Another reason why Windows XP initially proved so popular was because of the way it improved upon its predecessor.
The operating system was the first Microsoft offering to be aimed at both the consumer and business markets, ensuring that it combined reliability with ease of use.
Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. It was the successor to both Windows 2000 for professional users and Windows Me for home users. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and broadly released for retail sale on October 25, 2001.
Windows Me
Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows Me (marketed with the pronunciation of the pronoun “me”), is a graphical operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of operating systems.
Windows NT
Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released on July 27, 1993. It is a processor-independent, multiprocessing and multi-user operating system. The first version of Windows NT was Windows NT 3.1 and was produced for workstations and server computers.
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