Timeline – Windows

Windows is an OS developed from Microsoft for the X86 and X64 PC infrastructure.

There are still some other versions but the list would be endless long when I would write every codename Microsoft used as also many projects were never released… 

Codename / Preliminary name	Final Name
Interface Manager	Win 1.01
Sparta	WfW 3.1
NT Beta	NT 3.1
Daytona	NT 3.5
Chicago Alpha / Chicago Betas	Windows 95
Nashville	Windows 95 B
Cairo	NT 4.0
Memphis	Windows 98
NT 5.0	Windows 2000
Neptune	never released / merged to Whistler
Georgia	Windows ME
Whistler	Windows XP
.NET Server	Windows 2003 Server
Longhorn / Vista Beta	Windows Vista
Longhorn Server	Windows Server 2008
Blackcomb / Vienna	Windows 7
Windows Server 8	Windows Server 2012
Blue	Windows 8.1
Threshold Server / Windows Server 2015	Windows Server 2016
Server 19H1 / Windows Server 2016 R2	Windows Server 2019
Threshold (1511) / Redstone	Windows 10
	Windows 11

There are still some other versions but the list would be endless long when I would write every codename Microsoft used as also many projects were never released… 

2001

25 October 2001

Windows XP

With the 2001 release of Windows XP, Microsoft united its various Windows packages under a single banner, offering multiple editions for consumers, businesses, multimedia developers, and others. (more…)

1985

20 November 1985

Windows 1.01

Bill Gates said in that time: Windows should be like MAC OS (more…)