Imagine Buying A Computer In 1994...(vid)

[Goat_187]

This Is Exactly What It was Like:




"You can save a video on the HARDDRIVE and play it back" (sneers in skepticism)

[Kev1972]

I think that's when I switched from Amiga to a packard bell I.B.M.486. Most games ran off MSDOS. Windows was in its infancy. Modems were like 14400 baud and hard drives stored like 40 megabytes.

[jlsnyderTypeR]

Ha'ha! I actually purchased my very first computer in 1994...good times!

[Softworn]

This is exactly what it’s like when someone asks for help with a phone or computer, like I don’t care about your “digital journey” and you should be more worried about who will look after you in your latest years. Go enroll at a college something.

[yieldtonothing]

compaq presario in 1994 crew. encarta 95 4 life.

[Cleveland33]

They always sweetened the deal by throwing those giant speakers in for free

[propreffered7]

I remember playing number cruncher as they were burgeoning

I remember fantasizing about the future

I remember going to circuit city as a kid to look at all the pc's

Portable chit became a fad. I had a portable ps1

Portable DVD players

Then laptops

Then laptops and cell phones took over pc's

I think the biggest problem is powerful people took advantage of this tech, and data and things of that ilk essentially became like oil - foundational and catalyzing society

It's the fact that they push media and chit of that ilk so hard because views = money. Anything to proliferate their product/ views because again that makes them more money. Your personal info and daily habits are like Crack cause they can figure out how to sell to you. Not even that, they can, FORCE you a sell

They can make it so you only use y with x's permission. Amazon and Netflix want you streaming because owning disengages their platform. They want you to own nothing because that forces you to come to them

[Issobolic28]

I don't need to imagine'; I did by a computer in 1994.

[Issobolic28]

Ha'ha! I actually purchased my very first computer in 1994...good times!

Whats up pornstar!

[Sal29]

The Sharp X68000 from 1987 BRUTALLY mogged American computers from 1994. ONLY the Neo Geo could compete and American PCs were an ABSOLUTE JOKE.

[Goat_187]

The Sharp X68000 from 1987 BRUTALLY mogged American computers from 1994. ONLY the Neo Geo could compete and American PCs were an ABSOLUTE JOKE.
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That's cray for 1987? Ony in japan doe.


Compaq in 1998 Crew, from Radio Shack at the mall. Begged my dad for months.

[Sal29]

That's cray for 1987? Ony in japan doe.


Compaq in 1998 Crew, from Radio Shack at the mall. Begged my dad for months.

The Sharp X68000 and the Neo Geo AES were were both like 5 to 10 years more advanced than any other computer or video game console at the time.
The Sharp X680000 came out in 1987 and the Neo Geo AES came out in 1990. Many of the games came out later obviously.
Literally Arcade quality at home when such a thing was unthinkable to mere mortals. They were both EXPENSIVE AF and so were the games. You'd literally be a king in your elementary, middle, or high school if you had one and had a bunch of games. You could literally probably charge people to come to your house and play video games.

[BigTimeOperator]

LOL! I bought a Compaq Presario with a pentium 100MHZ back around then. I remeber playing Descent on it and having Corel Wordperfect that I would write epic screenplays on.

[DolphinPilot]

Lol I remember my family got our first PC in like 96. I remember my mom was real possessive of it, wouldn't let me play Command and Conquer on it because she absolutely had to take a stroll through The Information Super Highway.

[BigTimeOperator]

You young people will never kno the joy of netscape navigator

[iamdetermined]

I remember playing number cruncher as they were burgeoning

I remember fantasizing about the future

I remember going to circuit city as a kid to look at all the pc's

Portable chit became a fad. I had a portable ps1

Portable DVD players

Then laptops

Then laptops and cell phones took over pc's

I think the biggest problem is powerful people took advantage of this tech, and data and things of that ilk essentially became like oil - foundational and catalyzing society

It's the fact that they push media and chit of that ilk so hard because views = money. Anything to proliferate their product/ views because again that makes them more money. Your personal info and daily habits are like Crack cause they can figure out how to sell to you. Not even that, they can, FORCE you a sell

They can make it so you only use y with x's permission. Amazon and Netflix want you streaming because owning disengages their platform. They want you to own nothing because that forces you to come to them

At the beginning it seemed to be more about discovery, sharing knowledge, and connecting with others but as time went on it all became a huge money grab fueled by greed.