A Visual History: Microsoft Windows Over the Decades

A Visual History: Microsoft Windows Over the Decades

Microsoft is turning 50, and nothing has defined the tech giant more than Windows. Like you, we've loved some versions of the desktop OS, and others...not so much.

Microsoft 50 years of history and innovation

There is no counter-evidence, but it’s hard to imagine that the last 50 years would have been better without Microsoft. Two teenage schoolmates and the desire to surprise by focusing on programming. This is how the Redmond-based company was born, […]

Every Microsoft Windows operating system, ranked

In honor of Microsoft's 50th anniversary, we've ranked the best Windows consumer operating systems Microsoft has ever shipped, in order from worst to best.