Microsoft Says Goodbye to Windows 3.x

1. Gail Pink
   November 6th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

   Good riddance to bad rubbish, as the saying goes!

2. chech
   November 6th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

   The tech specs may have changed but I'm willing to bet that at least some of the archaic Windows 3 code is still in Vista (active or dormant, but probably both).

3. Tweeker
   November 6th, 2008 at 5:07 pm

   Vista will be an utter dog with less than 2GB. Its the above alleged system requirements which ruined Vista's reputation.

4. seekshelter
   November 6th, 2008 at 5:14 pm

   Vista works fine for me... im confused by people bashing the system requirements.. computers keep getting better.. unles you haven't bought a computer in 10 years then you shouldn't have a problem.. and if it has been that long, you need to stop being so cheap... are people really wanting to go back to 640k ram or a 10 mhz computer?? the OS cant be blamed either... has anyone checked the system requirements for recent computer games?? regardless of what Vista adds to what the computer needs... those types of numbers really don't make a difference nowadays. and even then.. most people dont even use their computer to its fullest...

5. Ali S.
   November 6th, 2008 at 5:16 pm

   Ah, the good ol'days. Wait a minute...no they weren't!

6. Davef
   November 6th, 2008 at 5:50 pm

   What people forget is that Windows 3x, it was tested for no less than 2 years prior to being let out into the public domain, even then there was 1yr in 'beta'.

   Can you actually say that with todays software? No!

   In saying that, I've converted over to a Mac. I got sick of being tied to MS this, MS that and ActiveX which sucks!

7. Edward
   November 6th, 2008 at 6:33 pm

   No sense of history in this group. Windows 3.1, and especially its network enabled version Windows for Workgroups, almost killed Apple. Two never-say-die companies that fight for pride as well as market share have resulted in ever increasing improvements for computers and hence computer users.

8. Sofar
   November 6th, 2008 at 9:50 pm

   I like anyone who uses old technology.

9. SuperJdynamite
   November 6th, 2008 at 10:17 pm

   I'm pretty sure that Windows 3.x reached EOL (end of life) years ago. Generally versions of Windows have roughly a five year life cycle. That's been stretched out as of late because there was a lot of kvetching when MS tried to EOL 90s era OS's and VB6 applications, but it doesn't go all the way back to Win 3.1.

   Here's a link to the MS lifecycle FAQ: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy

10. mrmuggles
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:30 pm

    Ah yeah, windows 3.1... The first OS I used to go on the Internet. With trumpet winsock, archie, bss... Netscape 1.0, with the gray backgrounds!

11. Dave
    November 7th, 2008 at 1:06 am

    Just 18 years ago? I thought it was older than that.

    The funny thing is that Apple's Macintosh System 6 predated Windows 3 by two years, and surpassed Windows 95 in usability. Or maybe that isn't so funny.

    I've still got several old Macs that run System 6 & 7; it's good to boot one up every now & then just as a reminder of how far things have advanced.

12. filtow
    November 7th, 2008 at 1:34 am

    As long as I still have my AOL chatrooms and Geocities homepages, I don't mind. Web 0.5 FOREVER.

13. Pudifoot
    November 7th, 2008 at 8:20 am

    Citizens! The cruelty of the old Windows is a thing of the past!
    Let a whole new wave of cruelty wash over this lazy land!

14. just a guy
    November 8th, 2008 at 8:10 am

    To be specific.. "3.x" was never lauched. 3.0 was, 3.1, etc...

    So perhaps this is 18 years after the launch of 3.0?

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