Windows XP: Difference between revisions

'''Windows XP''' (codenamed ''Whistler'') is an operating system developed by [[w:Microsoft|Microsoft]]. It was released to manufacturing on 24 August 2001 and later made generally available on 25 October 2001.<ref>Microsoft. [https://web.archive.org/web/20011202150640/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/Press/2001/Oct01/10-25XPOverallPR.asp Windows XP Is Here!], Microsoft PressPass. 25 October 2001. Archived from [https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/Press/2001/Oct01/10-25XPOverallPR.asp the original] on 2 December 2001.</ref> It is the first consumer version based on the [[Windows NT]] codebase, succeeding both the NT-based [[Windows 2000|Windows 2000 Professional]] and the [[Windows 9x|9x-based]] [[Windows Me]]. It was ultimately succeeded by [[Windows Vista]] in 2006 after several delays in its development although some users opted to stay with Windows XP due to Vista’s higher system requirements and initial instability.