Windows 3.0 in 1990

 Windows 3.0 in 1990

The third major release of the Windows platform from microsoft offered improved performance, advanced graphics with 16 colors, and full support of the more powerful Intel 386 processor. A new wave of 386 PCs helped drive the popularity of Windows 3.0, which offered a wide range of useful features and capabilities, including:

•	Program Manager, File Manager, and Print Manager.
•	A completely rewritten application development environment.
•	An improved set of Windows icons.

The popularity of Windows 3.0 grew with the release of a new Windows software development kit (SDK), which helped software developers focus more on writing applications and less on writing device drivers. Widespread acceptance among third-party hardware and software developers helped fuel the success of Windows 3.0.f