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  1. The first version of Windows was released on November 20, 1985, as a graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). [12] Windows is the most popular desktop operating system in the world, with a 70% market share as of March 2023, according to StatCounter. [13] .

  2. 2 days ago · Microsoft Windows, computer operating system (OS) developed by Microsoft Corporation to run personal computers (PCs). Featuring the first graphical user interface (GUI) for IBM -compatible PCs, the Windows OS soon dominated the PC market.

  3. Feb 9, 2023 · MS-DOS was the first Microsoft operating system, and it technically remained part of Windows until the release of Windows 95. The very first operating system, called GMOS, was developed by General Motors for the IBM 701.

  4. ¿Who invented Windows? “Everyone thinks that Mr. Bill Gates is the inventor of this famous operating system. But the truth is that the central idea that makes this operating system possible was provided in a BONA FIDE way in 1985 by a student of the Engineering Faculty in La Paz city, Bolivia.

  5. Apr 6, 2020 · The history of Microsoft’s flagship operating system (OS) includes all of that and so much more. Over the past 35 years, the Windows operating system has been through many reinventions.

  6. Mar 23, 2022 · Windows has long been the world’s foremost desktop operating system. Although the Android OS series for smartphones has eclipsed it for user share, Windows dominates the desktop PC market. More than a billion active devices run on the most recent Windows 11 and 10 systems.

  7. Jan 22, 2022 · Here is the history of Microsoft Windows operating system and its versions, from Windows 1.0 to Windows 11. Here is a chronology of events that take you through the highlights.