Windows 3.1 Launch Party

[poofyhairguy]

Pretty lame. It would've been trivial to get old junk to make it at least look real.

Exactly.

Was reading the other day that OS X and Linux are seeing a surge of popularity. Still a drop in a torrent but Windows has fallen below 90% usage for the first time since the 90s.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/0...d_laptop_market_share_dips_below_90_per_cent/

 

[manimal]

real windows commercial from 93

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgNvecqAD0o

 

[CZroe]

He definitely connected a phone cord into a LAN port and as us "old timers" remember, you generally didn't have integrated sound, LAN, modem, etc. back then. Also, USB ports didn't exist when this video was allegedly made (they were introduced around 1997). That appears to be a standard ATX backplate, and ATX was not introduced until the mid 90s.

Pretty lame. It would've been trivial to get old junk to make it at least look real. Heck, I've got a 1997 era Pentium Pro workstation in the garage which could pass if I removed the USB bracket.

Yep. Should've used Baby AT. Also, why wasn't the modem already plugged in to a phone line? How did a coiled cord suddenly become a straight cord? Don't the coiled handset cords have fewer conductors and a slimmer connector than RJ11? It may be hard to believe but, even in the days of Windows 3.1, shoving that pizza in someone's face was awkward and rude.

 

[Fritzo]

FAKE! The webcam on the monitor is a giveaway

 

[fire400]

windows 7 party

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ

..amazing. i bet the people that did this commercial have a nice liquor cabinet in their very own bedrooms.

"I do stupid commercials for a living, and I take it very seriously. How I unload the stupidity is by knocking myself up with alcohol every single night."

lol

 

[88keys]

Even better. Real geeks use all three. :thumbsup:

Was reading the other day that OS X and Linux are seeing a surge of popularity. Still a drop in a torrent but Windows has fallen below 90% usage for the first time since the 90s.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/0...d_laptop_market_share_dips_below_90_per_cent/

Two words (and a number). Android, Windows 8. Nuff said.

Although I consider myself among those who are seriously considering purchasing a Mac as my next workstation. It all depends on a lot of things though. Mainly how well Windows 9 goes over. But there are some other things.

One thing that I'm really getting tired of is wanting everybody to migrate to their newest OS every 3 years regardless of how shitty it is. And as a result of that, they'll extend less and less support for their previous OS. Windows 7 still has mainstream support, but the reality is that ended once Windows 8 hit the shelved. Anyone who has had to update a fresh install of Windows 7 SP1 knows that the updating process has gotten ridiculous after 3 hours and several restarts. There is no reason to not have another service pack other than M$ not wanting to encourage more sales of Windows 7. And that's just it. They don't want another Windows XP that will stick around for over 12 years, and Windows 7 looks like it might be poised to do just that given it's current market share and how poorly Windows 8 was received. Furthermore, you know M$ is going to do with Windows 8 what they did with Vista, and that is; they aren't going to fix it until after it's successor hits the shelves at which point nobody will give a fuck. And in all reality you can just as well say Windows 8 mainstream support has ended because the Windows 9 betas are to be released for testing in May, and hence that's where all their focus will be.



If you want to have a 3 year OS life cycle; then make your shit right the first time around instead of just making the 'second editions' right.

You don't hear alot of complaints whenever Apple releases a new version of OSX. This is because they found something that works that people like, and apparently Apple knows to leave well enough alone.

 

[alkemyst]

most here like to be part of things they were never part of.

 

[alkemyst]

..amazing. i bet the people that did this commercial have a nice liquor cabinet in their very own bedrooms.

"I do stupid commercials for a living, and I take it very seriously. How I unload the stupidity is by knocking myself up with alcohol every single night."

lol

r u serious? how does your sig fly here?