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  2. Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the direct successor to Windows XP, released five years earlier, which was then the longest time span between successive releases of Microsoft Windows.

  3. Microsoft Windows version history - Wikipedia

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    Windows 1.0, the first independent version of Microsoft Windows, released on November 20, 1985, achieved little popularity. The project was briefly codenamed "Interface Manager" before the windowing system was implemented—contrary to popular belief that it was the original name for Windows and Rowland Hanson, the head of marketing at Microsoft, convinced the company that the name Windows ...

  4. Windows Vista editions - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Windows Vista —a major release of the Microsoft Windows operating system —was available in six different product editions: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate. [1][2] On September 5, 2006, Microsoft announced the USD pricing for editions available through retail channels; [3] the operating system was ...

  5. List of Microsoft Windows versions - Wikipedia

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    A "personal computer" version of Windows is considered to be a version that end-users or OEMs can install on personal computers, including desktop computers, laptops, and workstations. The first five versions of WindowsWindows 1.0, Windows 2.0, Windows 2.1, Windows 3.0, and Windows 3.1 –were all based on MS-DOS, and were aimed at both ...

  6. Windows 7 - Wikipedia

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    Maximum PC gave Windows 7 a rating of 9 out of 10 and called Windows 7 a "massive leap forward" in usability and security, and praised the new Taskbar as "worth the price of admission alone." [178] PC World called Windows 7 a "worthy successor" to Windows XP and said that speed benchmarks showed Windows 7 to be slightly faster than Windows ...

  7. Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions. Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of computer software operating systems created by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs).

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  9. Development of Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    The development of Windows Vista (codenamed Longhorn) began in May 2001, [1] prior to the release of Microsoft 's Windows XP operating system, and continued until November 8, 2006, where it was released to manufacturing. Windows Vista was then released generally to retail on January 30, 2007.