> > > > >> > >>> On Wed, 19 Nov 2025 at 7:18 am, Murray McCullough via cctalk < > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> According to history Windows 1 was introduced to the world on Nov. > >>> 20, > >>> 1985, 40 years ago, minus 2 days. Prior to this Windows was first > >>> announced > >>> in 1983(vaporware) but…An even earlier development was Interface > >>> Manager. > >>> What we have now is much more and ‘better’ but for classic > >>> computing I > >>> still prefer WIN 3.1. > >>> > >>> Happy computing. > >>> > >>> Murray > > > > My start with Windows was with the release of Windows 286 / Windows 386 (Windows 2). I worked at IBM at the time as a young intern and we were experimenting with Windows on early PS/2 models. Later after I graduated I found myself in a Win 3.0 environment and it worked well for what we were doing. Windows ME was by far the worst, stability-wise.
Bill
