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Since Windows comes on high-density floppy disks, get a high-density floppy drive! Otherwise, you must mail the high-density floppy disks back to Microsoft and exchange them for low-density floppy disks.īuy a mouse! Without a mouse, you must use awkward keystrokes that are hard to remember. To run Windows pleasantly, get a VGA card and VGA color monitor otherwise, the screen’s display is crude and slow. Windows requires a graphics video card: Hercules, CGA, EGA, or VGA.

To run Windows fast and without hassles, you need 4M. Windows 3.1 (or 3.11) requires at least 1M of RAM. The advanced parts of Windows require a 386, 486, or Pentium.

Windows requires a fast CPU: a 286, 386, 486, or Pentium. If you’re using Windows 3.0, do yourself a favor: switch to Windows 3.1, 3.11, or 95.īefore putting Windows 3.1 or 3.11 into your computer, you must buy MS-DOS (version 3.1 or higher), a hard drive, and other good hardware: Most of this chapter’s explanation also applies to Windows 3.11, which is similar but slightly fancier. Though most new computers come with Windows 95, most companies still have old computers using old versions of Windows, such as Windows 3.1 and Windows 3.11.