windows 7?

dsk04 · 28 Nov 2011

windows 7?

if...
3.1 = 1
95 = 2
98 = 3
me = 4
2000 = 5
xp = 6
2003 = 7
vista = 8
2008 = 9
7 = 10

AllOnTheBus · 28 Nov 2011

Good one!

Maybe someone with a little more knowledge of php
than myself could write an if statement to help
solve this mystery for us - lol

logicearth · 29 Nov 2011

Server 2008 is Windows Vista, they both share the same kernel and underlying systems. Even so, 2000, 2003, 2008 were not consumer operating systems. 2000 is a special case while a consumer could have gotten it, it was never marketed towards the average consumer. Until Windows XP, The Windows NT line was targeting businesses.

3.1 = 1
95 = 2
98 = 3
me = 4
xp = 5
vista = 6
7 = 7

Even so, Windows 7 would have been Windows NT 7, if they didn't preserve compatibility by setting the version to 6.1
Vista is NT 6, XP is NT 5.1/5.2. Windows 8 is going to be 6.2.

Either way, it does line up when you look at it from a technical and consumer angle.

davehc · 29 Nov 2011

This is how I see them.
Windows 1.0 - - - 1
Windows 2.0 - - - 2
Windows 2.1*
Windows 3.0 - - - 3
Windows 3.1*
Windows 3.11*
Windows 3.2 *
Windows 95 - - - 4
Windows 98 - - - 5
Windows 98 SE*
Windows Me*
Windows 2000* Not a standard consumer release (imo)
Windows XP - - - 6
Windows Vista (odd man out?)
Windows 7 - - - 7
Windows 8 - - - 8
Ive included ME and Windows 2000, with an asterix, as these two were modifications to the previous editions, rather thab a full release. I think Windows 7 should have followed the same trend, as, imho, it was a major update for Vista. (Vista and 2000 see above post) The other asterix marked releases were also all adaptions and improvements on earlier Os's.

logicearth · 29 Nov 2011

davehc said:

Ive included ME and Windows 2000, with an asterix, as these two were modifications to the previous editions, rather thab a full release.

Then by that account, Windows XP should also be as it was just a modification of Windows 2000 for the consumer market. Very little was changed in Windows XP from 2000. It wasn't until Service Pack 2 that really differentiate XP from 2000. Tho from a consumer point of view I can see it.

alphanumeric · 29 Nov 2011

Personally I look at it from a 9x NT perspective. 9x being windows 95, 98, and ME. NT being those with an NT kernel. NT4 (NT4), 2000 (NT5), XP (NT5.1), Vista (NT6), 7 (NT6.1). ME I believe was supposed to be the Home (consumer) version of Windows 2000. Vista is I guess Windows 6 and 7 is 7 because they didn't want to call it 6.1 or Vista SE?