Article: Microsoft Hardware Celebrates 20 Years of Product Innovation; Breakthrough Technology, Comfort and Style Redefine Customer Experience.

Where were you in 1983? Ronald Reagan was president; every child wanted a Cabbage Patch doll; the final episode of "M*A*S*H" aired; compact discs and camcorders were released; and the Microsoft(R) "green-eyed" mouse hit store shelves. The mouse marked Microsoft Corp.'s entry into the peripherals industry and the beginning of the Hardware Division, formed in 1982 specifically to create a device that would easily navigate the company's new word processing program, Multi-Tool Word.

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"Twenty years ago, we introduced the Microsoft Mouse to help people interact with their PC in a more natural way. ...






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