Beta 2: Windows XP
By the end of January 2001, the final naming of "Whistler" became an issue that news and rumor sites alike began posting their guesses. Eventually, the "XP" moniker was used, for "eXPerience." Microsoft announced the final name of "Whistler" on February 9, 2001. Since then, "Whistler" was known as Windows XP. Also, on 9 February 2001 that day, technical reviewers received a private demonstration of "Whistler" build 2428 at Microsoft. Build 2428 has a Date Stamp of 9 February 2001 and was known as Whistler Beta 2.
Build 2462 (Windows XP Beta 2, with a build tag of main.010315-1739) was released on March 23, 2001, the first build under the name XP.
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