마이크로소프트는 [1][2][3]1980년부터 브랜드 하드웨어를 판매해 왔으며 1982년 마이크로소프트 하드웨어 사업부가 설립되어[4]마이크로소프트 Word for DOS에 사용할 컴퓨터 마우스를 설계한 이후 사내에서 장치를 개발하고 있습니다.그 이후로 마이크로소프트는 컴퓨터 하드웨어, 게임 하드웨어[5], 모바일 하드웨어를 개발했다.또, Microsoft Windows 와 하드웨어를 통합하기 위한 드라이버나 그 외의 소프트웨어도 작성했습니다.
^"Seminar Spills Negotiating Secrets". InfoWorld. Popular Computing. 2 (21): 24. November 24, 1980. ISSN0199-6649. 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
^ 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, ISBN978-1-58115-653-9, The Microsoft Hardware Division was founded in 1982 on the principle of deep integration of hardware with software.
^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, ISBN978-1-58115-653-9, 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.
