Microsoft announced the development of Windows in 1983, a graphical user interface (GUI) for its own operating system (MS-DOS). The 3.x and 4.x family includes DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows ME. The DOS-based Windows for Workgroups 3.11 achieved the breakthrough from 16- to 32-bit networking and 32-bit disk access. Windows NT family started with NT 3.1 in 1993. Modern Windows operating system versions are based on the newer Windows NT kernel.

A compilation of screenshots of Windows versions since Windows 1.0 with their release dates & Info is as listed :

Windows 1.0

Release date : 20 November 1985 (info)

 

1-60
Windows 2.0

9 December 1987 (info)

2-54
Windows 3.0

Release date 22 May 1990 (info)

 

3-51
Windows 3.11

Release date 27 July 1993 (info)

4-49
Windows 3.11 NT

Release date 6 April 1992 (info)

5-48
Windows 95

Release date 24 August 1995 (info)

6-48
Windows 98

Release date  25 June 1998 (info)

7-42
Windows 2000

Release date 17 February 2000 (info)

8-39
Windows Millenium Edition

Release date 14 September 2000 (info)

9-32
Windows XP

Release date 25 October 2001 (info)

10-28
Windows Vista

Release date 30 January 2007 (info)

11-22
Windows Seven

Release date 22 October 2009 (info)

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Windows 8

No screenshots yet !! And , Probable release would be in the year 2012.

3 thoughts on “History of Microsoft Windows : Windows 1.0 to Windows 7.0”

  1. This article demonstrates that windows evolved and yet more are expected such as easily switch from a version to another, I believe some would like to experiment older windows without making partitions and instal uninstal exercise.

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