• • • Windows XP (codenamed Whistler) is a that was produced by as part of the family of operating systems. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and broadly released for retail sale on October 25, 2001. Development of Windows XP began in the late 1990s as ', an operating system built on the which was intended specifically for mainstream consumer use. An updated version of was also originally planned for the business market; however, in January 2000, both projects were shelved in favor of a single OS codenamed 'Whistler', which would serve as a single OS platform for both consumer and business markets. Windows XP was a major advance from the versions of in security, stability and efficiency due to its use of Windows NT underpinnings. It introduced a significantly redesigned and was the first version of Windows to use in an effort to reduce its.

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Upon its release, Windows XP received generally positive reviews, with critics noting increased performance and overall stability (especially in comparison to ), a more intuitive user interface, improved hardware support, and its expanded multimedia capabilities. Despite some initial concerns over the new licensing model and product activation system, Windows XP eventually proved to be popular and widely used. It is estimated that at least 400 million copies of Windows XP were sold globally within its first five years of availability, and at least one billion copies were sold by April 2014. Sales of Windows XP licenses to (OEMs) ceased on June 30, 2008, but continued for until October 2010. Extended support for Windows XP ended on April 8, 2014, after which the operating system to most users. As of August 2017, Windows XP desktop market share makes it the fourth most popular Windows version after Windows 7, Windows 10 and Windows 8.1. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Development [ ] 'Neptune' and 'Odyssey' [ ] 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, and ', which was reportedly a consumer-oriented operating system using the architecture, succeeding the -based.