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    Episode 150 - Starting Windows Up

    Advent of Computing · Jan 20, 2025 · 1 h 05 min
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    In the modern day Windows is a power house, but that wasn't always the case. In this episode we are looking at the fraught development of Windows 1.0. During development it was called vaporware, it was panned in the press, roasted at at least one trade show, and even called... "eclectic". Through it all a vision in lime green would take form.

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