Keep in mind that Windows 3.x wasn't really the pinnacle of computing in its days. PCs were relatively irrelevant compared to the systems everyone apart from a

Keep in mind that Windows 3.x wasn't really the pinnacle of computing in its days. PCs were relatively irrelevant compared to the systems everyone apart from a mom and pop shop ran their business on. So the typical behavior you saw was a combined effect of physical constraints and lack of skill or care.