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{{DISPLAYTITLE: | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Microsoft ''Neptune''}} | ||
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{{Infobox Windows version | {{Infobox Windows version | ||
|name = | |name = Microsoft Neptune | ||
|logo = Windows Neptune logo.svg | |logo = Windows Neptune logo.svg | ||
|image = Windows-Neptune-5.50.5111.1-Desktop.png | |image = Windows-Neptune-5.50.5111.1-Desktop.png | ||
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|replaces = [[Windows 2000]]<br>[[Windows 98]]<br>[[Windows Me]] | |replaces = [[Windows 2000]]<br>[[Windows 98]]<br>[[Windows Me]] | ||
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'''''Neptune''''' (sometimes stylized as '''''NepTune''''') was the codename for a canceled version of [[Microsoft Windows]] scheduled for release during the year 2000, which would have been the first consumer version of Windows based on the existing [[Windows NT]] codebase. The operating system was originally intended to succeed [[Windows 98]], although this later shifted to [[Windows Me]] due to delays. | '''''Neptune''''' (sometimes stylized as '''''NepTune''''') was the codename for a canceled version of [[Microsoft Windows]] scheduled for release during the year 2000, which would have been the first consumer version of Windows based on the existing [[Windows NT]] codebase. The operating system was originally intended to succeed [[Windows 98]], although this later shifted to [[Windows Me]] due to delays. | ||
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The project was worked on throughout 1999 before it was ultimately scrapped in January 2000. The Neptune team merged with another team developing the [[Windows Odyssey|''Odyssey'' project]], a business-oriented successor of [[Windows 2000]], to work on what would later become [[Windows XP]]. However, many of the project objectives did end up inspiring some of the new features of the versions that followed, with Windows XP introducing an evolved form of Neptune's new [[Start menu]] design as well as certain bits of the task-based interface. The Metro interface introduced with [[Windows 8]] also shared many common goals with the Neptune project, including the Activity Centers' focus on typography. Windows 8 also introduced Hybrid Boot, largely similar in principle to Neptune's fast startup functionality. | The project was worked on throughout 1999 before it was ultimately scrapped in January 2000. The Neptune team merged with another team developing the [[Windows Odyssey|''Odyssey'' project]], a business-oriented successor of [[Windows 2000]], to work on what would later become [[Windows XP]]. However, many of the project objectives did end up inspiring some of the new features of the versions that followed, with Windows XP introducing an evolved form of Neptune's new [[Start menu]] design as well as certain bits of the task-based interface. The Metro interface introduced with [[Windows 8]] also shared many common goals with the Neptune project, including the Activity Centers' focus on typography. Windows 8 also introduced Hybrid Boot, largely similar in principle to Neptune's fast startup functionality. | ||
== | == Concept art == | ||
Neptune UI mockups from a 1998 Microsoft presentation:<gallery> | Neptune concept art/UI mockups from a 1998 Microsoft presentation:<gallery> | ||
File:Neptune Welcome.jpg| | File:Neptune Welcome.jpg|Welcome screen concept art | ||
File:Neptune Start 1.jpg| | File:Neptune Start 1.jpg|Start screen concept art | ||
File:Neptune Start 2.jpg| | File:Neptune Start 2.jpg|Ditto. | ||
File:Neptune Entertainment Center.jpg| | File:Neptune Entertainment Center.jpg|Entertainment Center concept art | ||
File:Neptune Outlook Express.jpg|UI mockup | File:Neptune Outlook Express.jpg|[[Outlook Express]] UI mockup | ||
File:Neptune Word 1.gif|UI mockup | File:Neptune Word 1.gif|[[Microsoft Word]] UI mockup | ||
File:Neptune Word 2.gif| | File:Neptune Word 2.gif|Ditto. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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Although only build 5111.1 is currently available, there is some evidence for other builds as well, mostly from file versions in various Windows Me builds. | Although only build 5111.1 is currently available, there is some evidence for other builds as well, mostly from file versions in various Windows Me builds. | ||
{{BLItem Unconfirmed| | {{BLItem Unconfirmed|Microsoft Neptune build 5000|5.50.5000.1}} | ||
{{BLItem Unconfirmed| | {{BLItem Unconfirmed|Microsoft Neptune build 5022|5.50.5022.1}} | ||
{{BLItem Unconfirmed| | {{BLItem Unconfirmed|Microsoft Neptune build 5048|5.50.5048.1}} | ||
{{BLItem Fake| | {{BLItem Fake|Microsoft Neptune build 5056|5.50.5056.1}} | ||
{{BLItem Unconfirmed| | {{BLItem Unconfirmed|Microsoft Neptune build 5067|5.50.5067.1}} | ||
{{BLItem Unconfirmed| | {{BLItem Unconfirmed|Microsoft Neptune build 5082|5.50.5082.1}} | ||
{{BLItem Unconfirmed| | {{BLItem Unconfirmed|Microsoft Neptune build 5086|5.50.5086.1}} | ||
{{BLItem Unconfirmed| | {{BLItem Unconfirmed|Microsoft Neptune build 5094|5.50.5094.1}} | ||
{{BLItem Unconfirmed| | {{BLItem Unconfirmed|Microsoft Neptune build 5095|5.50.5095.1}} | ||
{{BLItem Unconfirmed| | {{BLItem Unconfirmed|Microsoft Neptune build 5096|5.50.5096.1}} | ||
{{BLItem Unconfirmed| | {{BLItem Unconfirmed|Microsoft Neptune build 5099|5.50.5099.1}} | ||
{{BLItem Leaked| | {{BLItem Leaked|Microsoft Neptune build 5111|5.50.5111.1}} | ||
{{BLItem Unconfirmed| | {{BLItem Unconfirmed|Microsoft Neptune build 5116|5.50.5116.1}} | ||
{{BLItem Unconfirmed| | {{BLItem Unconfirmed|Microsoft Neptune build 5117|5.50.5117.1}} | ||
{{BLItem Unconfirmed| | {{BLItem Unconfirmed|Microsoft Neptune build 5179|5.50.5179.1}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||