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Windows is a series of operating systems produced and maintained by the Microsoft Corporation. It was estimated that as of December 2007[1] Microsoft Windows accounted for nearly 90% of operating system usage, with 3 out of 4 being Windows XP. Windows is used for desktop, and server computers,[2] and more recently also for cellular phones and tablet computers. It is intended for use with the Intel x86-64 family of processors.

Early versions of Windows (98 and earlier) were notoriously unreliable, despite (or maybe because of?) Microsoft's near-monopoly share of the operating system market. They crashed so often that the term "blue screen of death" entered the vocabulary. See also this satire: Matrix Runs on Windows XP

Initially Windows was a text-based system (MS-DOS). Then a graphical user interface extension was added onto this MS-DOS core[3] It became a full GUI operating system free of the MS-DOS core beginning with the release of Windows NT.

Windows Major Release Versions

Name Version Number Public Release Notes Editions Minimum RAM required Minimum drive space
Windows 1.0 1.04 April, 1987
Windows 2.0 2.11 March 13, 1989 Last Windows version to run a GUI as a shell over a base of MS-DOS[4]
Windows 3.0 NT 3.0 May 22, 1990 First Windows version to run without an MS-DOS base[4]
Windows 3.1 3.1 April 1992
  • Windows 3.1
  • Windows for Workgroups 3.1 (October 1992)
NT 3.10.528 July 27, 1993
  • Workstation
  • Advanced Server
Windows 3.2 November 22, 1993 Chinese version of Windows 3.1
Windows NT 3.5 3.5.807 September 21, 1994
  • Workstation
  • Server
Windows NT 3.51 3.51.1057 May 30, 1995
  • An operating system design that led to the elimination of Novell Networks leading market share.
  • This New Technologies (NT) kernel became the basis for all future Windows versions through Windows 10.
  • Workstation
  • Server
Windows 95 NT 4.0.950 August 24, 1995 Uses the same skin as 98, 2000, and ME 4MB[5] 40.8-76.2MB[6]
Windows CE Alder[7] CE 1.0 November 16, 1996[7] 2MB
Windows NT 4.0 NT 4.0 July 29, 1996
  • Workstation
  • Server
  • Server Enterprise
  • Terminal Server
Windows CE Birch[7] CE 2.0 November 1997[7]
Windows 98 NT 4.1.1998 June 25, 1998 Uses the same skin as 95, 2000, and ME 16MB 500MB
Windows 98 Second Edition NT 4.1.2222 April 23, 1999 Uses the same skin as 95, 2000, and ME
Windows CE 2.1
Windows CE Cedar CE 3.0 April 2000
Windows ME NT 4.90.3000 September 14, 2000 *Uses the same skin as 95, 98, and 2000
*Last dedicated operating system for personal use
Windows 2000 NT 5.0.2195 February 17, 2000 *Uses the same skin as 95, 98, and ME
*Last dedicated operating system for business use
  • Professional
  • Server
  • Advanced Server
  • Datacenter Server
  • 650MB
  • 1 GB
  • 1 GB[8]
Windows XP 5.1.2600 October 25, 2001 *Last major version to use this layout, which was introduced with Windows 95
*XP was the beginning of one unified O/S for both personal and business use.
  • Starter
  • Home
  • Professional
  • Professional x64
  • Media Center 2002
  • Media Center 2004
  • Media Center 2005
  • Tablet PC
  • Embedded
 x32/x86: 64MB[9]
x64: 256MB		 1.5GB
Windows CE Talisker[7] CE 4.0 January 7, 2002
Windows CE Jameson[7] CE 4.1 June 2002[7]
Windows CE McKendric[7] CE 4.2 April 2003[7]
Windows Server 2003 NT 5.2 2003
Windows CE Macallan[7] CE 5.0 August 2004[7]
Windows Server 2003 R2 2006
Windows CE Yamazaki[7] CE 6.0 September 2006[7]
Windows Vista NT 6.0.6000 January 30, 2007 System uses new layout, but started out with some problems
  • Starter
  • Home Basic
  • Home Premium
  • Business
  • Ultimate
  • Enterprise
 Home Basic: 512MB,
All Others: 1GB[10]		 20GB
Windows Server 2008 2008 512 MB Foundation: 10GB,
other x32/86: 20GB,
other x64: 32GB
Windows 7 NT 6.1.7600 October 22, 2009 Uses the same basic layout as Vista, but system is more stable
  • Starter
  • Home Basic
  • Home Premium
  • Professional
  • Enterprise
  • Ultimate
  • Thin PC
 x32/x86: 1GB, x64: 2GB[9] x32/x86: 16GB,
x64: 20GB
Windows Server 2008 R2 2010 512 MB Foundation: 10GB,
others: 32GB
Windows Server 2012 NT 6.2 2012
  • Foundation
  • Essentials
  • Standard
  • Datacenter
 512MB 32GB
Windows 8 NT 6.2 October 26, 2012
  • Designed to serve as an OS for all kinds of devices, including smartphones
  • Also did away with the Start menu
  • Sold surprisingly poorly
  • Standard
  • Professional
  • Enterprise
  • Embedded
 x32/x86: 1GB,
x64: 2GB[11]		 x32/x86: 16GB,
x64: 20GB
Windows RT NT 6.3 October 30, 2012
  • Designed exclusively for ARMv7 processors
  • Based on Windows 8 without an upgrade path to Windows 10
  • Support already phasing out
  • Embedded
 32-Bit: 2GB [11] 32-Bit: 20GB, 32GB
Windows Server 2012 R2 NT 6.3 2013
  • Foundation
  • Essentials
  • Standard
  • Datacenter
 512MB 32GB
Windows 8.1 NT 6.3 October 17, 2013 Slight update from 8.0 which brings back the Start button
  • Standard
  • Professional
  • Enterprise
  • Embedded
 x32/x86: 1GB,
x64: 2GB[11]
Windows 10 NT 6.4[12] July 29, 2015 Designed to collect personal information and customize itself based on preferences
  • Home
  • Professional
  • Enterprise
  • Education
  • Mobile
  • Mobile Enterprise
  • IoT Core
 x32/x86: 1GB,
x64: 2GB[13]
Windows Server 2016 2016
Name Version Number Public Release Notes Editions Minimum RAM required Minimum drive space

(Some popular NT releases are listed in bold and special server releases are listed in italic.) [14][15][16][17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ OS Statistics. Refsnes Data. Retrieved 29 January, 2008.
  2. ↑ Windows Server 2003 R2 Home. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 29 January, 2008.
  3. ↑ Windows History: Windows Desktop Timeline. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 29 January, 2008.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.howtogeek.com/132488/does-windows-still-rely-on-ms-dos
  5. ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/138349
  6. ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/138349
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mikehall/2006/09/20/ce-6-0-why-the-codename-yamazaki
  8. ↑ http://windowsitpro.com/windows/windows-2000-hardware-requirements
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-windows_install/how-much-ram-is-required-by-windows-xp-to-operate/6e341e7e-4656-4bcb-94e8-d7efc35d3b56?auth=1
  10. ↑ http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/how-much-ram-do-i-need-721332
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/system-requirements Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "windows.microsoft.com" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "windows.microsoft.com" defined multiple times with different content
  12. ↑ http://windowsitpro.com/windows-10/windows-10s-inventoried-version-number
  13. ↑ http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-win_upgrade/how-much-ram-will-windows-10-use/769c6a0e-82de-4254-ae65-59a84c6a5886
  14. ↑ http://www.nextofwindows.com/a-list-of-windows-operating-system-version-number
  15. ↑ http://www.computerhope.com/whow.htm
  16. ↑ http://www.carrona.org/winreldt.html#31
  17. ↑ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/history#T1=era0

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