Windows 3.1 dropped in April 1992 and was the first version of Windows that actually felt usable for regular people. It ran on top of MS-DOS, but gave you a full GUI—icons, windows, mouse support—all the basics. You had things like File Manager, Paintbrush, and Minesweeper, and it introduced TrueType fonts so you didn’t need special hardware to get decent text. It also brought better memory handling and support for 386 processors, which made everything a little smoother. Then came Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in ‘93, which added built-in networking so offices could finally share files without needing a tech wizard. It wasn’t flashy, but it was stable, ran on a ton of machines, and set the stage for Windows 95. If you remember hearing the startup chime and watching Program Manager load up, you were there for the start of something big.