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    Then and Now: Microsoft

    Then and Now: Apple Computers

    Then and Now: Sony's A/V Range

    Then and Now: The Hewlett-Packard Family

    Then and Now: IBM Personal Computers

    Then and Now: Panasonic's Multimedia Lineup
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    07/19/09

    In reply to Then and Now: Microsoft
    One time I replaced this guy's cassette program with a recording of a bunch of us laughing and calling him a loser.
    When his program didn't load, he of course unplugged the speaker jack to release peals of laughter and disparaging remarks at nearly full volume in the middle of the computer lab!

    He was really pissed until I gave him his program back. Then he relaxed.

    Geesh, as if I'd trash the guy's work.
    That's just f'ed up, man.
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    Image of fastharryDOTcom fastharryDOTcom
    07/19/09

    @strider_mt2k:

    let it go, Rambo...
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    07/19/09

    @fastharry:
    I dare you to make less sense.
     Reply
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    Image of Manuel Pfennig Manuel Pfennig
    07/18/09

    In reply to Then and Now: Apple Computers
    can u believe ppl worked with 48 kb of ram lmao i wonder what ppl will think when they look bk to 4 GB of ram in 10 years or so
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    Image of SysRq SysRq
    07/18/09

    @Manuel Pfennig: With the advent of 64 bit, it's likely we'll be seeing machines running on 32GB or even 64GB of RAM. I think Snow Leopard is supposed to support a theoretical 16,000GB of RAM or something silly like that.
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    07/18/09

    In reply to Then and Now: Apple Computers
    The iMac G3 is this schoolboy's generational equiv to the last gen Apple ][.

    You can practically find iMac G3s everywhere at public schools, due to Apple's successful educational program for those machines. Hell, you can find most of them actually running Mac OS X Tiger in many cases!
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    07/18/09

    @AnalysisDialysis (and a MudkipNDS): Also, RIP AppleSoft.
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    Image of SysRq SysRq
    07/18/09

    @AnalysisDialysis (and a MudkipNDS): I remember being in second grade and always wanting to go play on the Macintosh LCs in the corner. Good times, good times. (I didn't encounter this "iMac" thing you speak of until high school.)
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    Image of egoods egoods
    07/18/09

    In reply to Then and Now: Apple Computers
    In 30 years I've never really seen the point of upgrading from my Apple II. It has all the RAM and Memory I need. Plus, the operating system is soooo stable.
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    Image of North Star North Star
    07/18/09

    @egoods: I guarantee that you won't get any viruses!
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    SysRq promoted this comment Edited by North Star at 07/18/09 12:26 PM North Star was starred North Star was unstarred
    Image of DanaeNereus DanaeNereus
    07/18/09

    In reply to Then and Now: Apple Computers
    Still have mine - my father bought it in 1979 for $2,200.00.
     Reply
    SysRq promoted this comment DanaeNereus was starred DanaeNereus was unstarred
    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    07/18/09

    In reply to Then and Now: Apple Computers
    you should include the memory and processor speed of the iphone, too.
     Reply
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    Image of whiteflea whiteflea
    07/18/09

    In reply to Then and Now: Apple Computers
    this is kind of cool since I've been reading iWoz the past few days.
     Reply
    SysRq promoted this comment whiteflea was starred whiteflea was unstarred
    Image of D.E.P.C. D.E.P.C.
    07/18/09

    In reply to Then and Now: Apple Computers
    What are those boxes doing on that typewriter OHMYGOD IT'S A COMPUTER
     Reply
    SysRq promoted this comment D.E.P.C. was starred D.E.P.C. was unstarred
    Image of VenomIreland VenomIreland
    07/17/09

    In reply to Then and Now: Sony's A/V Range
    From one miserable failure (Betamax) to something that's an immense success (Blu-Ray).
     Reply
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    Image of VenomIreland VenomIreland
    07/17/09

    @VenomIreland: Wow, that OLED has some incredible pixel density!
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    Image of Nick Nick
    07/17/09

    In reply to Then and Now: Sony's A/V Range
    i hated how DVD players didn't have a digital clock. that was the one feature i missed when we made the switch from the vcr.
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    Image of thePrototype thePrototype
    07/17/09

    @Nick: My island name is Nicko: really?? clocks everywhere drive me nuts (especially in a dark room when they are giving off lots of glare), that is what my cell phone is for.

    ps. congrats on getting the star back
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    Image of Nick Nick
    07/17/09

    @thePrototype: thank you maam. i don't think it was gone for any particular reason. it was just gone.
    well, we switched from vcr to dvd before cell phones began replacing watches. but yeah, i hate bright lights on electronics.
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    Edited by Nick at 07/17/09 5:26 PM Nick was starred Nick was unstarred
    Image of thePrototype thePrototype
    07/17/09

    @Nick: My island name is Nicko: tell me about it, the bright green and blue lights on the ps3 piss me off, i prefer the soft pulsating light on the front of MBP.
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    Image of OpenPotion OpenPotion
    07/17/09

    @Nick: My island name is Nicko: Thank goodness for black electrical tape...
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    Nick: My island name is Nicko promoted this comment OpenPotion was starred OpenPotion was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    07/17/09

    @OpenPotion: i hate electrical tape because of the residue it leaves.
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    Image of thePrototype thePrototype
    07/17/09

    @Nick: My island name is Nicko: WD40 takes that residue right off, without ruining any of the finish :)
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    Nick: My island name is Nicko promoted this comment thePrototype was starred thePrototype was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    07/17/09

    @thePrototype: i love the smell of Water Displacement Formula 40
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    Image of dingus dingus
    07/17/09

    In reply to Then and Now: The Hewlett-Packard Family
    Why the 43C? The 41C was born in '79 and was probably the most influential model in HP's line for the 25 years that followed. They weren't just calculators but full-fledged computers with pluggable ROM, RAM, and I/O modules. You could get an HP-IL module to hook up a printer, tape drive, lab instrumentation via an HPIB bridge.

    The CV version was onboard most '80s shuttle flights as a backup in case the main computers failed.
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    Image of Castleknight75 Castleknight75
    07/17/09

    In reply to Then and Now: The Hewlett-Packard Family
    i despise HP calculators, they just function so weird...
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    dingus promoted this comment Castleknight75 was starred Castleknight75 was unstarred
    Image of dingus dingus
    07/17/09

    @Castleknight75: Well, that's like, your opinion man.

    Seriously, if you're ever doing anything more than the basic 4 functions, give an HP a try. RPN is so much more intuitive than infix once you wrap your brain around it.
     Reply
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    Image of NurseDave NurseDave
    07/17/09

    In reply to Then and Now: The Hewlett-Packard Family
    TGIF! Thank God it's Fucking over for the '79 week at Giz!
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    Image of VenomIreland VenomIreland
    07/17/09

    In reply to Then and Now: The Hewlett-Packard Family
    I'm not getting the bottom part of the picture, only down to the bottom of the calculators.
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    Image of chuuchdizzle chuuchdizzle
    07/17/09

    @VenomIreland: click the link that says "click" and you'll see the whole pic.
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    Image of VenomIreland VenomIreland
    07/17/09

    @chuuchdizzle: Still doesn't work.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    07/16/09

    In reply to Then and Now: IBM Personal Computers
    back in the day the question was not "can it run crysis" -- the big question was "can you run with it."
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    Image of Itspeat! Itspeat!
    07/16/09

    @Nick: My island name is Nicko: how many people do you think answered yes to that question?
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    Image of Nick Nick
    07/16/09

    @Itspeat!: the ones who stole it.
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    Image of Itspeat! Itspeat!
    07/16/09

    @Nick: My island name is Nicko: I give them props then, cause that's one big motherf*cker
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