What is Windows?

If you aren’t a newbie this is how Wikipedia will describe Windows:

Microsoft Windows (or simply Windows) is a meta-family of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.

And if you are, this is how I’ll describe it:

Windows is an operating system which runs on different types of Devices (Computers, Mobiles, Servers & embedded devices) which is developed and sold by Microsoft and it is the most common operating system in Personal Computers.

History of Windows

Oh boy.. This is pretty bad area for Windows or Microsoft because it is filled with indictments, controversies & rivalries but I’ll skip that part

Windows names its products in a very simple manner unlike Android:

Windows 1.0 (November 1985)

Windows 2.0 (December 1987)

Windows 3.x (1990s)

Windows 95 (Do I need to write it ?? [1995]) {USB compatibility started in this version of windows}

Windows 98 (Can you guess?)

Windows ME (September 2000)

Windows XP (October 2001) {a redesigned user interface and an updated Start menu}

Windows Vista (January 2007) {it had a reformatted shell and a newer user interface}

Windows 7 (July 2009) {after learning a lesson from the failure of Vista, Microsoft redesigned the user interface, and HomeGroup was introduced for the first time}

Windows 8 (October 2012) {optimized for touch based devices, Windows Store was introduced in Windows 8}

Windows 10 was announced on 30 September 2014 and it will be released on 29 July 2015 and it is supposed to bring glory back to Microsoft

As this post is all about introduction there isn’t a need of introducing Windows NT or RT or any other operating systems developed by Windows.

Extras:

Here are some Sales facts: