Windows Timeline

Windows 1.0

Nov 20, 1985

A 16 bit graphical operating system made by Microsoft Corporation. It was their first attempt to make a multi-tasking grapgical interface-based operating system.

Windows 2.0

Dec 9, 1987

A 16-bit Microsoft GUI-based operating environment created on December 9th, 1987.

Windows 2.10

May 27, 1988

Windows 2.11

Mar 13, 1989

Windows 3.0

May 22, 1990

Third major release of windows, and was released on May 22, 1990. It also became the first widely successful version of windows and a rival of Macintosh.

Windows 3.1

Apr 6, 1992

Windows for Workgroups 3.1

Oct 27, 1992

Windows NT 3.1

Jul 27, 1993

Windows for Workgroups 3.11

Nov 8, 1993

Windows NT 3.5

Sep 21, 1994

Windows NT 3.51

May 30, 1995

Windows NT 4.0

Aug 24, 1995

Windows 98

Jun 25, 1998

Second major release in the Windows 9x line of operating systems.

Windows 2000

Feb 17, 2000

Windows Me

Sep 14, 2000

Windows XP

Oct 25, 2001

Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers.

Windows XP Media Center Edition

Oct 31, 2002

Windows Server 2003

Apr 24, 2003

Windows Server 2003 (sometimes referred to as Win2K3) is a server operating system produced by Microsoft, released on April 24, 2003.

Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004

Sep 30, 2003

Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) is a version of the Windows XP operating system designed to serve as a home-entertainment hub.

Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

Oct 12, 2004

Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005is the first edition of MCE available to non-Tier 1 system builders. Among other things it includes support for Media Center Extenders, and CD/DVD-Video burning support.

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Apr 25, 2005

Windows Fundamentals for Legacy Pme

Jul 8, 2006

Windows Vista for Business use

Nov 8, 2006

Windows Vista for Home use

Jan 30, 2007

Windows Vista is an operating system by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs.

Windows Home Server

Nov 7, 2007

Windows Server 2008

Feb 27, 2008

Windows 7

Jul 22, 2009

Unlike Windows Vista, which introduced a large number of new features, Windows 7 was intended to be a more focused, incremental upgrade to the Windows line, with the goal of being compatible with applications and hardware with which Windows Vista was already compatible.

Windows Server 2008 R2

Oct 22, 2009

Windows Home Server 2011

Apr 6, 2011

Windows Server 2012

Sep 4, 2012

Windows 8

Oct 26, 2012

Windows 8 introduces significant changes to the operating system's platform, primarily focused towards improving its user experience on mobile devices such as tablets to better compete with other mobile operating systems like Android and Apple's iOS.