Currently, the most popular operating systems but where Microsoft (and in general) are Windows XP, Windows Vista si, mai nou, Windows 7 (Beta). Most of you probably still remember (and maybe still use, at least from time to time) the Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows 2000. But aren't you curious to know where Windows operating systems began to evolve? You have never wondered where it begins history to them? We do. And here's what I found out:
1983 — Microsoft Interface Manager was Launched
1985 — Windows Premiere Edition [Windows 1.00]
1985 — Windows 1.01
1987 — Windows 1.02 – 1.04
1987 — Windows 2.03
1987 — Windows 386
1988 — Windows 286
1990 — Windows 3.0 (Codename: Janus)
1991 — Windows NT
1991 — Windows 3.0a
1992 — Windows 3.1 (Codename: Janus)
1992 — Windows for Workgroups 3.1 (Codename: Kato)
1993 — Windows NT 3.1
1994 — Windows for Workgroups 3.11 (Codename: Snowball)
1994 — Windows NT3.5 (Codename: Daytona)
1995 — Windows NT 3.51 (Codename: Daytona)
1995 — Windows 95 (Codename: Chicago)
1996 — Windows NT 4.0 (Codename: Cairo)
1996 — Windows CE 1.0 (Codename: Talisker)
1997 — Windows CE 2.0
1998 — Windows 98 (Codename: Memphis)
1998 — Windows CE 2.1
1999 — Windows 98 SE
1999 — Windows CE 3.0
2000 — Windows 2000 (Codename: Odyssey) [The first Codename was Chicairo, but that’s very little known about, the most common codename was NT 5.0, Odyssey was just an experimental project to the GUI of Neptune]
2000 — Windows ME (Codename: Millennium)
2001 — Windows XP (Codename: Whistler)
2003 — Windows Server 2003 (Codename: Whistler Server) [.NET Server]
2003 — Windows XP 64-Bit Edition 2003 (Codename: Sundown)
2003 — Windows XP Media Centre Edition (Codename: Freestyle)
2003 — Windows XP Media Centre 2003 (Codename: Freestyle)
2004 — Windows XP Media Centre 2004 (Codename: Harmony)
2004 — Windows XP Media Centre 2005 (Codename: Symphony)
2006 — Windows Vista (Released to Corporations Only)
2007 — Windows Vista (Released to the General Public. Codename: Longhorn)
2008 — Windows Small Business Server 2008 (Codename: Cougar)
2008 –Windows Essential Business Sever 2008 (Codename: Centro)
2008 — Windows Server 2008 (Codename: Longhorn Server)
[Release Date still to be Announced]* ~ Approx Release Date 2009 – 2010 — Official Release Name Unknown (Codename: Windows Seven, formerly known as Blackcomb and Vienna)
* – Windows 7 was already released in Beta version on January 9, 2009. Release Windows 7 Release Candidate was announced on April 10, 2009.
Windows 96 (Codename: Nashville) and Windows 99 (Codename: Neptune) were versions of the Microsoft OS that were never released. Nashville was going to be an upgrade of Windows 95, and Neptune was going to be an upgrade of Windows 98.
Nashville was just an Internet Explorer 4.0 Beta, a try to integrate the IE into Windows 95, the Boot screen saying “Windows 96” is a mod by Ken Oath.
Windows Neptune was planned as 2000 Successor, also Neptune was NT (Windows 2000) based and not DOS based.
In the video above you have some images of what Windows operating systems looked like from version 1.0 to Vista. Windows 7 was not integrated into the collage due to the fact that the film was published on youtube.com on December 23, 2007.
