Windows 3.0 is the third major release of Microsoft Windows, released in 1990. Like its predecessors, it is not an operating system, but rather a graphical operating environment that runs on top of DOS. It features a new graphical user interface where applications are represented as clickable icons, as opposed to a list of file names seen in its predecessors. Later updates would expand the software's capabilities, one of which added multimedia support for sound recording and playback, as well as support for CD-ROMs.
Unlike the previous versions of Windows, Windows 3.0 performed well critically and commercially. Critics and users considered its graphical user interface to be a challenger to those of Apple Macintosh and Commodore.[2] Other praised features were the improved multitasking, customizability, and especially the utilitarian management of computer memory that troubled the users of Windows 3.0's predecessors. Microsoft was, however, criticized by third-party developers for the bundling of its separate software with the operating environment, which they viewed as anticompetitive. It sold 10 million licenses before it was succeeded by Windows 3.1 in 1992.
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Microsoft Windows 3.0 (3.5-720K) 3.0 English x86 3½ Floppy 3.94MB
Microsoft Windows 3.0 (5.25-1.2MB) 3.0 English x86 5¼ Floppy 3.94MB
Unlike the previous versions of Windows, Windows 3.0 performed well critically and commercially. Critics and users considered its graphical user interface to be a challenger to those of Apple Macintosh and Commodore.[2] Other praised features were the improved multitasking, customizability, and especially the utilitarian management of computer memory that troubled the users of Windows 3.0's predecessors. Microsoft was, however, criticized by third-party developers for the bundling of its separate software with the operating environment, which they viewed as anticompetitive. It sold 10 million licenses before it was succeeded by Windows 3.1 in 1992.
Downloads:
Microsoft Windows 3.0 (3.5-720K) 3.0 English x86 3½ Floppy 3.94MB
Microsoft Windows 3.0 (5.25-1.2MB) 3.0 English x86 5¼ Floppy 3.94MB
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