Windows 3.1 Launch Party

[88keys]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvcHNKUA6So

I can't wait til this goes RTM.

 

[techs]

There's going to be some long lines at Circuit City

 

[JManInPhoenix]

So long ago, yet it seems just like yesterday

 

[xeemzor]

There is no way that anyone would buy "Windows". Clearly Amega is the wave of the future.

 

[PliotronX]

A windows 8.1 party would consist of half the room helping the other half navigate the metro interface

 

[88keys]

A windows 8.1 party would consist of half the room helping the other half navigate the metro interface

And after hours of frustration; they install Windows 7.

 

[mizzou]

we dread the release of new windows

 

[88keys]

Windows 9 should be good

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

I told you guys! Windows can do ANYTHING.

 

[PliotronX]

And after hours of frustration; they install Windows 7.

lol it would end up being a rebirth of 7

 

[bunnyfubbles]

they really moved up after 3.1...

http://youtu.be/khpov8rLa3k

 

[Printer Bandit]

windows 7 party

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

 

[Ichinisan]

Had a suspicion it was fake from the start. The VHS distortion was over-done. Then I saw a motherboard with integrated sound and LAN...in the time when Windows 3.1 was released? No.

It looked like he connected the phone cord to a LAN socket.

Looks like USB ports too (deliberately obscured).

 

[mmntech]

And after hours of frustration; they buy a Mac

FTFY :sneaky:

 

[ViRGE]

Had a suspicion it was fake from the start. The VHS distortion was over-done. Then I saw a motherboard with integrated sound and LAN...in the time when Windows 3.1 was released? No.

It looked like he connected the phone cord to a LAN socket.

Looks like USB ports too (deliberately obscured).

Just to add to that, PS/2 ports weren't colored until 1998. Never mind the fact that you probably wouldn't be using PS/2 ports in 1993 (they were introduced in '87, but uncommon on non-IBM PCs); you would be using the AT DIN connector since AT was the common form factor of the time.

 

[Away]

FTFY :sneaky:

We're not that desperate, I just switched to Linux.

 

[John Connor]

OMFG! The dorkism is heavy in this thread.

 

[ViRGE]

OMFG! The dorkism is heavy in this thread.

This is AT. I'd certainly hope so.

 

[Krazy4Real]

Had a suspicion it was fake from the start. The VHS distortion was over-done. Then I saw a motherboard with integrated sound and LAN...in the time when Windows 3.1 was released? No.

It looked like he connected the phone cord to a LAN socket.

Looks like USB ports too (deliberately obscured).

You make me proud son.

 

[Pardus]

Windows 3.1 was more like this.
http://windowsreallygoodedition.com/

 

[Triumph]

Had a suspicion it was fake from the start. The VHS distortion was over-done. Then I saw a motherboard with integrated sound and LAN...in the time when Windows 3.1 was released? No.

It looked like he connected the phone cord to a LAN socket.

Looks like USB ports too (deliberately obscured).

I thought there was something weird about that too...

How come nobody remembers Windows 3.0? Or 2.0? Or 1.0?

 

[NoTine42]

I thought there was something weird about that too...

How come nobody remembers Windows 3.0? Or 2.0? Or 1.0?

No minesweeper

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Had a suspicion it was fake from the start. The VHS distortion was over-done. Then I saw a motherboard with integrated sound and LAN...in the time when Windows 3.1 was released? No.

It looked like he connected the phone cord to a LAN socket.

Looks like USB ports too (deliberately obscured).

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.

 

[mmntech]

We're not that desperate, I just switched to Linux.

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/

 

[techs]

windows 7 party

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

I actually did that and won a Dell 17inch laptop which I still use.