# Canonical recap data for Microsoft Windows 3.0 Released (1990)
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slug: windows-3-launch
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1990/windows-3-launch"
title: Microsoft Windows 3.0 Released
subtitle: The graphical OS that finally made personal computing mainstream and unseated Apple's dominance.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1990-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1990
decade: 1990
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: "Windows is a proprietary graphical operating system developed and marketed by Microsoft. Windows is grouped into families that cater to particular sectors of the computing industry – Windows for personal computers, Windows Server for servers, and Windows IoT for embedded systems. Windows itself is further grouped into "
summaryLong: Windows is a proprietary graphical operating system developed and marketed by Microsoft. Windows is grouped into families that cater to particular sectors of the computing industry – Windows for personal computers, Windows Server for servers, and Windows IoT for embedded systems. Windows itself is further grouped into editions that cater to different users – Home for home users, Professional for advanced users, Education for schools, and Enterprise for corporations. Windows is sold both as a consumer retail product and to computer manufacturers, who bundle and distribute it with their systems.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/15/Windows_3.0_workspace.png/330px-Windows_3.0_workspace.png"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Windows 3.0"
importance: 87
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows"
  title: Microsoft Windows
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- tech-launch
metaDescription: Windows is a proprietary graphical operating system developed and marketed by Microsoft. Windows is grouped into families that cater to particular sectors of th
wikidataQid: Q1406
