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[[File:Diana_-_Windows_1.0.png|thumb|400px|Diana Using Windows 1.0]]
[[File:Diana_-_Windows_1.0.png|thumb|400px|Diana Using Windows 1.0]]


As Philip said in the Windows 8 video 'Since you said that Windows 8 is like the first one ever, you're going to try the first ever version of Windows, Windows 1.0
As Philip said in the Windows 8 video 'Since you said that Windows 8 is like the first one ever, you're going to try the first ever version of Windows, Windows 1.0


==OS Info==
==OS Info==
This Operating System is MS-DOS reliant, and had to be installed through floppy disks. This was not the first GUI (Graphical User Interface) used for DOS, although it touted to be the most innovative and complex. Bill Gates was inspired to develop this operating system by Visi-On, a DOS GUI. This operating system was advertised as Power Windows.
This Operating System is MS-DOS reliant, which is how it got its name "MS-DOS Excectative, and had to be installed through floppy disks. This was not the first GUI (Graphical User Interface) used for DOS, although it touted to be the most innovative and complex. Bill Gates was inspired to develop this operating system by Visi-On, a DOS GUI. This operating system was advertised as Power Windows.


The OS seen numerous installments and updates through its massive support time. The most drastic of which was Version 1.04, which allowed support from IBM PS/2 computers, although there was no support for PS/2 mice and the new VGA graphics mode.
The OS seen numerous installments and updates through its massive support time. The most drastic of which was Version 1.04, which allowed support from IBM PS/2 computers, although there was no support for PS/2 mice and the new VGA graphics mode.