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| Year |
Release Date |
SW / CPU |
| 1979 |
June, 1979 |
Intel 8088 CPU |
| 1982 |
February, 1982 |
Intel 80286 CPU |
| 1982 |
Q1 1982 |
AMD D8086 |
|
February, 1982 |
A80286-8 |
| 1983 |
March, 1983 |
IBM Personal Computer XT |
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May, 1983 |
MS DOS 2.1 |
| 1984 |
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| 1985 |
April 1985 |
MS DOS 3.0 |
| 1985 |
October 1985 |
80386 CPU |
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November 1985 |
Windows 1.0 |
| 1986 |
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| 1987 |
December 1987 |
Windows 2.0 |
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December 1987 |
OS/2 Operating System |
| 1988 |
February 1988 |
MS DOS 3.3 |
| 1989 |
April 1989 |
MS DOS 4.1 |
|
April 1989 |
80486 CPU |
| 1990 |
May 1990 |
Windows 3.0 |
| 1991 |
March 1991 |
AMD AM386 |
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June 1991 |
MS DOS 5.0 |
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September 1991 |
Linux |
| 1992 |
February 1992 |
AMD AM486DX – 33Mhz |
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March 1992 |
Cyrix Cx486SLC |
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April 1992 |
Windows 3.1 |
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April 1992 |
OS/2 2.0 |
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November 1992 |
80486 DX2 CPU |
| 1993 |
March 1993 |
MS DOS 6.0 |
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March 1993 |
Pentium CPU |
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May 1993 |
Cyrix Cx486S |
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September 1993 |
Cyrix Cx486DX-33 / DX2 |
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November 1993 |
Windows 3.11 |
| 1994 |
March 1994 |
80486 DX4 CPU |
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June 1994 |
MS DOS 6.22 |
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September 1994 |
AMD AM486-DX100 |
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October 1994 |
OS/2 Warp |
| 1995 |
November 1995 |
AMD 5×86 133Mhz |
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February 1995 |
Pentium Overdrive CPU |
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June 1995 |
AMD AM486-DX120 |
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June 1995 |
Cyrix 5×86 Series |
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August 1995 |
Windows 95 |
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September 1995 |
Cyrix Cx486DX4 |
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October 1995 |
Cyrix 6×86 Series |
| 1996 |
March 1996 |
AMD PR75/PR100 (K5) |
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October 1996 |
Pentium MMX CPU |
| 1997 |
February 1997 |
Cyrix MediaGX |
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April 1997 |
AMD K6 Series |
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May 1997 |
Pentium II CPU |
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Cyrix PR 6×86 Series |
| 1998 |
April 1998 |
Intel Celeron Series |
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May 1998 |
AMD K6-2 Series |
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June 1998 |
Windows 98 |
| 1999 |
May 1999 |
Windows 98SE |
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February 1999 |
Pentium III CPU |
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February 1999 |
AMD K6-3 Series (K6) |
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June 1999 |
AMD K7 Series |
| 2000 |
February 2000 |
Windows 2000 |
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February 2000 |
Cyrix M3 Series |
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November 2000 |
Pentium 4 CPU |
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June 2000 |
AMD Duron (K7) |
| 2000 |
September 2000 |
Windows ME |
| 2001 |
March 2001 |
Via C3 Series |
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June 2001 |
AMD Athlon MP (K7) |
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October 2001 |
Windows XP |
| 2002 |
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| 2003 |
September 2003 |
AMD Athlon 64 (K8) |
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January 2004 |
ReactOS |
| 2004 |
August 2004 |
Windows XP SP2 |
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October 2004 |
Ubuntu 4.10 |
| 2005 |
May 2005 |
Pentium D CPU |
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May 2005 |
AMD Athlon X2 |
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May 2005 |
Via C7 Series |
| 2006 |
July 2006 |
Core2Duo CPU |
| 2007 |
January 2007 |
Windows Vista |
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January 2007 |
Pentium Dual Core CPU |
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November 2007 |
AMD Phenom 64 (K8) |
| 2008 |
January 2008 |
Core2Quad CPU |
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April 2008 |
Intel Atom CPU |
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April 2008 |
Windows XP SP3 |
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December 2008 |
AMD Phenom II |
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October 2009 |
Windows 7 |
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October 2009 |
AMD Athlon II X4 (K10) |
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January 2010 |
Intel i3-350/i5 450 |
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June 2011 |
ChromeOS |
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October 2012 |
Windows 8 |