Microsoft have officially pulled the plug on Windows 3.x.The operating system was originally released in May 1990. Back then it required 7Mb of hard disk space, a 10MHz processor, and 640Kb of RAM.
By contrast Windows Visa Home Basic requires a 32 bit, 1000MHz processor, 512Mb of RAM, and 20Gb of hard disk space.
Microsoft stopped officially supporting Windows 3.x in 2001, but you could still buy a license for it up until November 1st of this year.
It is apparently still used by so called embedded systems, such as ticket machines and cash registers. It even powers in flight entertainment on some planes.
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