Kathleen Maguire 11/5/2007 Digital Restoration Computer Timeline Microsoft Systems 1995 – 2007. Windows 95 Dates of use

Released on September 14, 2000. Microsoft ceased supporting the platform July 11, 2006 in accordance with their Microsoft Life Cycle Policy.

Considering the limited time span Windows ME served as the 'new' Microsoft platform (XP was released just over a year later), it is a somewhat insignificant addition to Microsoft's platform history. The major addition to the system was a "hibernate" feature, which prevented the computer from crashing while in sleep mode.