Ten pictures of Microsoft Windows XP past life and life

  
April 8 news, after today, Microsoft officially stopped technical support for Windows XP operating system, many netizens expressed the reluctance and nostalgia of Windows XP system. Baidu also produced a very animated web page today, telling about the major events since the birth of Windows XP.
Windows XP officially retired
Windows XP's past and present:
October 25, 2001: Windows XP officially released. Microsoft Vice President Jim Allchin presented Windows XP for the first time, and released both Professional and Home Edition in the same year.
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2002: The SP1 patch package is released beyond the previous generation system. The SP1 patch package is a technology that allows users and computer manufacturers to remove some of the "mediation software" incorporated in XP.
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2004: The SP2 patch package was released, and the installed capacity increased rapidly. For the release of the SP2 patch, Microsoft spent $300 million.
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2007: Windows XP has a global market share of 76%. In the same year, the Windows Vista operating system was released. Microsoft also proposed the first stop of Windows XP.
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2008: Microsoft introduced the Windows XP SP3 patch, which is the last upgrade of Windows XP.
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2008: Microsoft slams Tomato Garden, and Microsoft continues to increase its efforts to combat pirated Windows operating systems.
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2009: Microsoft stopped supporting mainstream software for Windows XP. In the same year, Windows 7 was officially launched.
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2011: Windows 7 market share continues to expand, but Windows XP users are still huge.
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2013: Microsoft announced that Windows XP SP3 will be discontinued on April 8, 2014.
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April 8, 2014: Windows XP officially announced its retirement.
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