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   Windows 3.0 is the third major release of Microsoft Windows, launched in 1990. Its new graphical user interface (GUI) represents applications as clickable icons, instead of the list of file names in its predecessors.

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   Windows 3.0 is the third major release of Microsoft Windows, and was released on May 20, 1990. It is a graphical environment (a program that runs on top of an operating system), instead of an operating system by itself. It became the first successful version of Windows in the market.

   • Released to manufacturing: May 20, 1990; 33 years ago
   • Developer: Microsoft

   • Source model: Closed source
   • OS family: Microsoft Windows

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   When did Windows 3.1 come out?

   • In response to the impending release of OS/2 2.0, Microsoft developed Windows 3.1 (first released in April 1992), which included several improvements to Windows 3.0, such as display of TrueType scalable fonts (developed jointly with Apple), improved disk performance in 386 Enhanced Mode, multimedia support, and bugfixes.

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   When did Windows 1.0 come out?

   • After witnessing several early GUI-based operating system approaches, Microsoft released its own graphical mouse-based interface, Windows 1.0, in 1985. It ran on top of MS-DOS and provided a bitmapped display with non-overlapping application windows. Neither Windows 1.0 nor Windows 2.0 proved successful in the market.

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   When did Windows 1.0 become obsolete?

   • On December 31, 2001, Microsoft declared Windows 1.0 obsolete and stopped providing support and updates for the system. Microsoft Windows version 2.0 (2.01 and 2.03 internally) came out on December 9, 1987 and proved slightly more popular than its predecessor.

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   When did Windows 1.0 become popular?

   • Windows 1.0, the first independent version of Microsoft Windows, version 1.0, released on November 20, 1985, achieved little popularity.

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4. microsoft.fandom.com › wiki › Windows_3Windows 3.0 | Microsoft Wiki | Fandom

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   Windows 3.0 is a version of Microsoft Windows released on May 22, 1990. Like its predecessors, it is an operating environment that runs on top of MS-DOS . Contents. 1History. 1.1Development. 1.2Release history. 2New features. 3System requirements. 3.1Memory modes. 4Gallery of screenshots.

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   May 23, 2020 · Thirty years ago this month, Microsoft released Windows 3.0, a graphical environment that represented a dramatic leap over its predecessors in terms of capability and popularity. Here's what made Windows 3.0 special. The First Successful Version of Windows.

6. www.lifewire.com › brief-history-of-microsoftA Brief History of Microsoft Windows - Lifewire

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   Feb 9, 2023 · Windows 3.0/3.1. Windows 95. Windows 98/ME/2000. Windows XP. Windows Vista. Windows 7. Windows 8. Windows 10. Windows 11. Frequently Asked Questions. From its initial release in 1985 through its ongoing active development in 2021 and beyond, Windows has been a major player in the consumer and corporate PC ecosystem.