Are you researching on the history of Microsoft Windows versions? This article contains a complete list of all Microsoft Windows Versions and the date of release.
Windows is a Microsoft operating system, the de-facto standard perfect for home, educational, and business PC.
The MS Windows is a GUI-based OS which was introduced in November 1985 and ever since then it has been released in several versions since then, as shown in the table below.
Microsoft company started with the partnership of Bill Gates and Paul Allen in the year 1975. Bill Gates and Paul Allen co-developed Xenix which is a version of Unix. The Microsoft company was incorporated in the year 1981.
In the world today, Windows is the most used operating system for PC. And it is used by several brands to power their hardware.
We have seen the Windows version changes from to another. Below is the list of all the versions.
Microsoft Windows Versions, Editions and Release Date
| NAME | RELEASE DATE | EDITION |
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| Windows 10 | 29 July 2015 |
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| Windows 8.1 | 17 October 2013 |
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| Windows 8 | 26 October 2012 |
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| Windows 7 | 22 October 2009 |
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| Windows Vista | 30 January 2007 |
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| Windows XP Professional x64 | 25 April 2005 | N/A |
| Windows XP | 25 October 2001 |
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| Windows ME | 14 September 2000 | N/A |
| Windows 2000 | 17 February 2000 | Professional |
| Windows 98 | 25 June 1998 |
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| Windows NT 4.0 | 24 August 1996 | Windows NT 4.0 Workstation |
| Windows 95 | 24 August 1995 |
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| Windows NT 3.51 | 30 May 1995 | Windows NT 3.51 Workstation |
| Windows NT 3.5 | 21 September 1994 | Windows NT 3.5 Workstation |
| Windows 3.2 | 22 November 1993 | Simplified Chinese only |
| Windows for Workgroups 3.11 | November 1993 | N/A |
| Windows NT 3.1 | 27 July 1993 | Windows NT 3.1 |
| Windows 3.1 | April 1992 |
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| Windows 3.0 | 22 May 1990 | N/A |
| Windows 2.11 | 13 March 1989 |
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| Windows 2.10 | 27 May 1988 |
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| Windows 2.03 | 9 December 1987 | N/A |
| Windows 1.04 | April 1987 | N/A |
| Windows 1.03 | August 1986 | N/A |
| Windows 1.02 | May 1986 | N/A |
| Windows 1.01 | 20 November 1985 | N/A |
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