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MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1.0
Stuff South Africa
|January/February 2026
Something tells me you're not going to say "original is best" for this one...
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Even by 1985 standards, Windows 1.0 was clunky and garish. It lacked finesse, and Microsoft had ripped out overlapping windows before launch, leaving a weird tiling system that made multitasking awkward on tiny displays. The result felt like a value-range OS, which was kind of the point: $99 got you a graphical display for the masses, with modest system requirements. And if you were a journalist, Microsoft even sent you a free squeegee to get you excited.
This story is from the January/February 2026 edition of Stuff South Africa.
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