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Windows 1.0 Premiere Edition is a pre-release version of Windows 1.0, compiled on 30 July 1985. Microsoft originally distributed it to key players in the computer industry to prove their product wasn't vaporware, as the release date had been delayed several times since the original announcement on 10 November 1983.

This build is very similar to the Windows 1.0 Beta Release from May 1985 in terms of user interface. Its default color scheme is mostly black and white, although many of the bundled in applications actually use color with an appropriate combination of video adapter and drivers. About dialogs in the Premiere Edition make use of text figures, which can also be seen in the Beta Release.