Windows History!

Welcome!

Windows was created back in 1984 by a young Bill Gates and Paul Allen to compete in the newly created Personal Computer (PC) operating system (OS) environment!
In this site we explore the history of the famous OS from its inception to today.

Image of Bill Gates and Paul Allen

Windows (as most of us know) is a widely used OS in the consumer desktop market, holding over 70% of the market. Originally created as a shell for the at the time revolutionary MS-DOS command-line based OS, Windows has evolved into a largely adopted desktop OS that runs and displays applications with ease of use for the consumer.

From the mid-90's to Windows 11, Microsoft has been providing the primary platform for Home and Business users, as well as Software and Hardware developers. Competitors have chipped away at the market but remain far from truly threatening Microsoft's 40 year dominance.