Microsoft hardware

Microsoft has been selling branded hardware since 1980,[1][2][3] and developing devices in-house since 1982, when the Microsoft Hardware division was formed[4] to design a computer mouse for use with Microsoft Word for DOS. Since then, Microsoft has developed computer hardware, gaming hardware[5] and mobile hardware. It also produced drivers and other software for integrating the hardware with Microsoft Windows.

Products

ActiMates toys Azure Kinect Digital Sound System 80 speakers Microsoft Band smartbands Microsoft Broadband Networking networking products Microsoft Cordless Phone System phones Microsoft Fingerprint Reader biometric readers Microsoft HoloLens smartglasses Microsoft Keyboard keyboards Microsoft Kin mobile phones Microsoft LifeCam webcams Microsoft LifeChat headsets Microsoft Lumia smartphones

Microsoft Mach 20 accelerator board Microsoft Mouse computer mice Microsoft Response Point business telephone systems Microsoft RoundTable videoconferencing devices Microsoft SideWinder game controllers Microsoft Surface tablet PCs Microsoft wireless display adapters Nokia 3-digit series feature phones Xbox game controllers Xbox video game consoles Z-80 SoftCard coprocessor card Zune portable media players

See also

• Computer hardware
• Macintosh hardware

References

1. Lock, Robert (May–June 1980). "An Apple Breakthru". Compute!. p. 6. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
2. "Z-80 Board Puts CP/M on Apple". InfoWorld. Popular Computing. 2 (6): 3. April 28, 1980. ISSN 0199-6649. Archived from the original on March 14, 2017.
3. "Seminar Spills Negotiating Secrets". InfoWorld. Popular Computing. 2 (21): 24. November 24, 1980. ISSN 0199-6649. Archived from the original on March 14, 2017. Unsure of the demand for the product, Microsoft took a prototype to the last West Coast Computer Faire
4. Cargile, Andy; Fry, Ken (2008), "Managing the Evolution of Microsoft's Hardware Business", in Lockwood, Thomas; Walton, Thomas (eds.), Building Design Strategy: Using Design to Achieve Key Business Objectives, Allworth Communications, p. 87, ISBN 978-1-58115-653-9, The Microsoft Hardware Division was founded in 1982 on the principle of deep integration of hardware with software.
5. Cargile, Andy; Fry, Ken (2008), "Managing the Evolution of Microsoft's Hardware Business", in Lockwood, Thomas; Walton, Thomas (eds.), Building Design Strategy: Using Design to Achieve Key Business Objectives, Allworth Communications, p. 87, ISBN 978-1-58115-653-9, The division was originally charged with creating the company's first mouse compatible with Microsoft Word. [...] the 1990s saw an expanding variety of products, including PC keyboards, gaming joysticks and gamepads, a cordless telephone system, PC audio speakers, and trackball devices.

External links

• Windows hardware dev center
• The good, bad and ugly history of Microsoft hardware