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== New features ==
== New features ==
Windows 2.0 introduced overlapping windows for all types of windows, meanwhile Windows 1.0 supported overlapping of only dialog windows. This fired a legal conflict with Apple Inc.<ref name="chip">http://download.chip.eu/en/History-of-Microsoft_163647110.html</ref>, accusing Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard of violating copyrights Apple held on Macintosh System Software. The judge ruled in favor of Microsoft and HP in all but ten of the 189 patents Apple sued for, which according to the judge couldn't be copyrighted<ref name="chip"/>.
Windows 2.0 introduced overlapping windows for all types of windows, meanwhile, Windows 1.0 supported overlapping of only dialog windows. This fired a legal conflict with Apple Inc.<ref name="chip">http://download.chip.eu/en/History-of-Microsoft_163647110.html</ref>, accusing Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard of violating copyrights Apple held on Macintosh System Software. The judge ruled in favor of Microsoft and HP in all but ten of the 189 patents Apple sued for, which according to the judge couldn't be copyrighted<ref name=" chip"/>.


This version of Windows also introduced support for Video Graphics Array and later PS/2 mouses. It's possible to use a Windows/286 2.03 or later PS/2 mouse driver with Windows 1.0, which results in working mouse when using Windows 1.0 in newer virtualizers.
This version of Windows also introduced support for Video Graphics Array and later PS/2 mouses. It's possible to use a Windows/286 2.03 or later PS/2 mouse driver with Windows 1.0, which results in working mouse when using Windows 1.0 in newer virtualizers.
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