23 years ago today, Microsoft released Windows XP, one of the most widely-used operating systems in the history of personal computing. Released to critical acclaim, CNET described it as “worth the hype”. The performance improvements of XP in comparison to Windows 2000 and Windows Me were also praised, along with its increased number of built-in device drivers in comparison to 2000. READ how long the world hung onto this classic CPU interface… (2001)

Officially replaced with Vista in 2006, XP was still the most used Windows OS and continued to be for 6 years after Vista’s release, and 3 years after the far superior Windows 7 was released in 2009.

By January 2014, after Windows ended all support for Windows XP, it was estimated that more than 95% of the 3 million automated teller machin

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