Time’s up for Windows 3.x

Yes, it’s true. Since the start of November you can no longer buy a license for Windows 3.1. In case that feels worrying, to put this into perspective here is a rough comparison of a PC specification to run Windows 3.1 vs a current Windows MOBILE specification…

Windows 3.1 PC: 10 Mhz processor speed, 640Kb RAM, 640×480 VGA screen [16-256+ colours], 7Mb hard disk, 9.6Kbps dial-up modem.

Windows Mobile Smartphone [e.g. HTC S740]: 528Mhz processor speed, 256Mb RAM, 320×240 QVGA screen [65k colours], 256Mb ROM + 1Gb SD removable disk, Bluetooth/Wifi/GPS/Quad-band GSM connectivity.

5th November 2008

Ben Childs

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