| https://www.windows.com/ | |
| Category | Operating System Family |
| Platform(s) | PC |
| Developer(s) | Microsoft Corporation |
| Publisher(s) | Microsoft |
| Distribution | Floppy Disk, CD, DVD, Digital Download |
| Source Model | Closed Source |
| License | MS-EULA |
| Latest Stable Version | Windows 10 |
| Programming Language(s) | Assembly, C, C Sharp, C++, CSS, JavaScript, MFC, .NET |
Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft Corporation. 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). Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. The most recent client version of Windows is Windows 10; the most recent server version is Windows Server 2008.
| Version | Processor | Memory | Hard drive capacity | Video card | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Recommended | Required | Recommended | Required | Recommended | Required | Recommended | |
| Windows 7 | 1 GHz | 1 GHz | 1 GB RAM | 1 GB RAM | hard drive with at least 16 GB of available space | hard drive with at least 16 GB of available space | DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver | DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver |
| Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 |
800 MHz | 1 GHz | 512 MB of system memory | 512 MB of system memory | 20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space | 40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space | 32 MB of graphics memory (but works in Super VGA) | Support for DirectX 9 graphics and 32-128MB of graphics memory |
| Windows XP | Pentium MMX 233 MHz | 64 MB of system memory | 256 MB of system memory | 20 GB hard drive with at least 1.5 GB of available space | 40 GB hard drive with at least 1.5 GB of available space | Super VGA (800x600), but works in VGA | Support for DirectX 8 graphics and 32 MB of graphics memory | |
| Windows 2000 | Pentium 133 MHz | 32 MB of system memory | 512 MB of system memory | 4 GB hard drive with at least 650 MB of available space | VGA | |||
| Windows NT 4 | 486, 33MHz | 12 MB of system memory | 512 MB of system memory | 200 MB hard drive with at least 110 MB of available space | VGA | |||
| Windows NT 3.51 | 386 25 MHz | 8 MB of system memory | 512 MB of system memory | 200 MB hard drive with at least 90 MB of available space | VGA | |||
| Windows ME | Pentium 150 MHz | 32 MB of system memory | 64 MB of system memory | 120 GB hard drive with at least 120 MB of available space | 40 GB hard drive with at least 400 MB of available space | VGA | Support for DirectX 9 graphics and 128 MB of graphics memory | |
| Windows 98 | 486 DX2 66 MHz | 16 MB of system memory | 32 MB of system memory | 20 GB hard drive with at least 300 MB of available space | 40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space | VGA | ||
| Windows 95 | 386 | 4 MB of system memory | 16 MB of system memory | 200 MB hard drive with at least 120 MB of available space | VGA | SVGA | ||
| Windows 3.11 | 386 | VGA | ||||||
| Windows 3.0 | 286 | 386 | VGA | |||||
| Windows 2.0 | 8086 | 286 | 640k | VGA | ||||
| Windows 1.01 | VGA | |||||||
Pre-Windows 9x
These Operating Systems came before Windows 95, and are characterised by the fact they are 16-Bit.
Windows 9x were Microsoft's Operating Systems for the Home Market, and were the first to take full advantage of the Intel 80386's 32-Bit addressing system.
The Windows NT Family combines Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and all other operating systems since then. It was Microsoft's effort to introduce a line of Operating Systems designed for Business Users
Embedded OSes are designed for small-time computers, such as ATM's.
A Version of Windows specialised for Handheld devices, such as PDA's.
Windows CE was designed for small, handheld devices like Pocket PC's
Future Windows Systems
An intensive look at what is to come from Redmond-Based Microsoft
Microsoft Product Codenames
Confused by a Codename for a Microsoft Product. Look here, and it'll probably be listed.