our ...

That first operating system was called MS-DOS -- for Microsoft Disk Operating System. It required people to type instructions to complete tasks such as running programs and deleting files.

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Windows 3.0 becomes the first Microsoft Windows with a shot at a mainstream audience, but it’s still just a DOS-based operating environment and not a true operating system.

Lisa was a cutting-edge machine and one of the first to offer consumers a GUI, mouse, and file system, but it was prohibitively expensive and didn’t catch on. Adjusted for inflation, it cost ...

First, graphical operating systems were rare when the NES launched in 1986. The two predominant computer interfaces were MS-DOS on the PC and ProDOS on the Apple IIc, both prompt-based systems.

NEW YORK (AP) - With Friday's release of the touch-centric Windows 8 software, Microsoft continues more than three decades of making operating systems for personal computers. Microsoft Corp. got ...

With Friday's release of the touch-centric Windows 8 software, Microsoft continues more than three decades of making operating systems for personal computers. Microsoft got its start on PCs in ...