Timeline of Microsoft Windows
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This article presents a timeline of events in the history of Microsoft Windows operating systems from 1985 to present.
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Desktop/Server [edit]
| Date | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Codename |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 November 1985 | Windows 1.0 | |||
| 9 December 1987 | Windows 2.0 | |||
| 27 May 1988 | Windows 2.10 | |||
| 13 March 1989 | Windows 2.11 | |||
| 22 May 1990 | Windows 3.0 | |||
| 6 April 1992 | Windows 3.1 | Janus | ||
| 27 October 1992 | Windows for Workgroups 3.1 | Kato, Sparta | ||
| 27 July 1993 | Windows NT 3.1 | NT OS/2 | ||
| 8 November 1993 | Windows for Workgroups 3.11 | Snowball (LB) | ||
| 21 September 1994 | Windows NT 3.5 | Daytona | ||
| 30 May 1995 | Windows NT 3.51 | Daytona | ||
| 24 August 1995 | Windows 95 | Chicago | ||
| 24 August 1996 | Windows NT 4.0 | SUR, Cairo | ||
| 25 June 1998 | Windows 98 | Memphis | ||
| 5 May 1999 | Windows 98 SE | |||
| 17 February 2000 | Windows 2000 | For SP1 Asteroid | ||
| 14 September 2000 | Windows ME | Millennium | ||
| 25 October 2001 | Windows XP | Whistler | ||
| 31 October 2002 | Windows XP Media Center Edition | Freestyle | ||
| 24 April 2003 | Windows Server 2003 | Whistler Server | ||
| 30 September 2003 | Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 | Harmony | ||
| 12 October 2004 | Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 | Symphony | ||
| 25 April 2005 | Windows XP Professional x64 Edition | |||
| 8 July 2006 | Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs | Eiger | ||
| 8 November 2006 | Windows Vista for Business use | Longhorn | ||
| 30 January 2007 | Windows Vista for Home use; released in fifty countries | Longhorn | ||
| 7 November 2007 | Windows Home Server | Quattro | ||
| 27 February 2008 | Windows Server 2008 | Longhorn Server | ||
| 22 July 2009[1] | Windows 7 | 7(Vienna) | ||
| 22 October 2009 | Windows Server 2008 R2 | Windows Server 7 | ||
| 6 April 2011 | Windows Home Server 2011 | Vail | ||
| 4 September 2012 | Windows Server 2012 | Windows Server 8 | ||
| 26 October 2012 | Windows 8 | 8(Metro/vNext) | ||
| Date | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Codename |
Mobile [edit]
| Date | Release | Codename | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 16, 1996 | Windows CE 1.0 | Pegasus | |
| June 25, 1997 | Windows CE 1.01 | ||
| September 29, 1997 | Windows CE 2.0 | Alder | |
| November 1, 1997 | Windows CE 2.0 | Mercury | Handheld PC (H/PC) |
| January 8, 1998 | Windows CE 2.01 | Gryphon | Palm-sized PC, Pocket PC (P/PC) and Smartphone |
| Windows CE 2.01 | Apollo | Auto PC | |
| March 1, 1998 | Windows CE 2.10 | Alder EP | |
| July 1, 1999 | Windows CE 2.11 | Birch | |
| September 28, 1999 | Windows CE 2.12 | Birch SP2 | |
| April 19, 2000 | Windows CE 3.0 | Cedar | |
| Pocket PC 2000 | Rapier | Palm-sized PC, Pocket PC (P/PC) and Smartphone | |
| September 25, 2000 | Windows CE 3.0 Core Add-on Pack | ||
| October 4, 2001 | Pocket PC 2002 | Merlin | Palm-sized PC, Pocket PC (P/PC) and Smartphone |
| January 7, 2002 | Windows CE 4.0 | Talisker | |
| June 1, 2002 | Windows CE 4.1 .NET Core | Jameson | |
| April 23, 2003 | Windows CE 4.2 .NET Core | McKendric | |
| June 23, 2003 | Windows Mobile 2003 | Ozone | |
| March 24, 2004 | Windows Mobile 2003 SE | Ozone update | |
| July 9, 2004 | Windows CE 5.0 | Macallan | |
| May 9, 2005 | Windows Mobile 5 | Magneto | |
| September 15, 2006 | Windows CE 6.0 | Yamazaki | |
| February 12, 2007 | Windows Mobile 6 | Crossbow | |
| April 1, 2008 | Windows Mobile 6.1 | ||
| May 11, 2009 | Windows Mobile 6.5 | ||
| November 8, 2010 | Windows Phone | Photon |
See also [edit]
- History of Microsoft Windows
- Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions
- Timeline of DOS operating systems
- Timeline of OpenBSD
- History of operating systems
- Comparison of operating systems
- List of operating systems
- Microsoft version numbering
- List of Microsoft codenames
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