| Year |
Event |
| |
See
our codename definition
for a listing of Microsoft codenames. |
| 1983 |
Microsoft Windows was announced
November 10, 1983 and sells for $100.00. |
| 1985 |
Microsoft
Windows 1.0 is introduced in November, 1985
and is initially sold for $100.00. |
| 1987 |
Microsoft
Windows 2.0 was released
December 9, 1987
and is initially sold for $100.00. |
| 1987 |
Microsoft
Windows/386 or Windows
386 is introduced December 9, 1987
and is initially sold for $100.00. |
| 1988 |
Microsoft
Windows/286 or Windows
286 is introduced June, 1988
and is initially sold for $100.00. |
| 1990 |
Microsoft Windows
3.0 was released May, 22 1990. Microsoft Windows 3.0 full
version was priced at $149.95 and the upgrade version was priced
at $79.95. |
| 1991 |
Microsoft Windows
3.0 or Windows 3.0a with multimedia was released October, 1991. |
| 1992 |
Microsoft Windows
3.1 was released April, 1992 and sells more than 1 Million
copies within the first two months of its release. |
| 1992 |
Microsoft Windows
for Workgroups 3.1 was released October, 1992. |
| 1993 |
Microsoft Windows
NT 3.1 was released August, 1993. |
| 1993 |
The number of licensed users of Microsoft
Windows now totals more than 25 Million. |
| 1994 |
Microsoft Windows
for Workgroups 3.11 was released February, 1994. |
| 1994 |
Microsoft Windows
NT 3.5 was released September, 1994. |
| 1995 |
Microsoft Windows
NT 3.51 was released June, 1995. |
| 1995 |
Microsoft Windows
95 was released August, 1995 and sells more than 1 Million
copies within 4 days. |
| 1996 |
Microsoft Windows
NT 4.0 was released August, 1996. |
| 1996 |
Microsoft Windows
CE 1.0 was released November, 1996. |
| 1997 |
Microsoft Windows
CE 2.0 was released November, 1997. |
| 1998 |
Microsoft Windows
98 was released June, 1998. |
| 1998 |
Microsoft Windows
CE 2.1 was released July, 1998. |
| 1999 |
Microsoft Windows
98 SE (Second Edition) was released May 5, 1999. |
| 1999 |
Microsoft Windows
CE 3.0 was released 1999. |
| 2000 |
Microsoft Windows
2000 was released February 2000. |
| 2000 |
Microsoft Windows
ME (Millennium) released June 19, 2000. |
| 2001 |
Microsoft Windows
XP is released October 25, 2001. |
|
2001 |
Microsoft Windows
XP 64-Bit Edition (Version 2002) for Itanium systems is
released. |
| 2003 |
Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 is released March 28, 2003. |
|
2003 |
Microsoft Windows
XP 64-Bit Edition (Version 2003) for Itanium 2 systems is
released on March 28, 2003. |
|
2003 |
Microsoft Windows
XP Media Center Edition 2003 is released on December 18,
2003. |
|
2004 |
Microsoft Windows
XP Media Center Edition 2005 is released on October 12,
2004. |
|
2005 |
Microsoft Windows
XP Professional
x64 Edition is released on April 24, 2005. |
| 2005 |
Microsoft
announces it's next operating system, codenamed "Longhorn" will
be named Windows Vista on July 23, 2005. |
|
2006 |
Microsoft releases
Microsoft Windows Vista to
corporations on November 30, 2006. |
|
2007 |
Microsoft releases
Microsoft Windows Vista and
Office 2007 to the general public January 30, 2007. |
