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Bill Gates in 1983 Teen Beat Magazine

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ok-i-just-gotta-do-it dept.

So normally I resist the temptation to post this sort of thing because it just seems like a cheap shot, but I just can't hold back on this one, so Bill, if you're reading this (ya right ;) I'm sorry, but I just have to share this one. And I hope in 2021 I'm a billionaire and people are posting my yearbook pictures to take cheap shots at me too! Anyway, We recently found pictures of a photo spread Mr. Gates did in 1983 for Teen Beat magazine. Enjoy.

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  1. Gates cheap shot on Slashdot? No way! by goldspider · · Score: 2, Insightful
    "So normally I resist the temptation to post this sort of thing because it just seems like a cheap shot..."

    Please don't hold back. It's so unusual to see Gates bashing on Slashdot. I think I'd enjoy the change of pace.

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  2. 1983? by GerbilSoft · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The Macintosh came out in 1984, and Windows 1.0 was released in 1985. Both of these are in the photos.

    1. Re:1983? by Moonpie+Madness · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Soooooo Slashdot was right apparently, about everything about this article that matters and made it interesting and wrong about a pointless detail that led to none of the interest in this article. Well, I'm pretty much okay with that.

  3. At least come to the photoshoot clean! by MsGeek · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And dude...HIT THE SHOWERS!!! Dear sweet Goddess, Billy-boy looks like he was on one of his legendary "haven't showered in weeks and I feel fine" jags. RMS has NOTHING on Gates before he got married. Both he and Paul Allen were legendary for their lack of hygiene.

    Anthony Michael Hall looked way better in "Pirates of Silicon Valley" than the genuine article looked IRL! :P

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  4. Re:OMFG by randallpowell · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Seeing those pics made me feel dirty. Why is he thrwing floppies like shuriken? Is that a Mac in the background? No wonder people thought geeks were, well, geeky.

  5. Re:What a Heartthrob! by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeech. I'd rather see Steve Ballmer's man-tits.

    If that was your first reaction: SEEK HELP!

    =)

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  6. Re:What a Heartthrob! by SenseiLeNoir · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Except... one worrying thing...

    if i am right, bgates was born in 1955
    which if the photo was taken 1983 (most likely 1984), he would be.... 28/29 ... on a magazine for 13 year olds???????

    Scarey....

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  7. Re:What a Heartthrob! by aztektum · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Try as you might, you can never poke out the minds eye.

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  8. Teen Beat? by Monkey+Angst · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My question is this: In 1983 (or 84, judging by the Mac) Bill Gates and Microsoft were on the rise, but in the computer industry. Outside the computer industry (oh, yeah, and Wall Street), people wouldn't have known who he was. So what was Teen Beat's interest? Not a movie star. Not on TV. Not, for several years yet, the richest guy on the block. So what's the story?

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  9. Re:What a Heartthrob! by Chris+Burke · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Says you. My friend and physician, Dr. Jack Daniels, says differently. What's that, Doctor? It's time for another dose?

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