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I’m old enough to remember the release of Windows 3.0! (Before that I used Windows 2.1 and was technically around for all Windows releases, but didn’t hear abou
by anyfoo 2y ago
I’m old enough to remember the release of Windows 3.0! (Before that I used Windows 2.1 and was technically around for all Windows releases, but didn’t hear about the release.)
But just last month, when I installed Windows 2000 on a new-old-stock laptop from 2008 (which was surprisingly challenging as well), I realized that it does start to feel retro by now…
- kelnos 2y agoI remember the Win3.0 release too, though that was the first version of Windows I'd used (we were a DOS-only house before then). In middle school I begged my dad to get hold of a copy of Windows 3.11 for Workgroups, because somehow I believed that was crucial to my and a few friends plans to start our own software company. Of course those plans never materialized, even after we all installed WfW 3.11. It is wild to me that Windows 3.1's system requirements were 1MB of RAM and 6.5MB of disk space. Things have changed...
- anyfoo 2y agoAh, I remember installing WfW 3.11 around the same age as well! I don't even remember if we already had a home network at that time (the first one was NetWare 3.11 based), but I do remember the subtle differences that somehow made it fun.