Despite the perpetual Longhorn delays, Microsoft decided in early 2004 to forego a new version of Windows XP to bridge the gap. Instead, it plotted a marketing push codenamed “XP Reloaded” that would promote new PCs based on Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, and a wide range of multimedia enhancements.

[caption id="attachment_263191" align="alignnone" width="1066"] Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005[/caption]