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MiaFan2010 · 2012-07-16 09:46:46

Whoa! I just saw the Windows 1.0 Commercial from 1985!
It's called "Steve Ballmer sells Windows 1.0".
Here is a link to the video: http://www.scratch.mit.edu/ext/youtube/?v=GL4hyATkQ74
Discuss the commercial!

maxskywalker · 2012-07-16 18:07:21

It's uh interesting. This seems to show us how ads have changed. And I sounded like Cheddargirl in my head in that last sentence.

Jackieee · 2012-07-16 18:15:25

Microsoft is the best... I mean, have you ever seen someone from Apple talk that fast? tongue

maxskywalker · 2012-07-16 18:26:51

Jackieee wrote:
Microsoft is the best... I mean, have you ever seen someone from Apple talk that fast?

lol

technoguyx · 2012-07-16 18:57:35

AND, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? REVERSI!!!!!1!one!

lolwut.

GameHutSoftware · 2012-07-16 19:37:58

That's nothing. The commercial for the first Zelda game was a rap. I'll try to dig it up...

EDIT: Aha!

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777w · 2012-07-16 19:46:16

GameHutSoftware wrote:
That's nothing. The commercial for the first Zelda game was a rap. I'll try to dig it up...

EDIT: Aha!

"this video is private"

anyway, i bet everybody loves that windows commercial
except in nebraska

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jji7skyline · 2012-07-16 19:48:52

1. The guy talks like the Pink Panther guy for some reason. Probably just me.

2. He touched the screen and the ferrari pasted into Microsoft Write. He's either showing how fingerprint proof the glass is, or it's a touchscreen. tongue

3. $99? That was worth a lot back then. No wonder Microsoft Windows is so expensive even now. I wonder if they had 'Ultimate' versions and 'Home Basic' versions back then. Hope not.

4. Oooh yes! A clock! I'm definitely getting rid of my OSX Lion and upgrading to that! And Microsoft Paint! It's the future of Gimp! big_smile

777w · 2012-07-16 19:51:02

jji7skyline wrote:
4. Oooh yes! A clock! I'm definitely getting rid of my OSX Lion and upgrading to that! And Microsoft Paint! It's the future of Gimp! :D

eh i dont think those existed when windows 1.0 was out :P

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jji7skyline · 2012-07-16 19:57:01

777w wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
4. Oooh yes! A clock! I'm definitely getting rid of my OSX Lion and upgrading to that! And Microsoft Paint! It's the future of Gimp!
eh i dont think those existed when windows 1.0 was out

Obviously, but I'm just saying. All these things are meaningless now. Technology has moved on. And even the internet didn't really exist back then, so all you could do on your computer was minesweeper, clock, calculator, and word processing.

Oh yes, and MS Paint.

777w · 2012-07-16 20:00:17

jji7skyline wrote:
777w wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
4. Oooh yes! A clock! I'm definitely getting rid of my OSX Lion and upgrading to that! And Microsoft Paint! It's the future of Gimp! :D
eh i dont think those existed when windows 1.0 was out :P
Obviously, but I'm just saying. All these things are meaningless now. Technology has moved on. And even the internet didn't really exist back then, so all you could do on your computer was minesweeper, clock, calculator, and word processing.

Oh yes, and MS Paint.

so then whats your point
miafan wasnt saying this was better than todays technology or nothin :P
and i used an online calculator to find that $99 back then would be about $211.45 today which isnt that much by some peoples standards

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MiaFan2010 · 2012-07-16 20:16:13

jji7skyline wrote:
1. The guy talks like the Pink Panther guy for some reason. Probably just me.

Lol!

jji7skyline wrote:
2. He touched the screen and the ferrari pasted into Microsoft Write. He's either showing how fingerprint proof the glass is, or it's a touchscreen. :P

XD

jji7skyline wrote:
3. $99? That was worth a lot back then. No wonder Microsoft Windows is so expensive even now. I wonder if they had 'Ultimate' versions and 'Home Basic' versions back then. Hope not.

Windows 1.0 is now discontinued for some reason. Luckily they have Windows 7 in stores today!

jji7skyline wrote:
4. Oooh yes! A clock! I'm definitely getting rid of my OSX Lion and upgrading to that! And Microsoft Paint! It's the future of Gimp! :D

Funny Lol!

jji7skyline · 2012-07-16 20:18:40

Turns out $211 is just about how expensive Windows 7 is right now tongue

777w · 2012-07-16 20:19:51

jji7skyline wrote:
Turns out $211 is just about how expensive Windows 7 is right now :P

the price never changed :O
though i hope THE 60 SECOND RULE DOES ASDFGHJ

jji7skyline · 2012-07-16 20:23:04

777w wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
Turns out $211 is just about how expensive Windows 7 is right now
the price never changed
though i hope THE 60 SECOND RULE DOES ASDFGHJ

Interesting isn't it. That's why Microsoft is so rich. They never lower their prices.

777w · 2012-07-16 20:27:52

jji7skyline wrote:
777w wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
Turns out $211 is just about how expensive Windows 7 is right now
the price never changed
though i hope THE 60 SECOND RULE DOES ASDFGHJ
Interesting isn't it. That's why Microsoft is so rich. They never lower their prices.

but you cant really complain about it being expensive since i went on the apple website and the lowest price i saw for any sort of mac was $599 while all the others were well over $1000
this should go in the pc vs mac topic shouldnt it

jji7skyline · 2012-07-16 20:29:12

777w wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
777w wrote:

the price never changed
though i hope THE 60 SECOND RULE DOES ASDFGHJ
Interesting isn't it. That's why Microsoft is so rich. They never lower their prices.
but you cant really complain about it being expensive since i went on the apple website and the lowest price i saw for any sort of mac was $599 while all the others were well over $1000
this should go in the pc vs mac topic shouldnt it

Yea it should, but that's hardware. OS is software. The Lion install thumb drive is just $69.

Let's just end it there. Continue on the MvP if you like.

backspace_ · 2012-07-16 23:12:56

heh, it all looks so old :p

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