Yebo, kuwukubheka kancane emlandweni, kodwa Windows I-XP isetshenziswe abaningi bethu iminyaka eminingi, ngakho-ke lo msindo ubuyisa izinkumbulo eziningi. Phela, kwakuyilolu hlelo lweMicrosoft oluhambisana nesizukulwane sonke sabasebenzisi be-PC. Bonke abanye, ikakhulukazi abancane, bangakwazi ukulalela umsindo owodwa oyisithonjana ngempela ezinhlobonhlobo zawo eziningi.
Yilokho kanye le ngxube emayelana nayo. Eyokuqala yasekuqaleni ilandelwa ukuguquguquka kwayo okuhlukahlukene, okuvame ukuhlekisa ngempela. Bangu-23 sebebonke kuvidiyo. Windows I-XP (eyaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi "xpéčka") iyisistimu yokusebenza evela ochungechungeni Windows I-NT evela ku-Microsoft, eyakhululwa emuva ngo-2001. Yayihloselwe ukusetshenziswa okuvamile kumakhompyutha womuntu wasekhaya noma webhizinisi, amakhompyutha aphathekayo noma izikhungo zemidiya. Isifinyezo esithi "XP" simele i-eXPerience. Uhlelo lwabelana ngezingxenye ezibalulekile nohlelo Windows Iseva 2003.
Kwakuyisistimu yokusebenza ehamba phambili isikhathi esingaphezu kweminyaka eyishumi futhi ngesikhathi iMicrosoft iqala ukuyifaka esikhundleni sayo Windows Vista (November 2006) wasebenzisa uhlelo Windows I-XP cishe i-87% yabasebenzisi. Bekuyisistimu yokusebenza esetshenziswa kakhulu kuze kube maphakathi no-2012, lapho yedlula khona Windows 7, kodwa isasetshenziswa eminyakeni emihlanu ngemuva kokuphela kokuthengisa Windows XP cishe ku-30% wamakhompyutha.
