Windows 1.0 officially released to the public 40 years ago today (November 20), and despite its age, still has some common similarities with what users can expect from the operating system today.

40 years ago, Microsoft presented Windows 1.0 at the Comdex computer trade fair in Las Vegas. In 1985, Bill Gates demonstrated at Comdex what could be done with the graphical user interface “Windows 1 ...

Let’s start with gaming. For years, gaming was easier on Windows, but a growing number of Linux distros are great for gaming ...

First developed in 1981 by computer scientist Chase Bishop, the software project that would eventually become Windows actually started life under a far wonkier name: "Interface ...