Alithandabuzeki elokuba iWindows XP ibikhona kwaye isaza kuqhubeka ukuba yenye yeendlela zokusebenza ezikhutshwe nguMicrosoft kule minyaka idlulileyo. Kude kube namhla kwaye xa ngokusemthethweni ingasafumani nkxaso, ngaphandle kweenkampani noorhulumente ekuye kwafuneka ukuba bayiqeshe, isekhona kwi-10% yazo zonke iikhompyuter emhlabeni, isabelo esiphakamileyo kakhulu senkqubo yokusebenza esele iza vula i-16, akukho nto. Nangona kunjalo, i-Windows Vista eyalandelayo, ayizange iqatshelwe ziikhompyuter ezininzi, njengoko ukusebenza kwayo kancinci kunye neemfuno eziphezulu kunyanzela abasebenzisi ukuba banamathele kwi-XP.
Kwiminyaka emihlanu edlulileyo, ngo-2012, kwiminyaka emihlanu emva kokusungulwa kwayo, inkampani esekwe eRedmond yabhengeza umhla apho iWindows Vista, eyayikwimakethi iminyaka emibini, ingasayi kuxhaswa yinkampani. Lo mhla, ngo-Epreli 11, 2017, uyasondela, ke ukuba ungomnye wabasebenzisi abambalwa (ibisoloko inesabelo esisezantsi kakhulu) esiqhubeka nokusisebenzisa qiniseka ukuba unayo nganye kunye nohlaziyo olwahlukileyo olukhutshwe yinkampani, kuba ngenye indlela xa umhla obonisiweyo ufikile, awusayi kuba nakho ukwenza njalo.
IWindows 7 yangena kwimarike ngo-2009, kwiminyaka emibini emva kokusilela kweWindows Vista, kodwa yayithengiswa kude kube ngo-2011, ingenakulinganiswa. I-Windows 8 yenye yeenkqubo zokusebenza apho iMicrosoft ibonakala ngathi ayihlawulanga nzala ingako, ngaphandle konxibelelwano olonwabileyo oluphantse ukuba akukho mntu uluthandayo kwaye olunyanzele inkampani ukuba iphumeze uhlaziyo lweWindows 8.1, uhlaziyo olubuyiselwe kuthi ziintanda. qalisa ukugcinwa kweqhosha iithayile ezidumileyo ekungekho mntu uziqhelileyo.