However, the projects proved to be too ambitious. In the late 1990s, initial development of what would become Windows XP was focused on two individual products: ' Odyssey', which was reportedly intended to succeed the future Windows 2000 and ' Neptune', which was reportedly a consumer-oriented operating system using the Windows NT architecture, succeeding the MS-DOS-based Windows 98. As of September 2022, globally, just 0.39% of Windows PCs and 0.1% of all devices across all platforms continue to run Windows XP. However, over three years from the end of all Microsoft support, the majority of PCs in some countries such as Armenia still appear to be running on Windows XP. Still, Microsoft discouraged this practice, citing incompatibility issues. After that, unofficial methods were made available to apply the updates to other editions of Windows XP.

Windows Embedded POSReady 2009, based on Windows XP Professional, received security updates until April 2019. After that, the operating system ceased receiving further support. Mainstream support for Windows XP ended on April 14, 2009, and extended support ended on April 8, 2014. Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 were succeeded by Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, released in 20, respectively. Upon its release, Windows XP received critical acclaim, noting increased performance and stability (especially compared to Windows Me), a more intuitive user interface, improved hardware support, and expanded multimedia capabilities. Windows XP removed support for PC-98, i486 and SGI Visual Workstation 320 and 540 and will only run on 32-bit x86 CPUs and devices which use BIOS firmware.

As a result, Windows XP is the first consumer edition of Windows not based on the Windows 95 kernel and MS-DOS.

However, in January 2000, both projects were scrapped in favor of a single OS codenamed 'Whistler', which would serve as a single platform for both consumer and business markets. An updated version of Windows 2000 was also initially planned for the business market. It is a direct upgrade to its predecessors, Windows 2000 for high-end and business users and Windows Me for home users, available for any devices running Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows Me that meet the new Windows XP system requirements.ĭevelopment of Windows XP began in the late 1990s under the codename ' Neptune', built on the Windows NT kernel explicitly intended for mainstream consumer use. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and later to retail on October 25, 2001. Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system.

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