Timeline of Microsoft Windows

This article presents a timeline of events in the history of Microsoft Windows operating systems from 1985.

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Desktop and server

Date Title Architecture
20 November 1985 Windows 1.0 x86 – 16-bit
9 December 1987 Windows 2.0 x86 – 16-bit
27 May 1988 Windows 2.10 x86 – 16-bit
13 March 1989 Windows 2.11 x86 – 16-bit
22 May 1990 Windows 3.0 x86 – 16-bit
20 October 1991 Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions x86 – 16-bit
6 April 1992 Windows 3.1 x86 – 16-bit
27 October 1992 Windows for Workgroups 3.1 x86 – 16-bit
27 July 1993 Windows NT 3.1 IA-32, DEC Alpha, MIPS
8 November 1993 Windows for Workgroups 3.11 x86 – 16-bit
21 September 1994 Windows NT 3.5 IA-32, DEC Alpha, MIPS
30 May 1995 Windows NT 3.51 IA-32, DEC Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC
24 August 1995 Windows 95 IA-32
24 August 1996 Windows NT 4.0 IA-32, DEC Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC
25 June 1998 Windows 98 IA-32
5 May 1999 Windows 98 SE IA-32
17 February 2000 Windows 2000 IA-32
14 September 2000 Windows ME IA-32
25 October 2001 Windows XP IA-32
25 October 2001[1] Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (v2002) Itanium
31 October 2002 Windows XP Media Center Edition IA-32
28 March 2003[2] Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (v2003) Itanium
24 April 2003 Windows Server 2003 IA-32, x64, Itanium
30 September 2003 Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 IA-32
12 October 2004 Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 IA-32
25 April 2005 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition x64
6 December 2005 Windows Server 2003 R2 IA-32, x64, Itanium
8 July 2006 Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs IA-32
8 November 2006 Windows Vista for Business use IA-32, x64
30 January 2007 Windows Vista for Home use; released in fifty countries IA-32, x64
7 November 2007 Windows Home Server IA-32, x64
27 February 2008 Windows Server 2008 IA-32, x64
22 October 2009 Windows 7 IA-32, x64
22 October 2009 Windows Server 2008 R2 x64
6 April 2011 Windows Home Server 2011 x64
4 September 2012 Windows Server 2012 x64
26 October 2012 Windows 8 IA-32, x64
26 October 2012 Windows RT ARM
18 October 2013 Windows 8.1 IA-32, x64
18 October 2013 Windows RT 8.1 ARM
18 October 2013 Windows Server 2012 R2 x64
29 July 2015 Windows 10 IA-32, x64, ARM
Date Title Architecture

Mobile

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Timeline of Windows CE Development
Date Release Notes
16 November 1996 Windows CE 1.0
25 June 1997 Windows CE 1.01
29 September 1997 Windows CE 2.0
1 November 1997 Windows CE 2.0 Handheld PC (H/PC)
8 January 1998 Windows CE 2.01 Palm-sized PC, Pocket PC (P/PC) and smartphone
8 January 1998 Windows CE 2.01 Auto PC
1 March 1998 Windows CE 2.10
1 July 1999 Windows CE 2.11
28 September 1999 Windows CE 2.12
19 April 2000 Windows CE 3.0
19 April 2000 Pocket PC 2000 Palm-sized PC, Pocket PC (P/PC) and smartphone
25 September 2000 Windows CE 3.0 Core Add-on Pack
4 October 2001 Pocket PC 2002 Palm-sized PC, Pocket PC (P/PC) and smartphone
7 January 2002 Windows CE 4.0
1 June 2002 Windows CE 4.1 .NET Core
23 April 2003 Windows CE 4.2 .NET Core
23 June 2003 Windows Mobile 2003
24 March 2004 Windows Mobile 2003 SE
9 July 2004 Windows CE 5.0
9 May 2005 Windows Mobile 5.0
15 September 2006 Windows CE 6.0
12 February 2007 Windows Mobile 6.0
1 April 2008 Windows Mobile 6.1
11 May 2009 Windows Mobile 6.5
8 November 2010 Windows Phone 7
1 March 2011 Windows Embedded Compact 7
29 October 2012 Windows Phone 8
13 June 2013 Windows Embedded Compact 2013
14 April 2014 Windows Phone 8.1
20 November 2015 Windows 10 Mobile The goal of Windows 10 is to unify the Windows PC, Windows Phone, Windows Embedded and Xbox One product families.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Microsoft Unveils Plans for 64-Bit Windows Platform
  2. ↑ Microsoft Releases Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 to Manufacturing

External links

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