Windows to Date

November 10, 1983: announces Windows 1.0

December 9, 1987: Windows 2.0 released

December 9,1987: Windows/386 (or Windows 386) released June 1988: Windows/286 (or Windows 286) released

May 22 1990: Windows 3.0 released, with an upgrade version made available

October, 1991: Windows 3.0 (or Windows 3.0a with multimedia) released

April 1991: Windows 3.1 released; within two months, it sells more than a million copies

October 1992: Windows for Workgroups 3.1 released

August 1993: Windows NT 3.1 released

February 1994: Windows for Workgroups 3.11 released

September 1994: Microsoft Windows NT 3.5 is released

June, 1995: Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 is released

August 1995: Microsoft Windows 95 is released; within four days it sells more than a million copies.

August 1996: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 released

November 1996: Microsoft Windows CE 1.0 released

November 1997: Microsoft Windows CE 2.0 is released.

June 1998: Microsoft Windows 98 released.

July 1998: Microsoft Windows CE 2.1 released.

May 5, 1999: Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition released.

1999: Microsoft Windows CE 3.0 released.

February 2000: Microsoft Windows 2000 released.

April 19, 2000: Windows Mobile launched

June 19, 2000: Microsoft Windows ME (Millennium Edition) released

October 25, 2001: Microsoft Windows XP released

2001: Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (v 2002) for Itanium systems is released

March 28, 2003 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 released

March 28, 2003: Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (v 2003) for Itanium 2 systems is released

August 6, 2004: Microsoft releases Service Pack 2 for XP

April 24, 2005: Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition released

January 30, 2007: Microsoft Windows Vista is released

July 22, 2009: Windows 7 is released

November 8, 2010: Windows Phone launches and replaces Windows Mobile

February 22, 2011: Service Pack One released for Windows 7

October 26, 2012: Windows 8 is released

December 20, 2012: Windows Phone 8 launches

October 17, 2013: Windows 8.1 is released

September 20, 2014: Microsoft announces the next Windows will be Windows 10

January 21, 2015: Microsoft firms up Windows 10 details