http://www.osnews.com/story/17095/Promotional_Video_for_Windows_386 Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Sat, 25 May 2013 00:50:38 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://www.osnews.com/thread?206763 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206763 and not warcraft, that video was.. hilarious.. kinda funny to see how.. things change, and some styles replay themselves.. (like the 'stunnah' shades. haha.)

~sn0n
http://myvistaexperience.com Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:09:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sn0n) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206765 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206765 I am sooo glad I didn't live in the eighties. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Drawnstories_studios) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206767 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206767 ...im so glad i cant remember the 80's...

top quality rapping tho Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (hurricanechristian) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206768 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206768 I have no interest in buying Vista this soon. It will probably be at least three months or more before I consider it. I will be watching the reviews though and the boards to see how many people have problems with it.

There are too many possible compatibility issues at this point. I know that most of the older games I play probably won't run or work.

By the way, thanks for posting this promo video link Thom. A great laugh indeed.Edited 2007-01-28 22:20 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (binarycrusader) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206773 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206773 Even for the eighties, that's pretty bad. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dreamlax) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206774 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206774 That's not the way I remember the 80'es O_o

What's up with the clothes and the glasses and the music and the whole thing? Damn, ubergeeks

The video most of all reminds me of some really sleazy porn scene (not that I would know, of course :p )

EDIT: Changed a . into a ? in second paragraphEdited 2007-01-28 22:23 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dylansmrjones) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206779 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206779 I will not buy it. I got a mac, and it's doing a lot more vista will ever do. Offtopic Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (SK8T) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206781 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206781 So, Microsoft has the beat in its blood :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zEQhhaJsU4 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:36:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Crono) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206783 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206783 Had I watched this movie during the 80s, I would have chosen any OS but windows... thats not only a bad promo video, it is a bad video! bad filmmaking all over, even for the 80s... It focuses more on showing the blonde with spectacles than actually talking about the new thing, all I know from the video is that it looks like the competition and has some funny stuff called multitasking which no one cares to explain the benefits. Heck the girl was looking nice till she morphed into freak-singer-from-the-80s....

ARGH!!!!!!!!

anyone here with a good promo video from the 80s... Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (soapdog) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206784 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206784 I notice they're promoting 1-2-3 and not Excel - cause it wasn't on Windows yet

Otherwise, thats the scariest thing I've seen for quite a while. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (MYOB) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206787 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206787 If I hadn't already known what it was about, I would have expected a softcore sex scene at any moment. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jaylaa) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206789 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206789 Damn the 80ies were the dark years. Bad music, Disco left-overs, etc...

PS: Someone should tell GNU/Stallman the 60ies are over.Edited 2007-01-28 22:46 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:46:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ronaldst) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206790 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206790 """
If I hadn't already known what it was about, I would have expected a softcore sex scene at any moment.
"""

I not sure that Linda getting it on with her Windows 386 PC would be considered "soft core" by either 1980's or 2000's standards. ;-) Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sbergman27) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206791 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206791 Damn Thom. That's probably the most disgusting and disturbing alien-horror movie I've ever seen. Seeing it as a child was definitely a mistake, and I cannot think of any reason to see it again. It's good yes, but I don't have the nerves to watch it. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dylansmrjones) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206798 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206798 It focuses more on showing the blonde with spectacles than actually talking about the new thing

Considering how terrible Windows 386 was, that was probably a good move.

Even by the standards of the day it's a pretty embarrassing video. I can forgive the fashion disaster, but I'm pretty sure ripping off Mission Impossible was already a dated cliche by the 80s. When she starts rapping it's just hilarious, I bet that role doesn't have pride of place on the actress' CV.

It was also funny seeing them portray things like multitasking and copy and paste as radical new features. Users of other systems had that functionality years earlier, running on less powerful hardware than a very expensive 386. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:07:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Dave_K) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206800 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206800 Uh, yeah. Stupid. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Shadowmane) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206801 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206801 I'm using Windows, Windows, Windows 386,
so all my applications are running at once.
My report right now is scattered all over my disk,
whoa whoa Windows, you'll put these parts together real quick

I've got pieces in one spreadsheet, I've got pieces in another,
I've got pieces that have never been close to one another.
Some are in the database, where things are pretty stuffy.
some are in the word processor, that's where it gets sloppy.

whoa whoa windows whoa whoa windows Windows 386!
we'll pull these parts together and do it microquick.
I'll cut and paste cut and paste until it's in Pagemaker
then I'll slick it up to be T-Bone's heartbreaker! Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ari-free) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206802 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206802 not fun to be a PC user at the time...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY27PC9FWT0 (1987)Edited 2007-01-28 23:27 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (aldeck) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206805 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206805 You could almost use that as a promo vid for Windows Vista. Not much difference between them LOL.

Music in the 80's wasn't all that bad, you just had to scratch the surface (look at alternatives). Most pop music was crap though but not much has changed there either. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (blitze) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206806 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206806 It's a classic. It's stood the test of time amazingly well, I think. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jtfolden) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206807 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206807 I have it on DVD and watch it sometimes when I'm bored. I guarantee that by todays standards it's not as bad as you remember. I watched it as a child as well, and had nightmares for about forever. But when I watch it as an adult it's almost laughable. Same thing with some Dr. Who episodes, the exorcist, et al. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (xaoslaad) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206808 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206808 I'm not the one to praise today's business practices ... but um ... i'm glad THAT's over.

- Kevin Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (p13.) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206812 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206812 One of John Carpenter's great films.

The game wasn't half-bad either (played it on Xbox).

However I agree that the Windows 386 promo video was much scarier.Edited 2007-01-29 00:00 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (archiesteel) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206813 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206813 I remember my nightmares too well to ever see that movie again... Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dylansmrjones) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206815 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206815 """
That's probably the most disgusting and disturbing alien-horror movie I've ever seen.
"""

I just turned on Flashplayer to watch the Windows 386 promo. (Which was quite funny, BTW.)

And MY GOD! "The Thing", "Aliens", "The Exorcist", and the "Windows 386 Promo" combined have *nothing* on the OSNews main page with Flashplayer turned on!

Good thing I had some left over anti-vertigo medication! ;-) Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sbergman27) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206817 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206817 Oh god, there is a song...

"I've got pieces..." Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (rayiner) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206819 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206819 You're 17? Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Dorfl) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206822 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206822 "Even for the eighties, that's pretty bad."

Are you refering to what Amiga, Sun and SGI had to offer in the 80s?

BTW, with some other colors the video might be a goood promotion video for MICROS~1 "Vista", such as http://toastytech.com/guis/miscw101xp.png or http://toastytech.com/guis/miscw31xp.png might have been for "Windows XP". :-) Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Doc Pain) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206823 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206823 http://youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dcwrwrfhndz) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206824 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206824 all i can say is wow... i'm glad i was born in 81 and don't remember those days. funny, but wow...... that's all i can say. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (re_re) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206825 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206825 //It will probably be at least three months or more before I consider it.
...
There are too many possible compatibility issues at this point. I know that most of the older games I play probably won't run or work. //

How old is your hardware? Are you sure that Vista has drivers for all of your hardware items? Vista needs at least 1GB RAM, and would be happier with 2GB.

Upgrade to Vista is probably not a good idea (in fact, it is probably going to be a disaster) unless your hardware is very capable and less than a year old. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (hal2k1) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206826 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206826 I'm pretty sure ripping off Mission Impossible was already a dated cliche by the 80s.

I thought it was Charlie's Angels ... Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:09:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (SQwerl) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206828 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206828 How old is your hardware? Are you sure that Vista has drivers for all of your hardware items? Vista needs at least 1GB RAM, and would be happier with 2GB.

Upgrade to Vista is probably not a good idea (in fact, it is probably going to be a disaster) unless your hardware is very capable and less than a year old.

My hardware is very new. My games are very old

Core 2 Duo E6600, 2GB Ram, GeForce 7900 GS, etc.

However, I play games that are as much as 10 years old, as well as ones that are only a few months old. Almost all of them work fine on XP. I have no reason to upgrade to Vista. I know that many of them are likely to not work. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (binarycrusader) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206829 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206829 """
I thought it was Charlie's Angels ...
"""

Different theme songs.

Mission impossible went:

Da! Da! De, da! Da! Da! Dah, Da!

And Charlies Angels went:

Dahhh de dahhhh! Dah, de dah, dah de dahhhh!

Dah dah de dee dah dah dee dahhhh, dah de dah dahhhhh!

Well. You get the idea. They were different. ;-)Edited 2007-01-29 01:30 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:28:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sbergman27) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206833 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206833 I was practically embarassed to even watch that. I nearly just gave up when she started rapping but I had to stick it out.

It's quite funny listening to them talk about it and also watching the way things used to be done. Like running the OS on a 5 1/4'.

I'm glad the 80s are over. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (HelbaDot) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206834 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206834 NeXTSTEP, though the only one I could find is this 35 minute demo here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8495483285864450495&q=... Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (milkycow) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206835 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206835 since september. so I guess I did live in the eighties for like three/four months.

most people who are more computer literate than me are younger. they code for KDE and fluxbox. rofl, a sign of the times. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Drawnstories_studios) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206836 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206836 She raps better then 2Pac. LOL! Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:56:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Windows Sucks) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206837 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206837 I may need to try again; I need to overcome my inability to watch stupidly corny/embarrassing things. No, I'm actually being serious. When someone's being set up in an undignified and embarrassing way I cringe and try to avoid it.

I couldn't make it past the rapping part before shutting it off...

That makes Balmer's car salesman video seem sane.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=491434607197997836

(This is of course another Windows classic, worthy of being added to the top post, in my humble opinion)

I dunno, it seems like Apple went for drama, Microsoft went for obvious satire and comedy.

By the way, Google picked out a rather interesting article for me as well. It's good to see Microsoft pushing responsible social legislation.
http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39130378,00.htm Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DigitalAxis) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206839 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206839 " Microsoft sent this tape to retailers to explain the benefits of Windows 386. Boring until the 7 minute mark when the production is taken over by crack-smoking monkeys." Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (broken_symlink) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206840 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206840 Nothing beats THIS video
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1274983729713522403 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ari-free) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206841 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206841 also don't forget the Jennifer Aniston Windows video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GWQgb015Lc Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ari-free) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206842 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206842 Apple has its lame ducks to, although they were more direct and nowhere near as lame:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZztzSUuwxE Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (MacTO) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206844 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206844 won't let you get away so fast...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R706isyDrqI Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ari-free) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206849 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206849 No, no - that's the kind of video that you expect to composed entirely of still images with dialogue looped over the top. Like those horrible educational "videos"/slideshows from the 80s about drugs, self-esteem, date rape, etc. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (StephenBeDoper) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206850 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206850 Both together now!

Microsoft redesigns the Ipod (courtesy Microsoft itself)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4313772690011721857 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DigitalAxis) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206851 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206851 The Thing is brilliant, it still holds very nicely today. And between it and Aliens, you pretty much have the template for all the knock-off creature-features made in the last 25 years (crap like Deep Rising, Pitch Black, Virus, etc). Of course, it's about the only sci-fi/horror film that I've never seen Joss Whedon rip-off, so maybe it was too disturbing for him too Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (StephenBeDoper) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206852 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206852 Did this OS have a Recicle Bin?
This film is worth it!!! Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dmrio) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206854 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206854 Shoot. Didn't know they were comics? LOL! Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Windows Sucks) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206855 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206855 I'm pretty sure ripping off Mission Impossible was already a dated cliche by the 80s.

Oh noes, the smoke is escaping from from her cassette player! Good 'ol 80s smoke-powered technology - great stuff until the smoke escaped, but then you had a real chore on your hands to get it back in. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (StephenBeDoper) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206857 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206857 Can't forget this gem:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ctjNrCThQNc Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (StephenBeDoper) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206861 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206861 Best OSnews comment EVER! Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fsckit) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206862 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206862 286-DOS

Balmer misspelled P.O.S. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fsckit) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206864 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206864 I used to like the 1984 ad. It is a neat commercial that grabs your attention, and it is probably good advertising in that respect. These days, it just strikes me as more of Apple's bad attitude.

Contrast that to Apple's Think Different advertisements.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jULUGHJCCj4

This is not Apple's bad attitude. Rather, it is something positive. To me it says: "It is okay to be different, and here are some good role models. And that is what we are about." For the company that helped to popularize the personal computer (think Apple II) and a company that brought the GUI to the market (the Macintosh, of course), I think that is an appropriate message. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:24:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (MacTO) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206865 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206865 There should be a follow up video called "Upgrade any component shootout." Oh shit, that's where the boy and the dog sit there looking like morons who spent a ton of cash on a black box they can't touch. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fsckit) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206866 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206866 oh yeah??? how about this mac video????
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2282754844569110939 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ari-free) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206869 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206869 speaking of morons hehe hears another classic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2-UuIEOcss

update: look carefully http://www.bnb-movie.com/news/article/3/les-acteurs Edited 2007-01-29 04:58 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ari-free) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206870 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206870 Well, as bad as that video was (and it was really bad), it never effected Microsoft's dominance of the computer market.

Bad video and all (incl. MS Bob), they still rule the world! Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (linuxh8r) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206878 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206878 Now that's no joke. I recently had the lovely experience of replacing the dead hard drive in an old eMac.

The whole time through watching the "simplicity shootout" video, all that was running through my mind was:

"After disconnecting the power button, removing half a dozen hex screws, and reading 5 pages of an Apple Service Manual, Johann has finally managed to remove the case of his iMac. Now he just has to actually *find* the drive. Meanwhile, Adam has finished installing and formatting his new hard drive half an hour ago." Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:18:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (StephenBeDoper) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206880 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206880 I think that's the dialogue of a jerkcity comic strip.

"I hereby smoke this dope and eat these doritos to protest the United States being king of the world." Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:20:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (StephenBeDoper) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206883 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206883 "update: look carefully http://www.bnb-movie.com/news/article/3/les-acteurs "


Ermmm..you didn't actually believe those were real people and not paid actors in the switcher commercials...did you?? Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DrillSgt) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206885 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206885 What? I think the 'regular' people in the geico commercials are also actors. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:09:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ari-free) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206893 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206893 No one else notice (aroud the 5 minute mark) how she's using the mouse with her left hand and clicking the left button with her index finger? That would be a lawsuit waiting to happen nowadays... Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (lopisaur) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206898 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206898 .........Microsoft don´t know how to make operating systems and don´t know how to make promotional videos.

Unfortunately it knows very well how to make a monopoly Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Fransexy) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206901 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206901 /* Tomorrow, Microsoft will release all 6 versions of Windows Vista; some of us will rush out to buy themselves a copy, some of us will, like, not do that. */

I'm in the crowd of people that will not be buying vista.I simply don't agree with certain featues that were added,like, DRM. I would rather donate the $400 that ms is asking for the ultimate vista to a OSS project instead. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (happycamper) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206902 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206902 I like this one:

http://www.ubergeek.tv/article.php?pid=54 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (hal2k1) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206913 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206913 heh more like a super dork! Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:24:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ari-free) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206938 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206938 not fun to be a PC user at the time...

When I look at that Amiga 500 promo video now, I realize how ahead of its time it really was. Tears in my eyes, man. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (eivind) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206952 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206952 How true!

Oh my! I remember the pain all to clearly... Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (SReilly) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?206988 http://www.osnews.com/thread?206988 I guess the whole Candace Bergen look was in. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:04:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (tzineos) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?207018 http://www.osnews.com/thread?207018 It would be nice to pick the Ballmers Monkeydance and put the "rap" song of this video as background, it would become perfect! Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (xultz) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?207033 http://www.osnews.com/thread?207033 This film reminds me of a slutte secretaery ;-)

I mean....
Microsoft has this REALLY DARK side... (world domination i might add)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XObuskjLlZE Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (brostenen) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?207058 http://www.osnews.com/thread?207058 I believe The Thing (fantastically scary movie by the way) also contains a shot of Kurt Russel pouring his scotch into a floppy disk drive. Some subtle commentary on the joys of computer use. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:54:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jbrader) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?207060 http://www.osnews.com/thread?207060 I had the supreme joy of being born in 1980. So the entire history of the 80's is the story of my childhood, it makes for a rather interesting outlook. But, you have no idea what you missed. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:56:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jbrader) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?207071 http://www.osnews.com/thread?207071 the amiga is my inspiration even though I never got one...always wanted one though Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:28:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ari-free) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?207086 http://www.osnews.com/thread?207086 Poor communist baby!

If you'd put down your bong for a while, you might clear your brain long enough to have a coherent thought. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (linuxh8r) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?207429 http://www.osnews.com/thread?207429 Okay, the music in that thing with the dog barks and everything was the most hilarious, crappily-put-together production I've ever heard! Amazing!!!!!!! Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:28:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Moochman) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?207913 http://www.osnews.com/thread?207913 *Sigh* I could make a sarcastic comment about people with broken irony detection units. But someone sat on my internet pump and now I have to go get a bucket before data spills all over the floor. Cheerio.Edited 2007-02-01 02:58 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (StephenBeDoper) Comments