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15 Vintage Tech Ads

Posted by kdawson on from the when-we-were-young-and-some-of-us-weren't-even-born dept.

JimLynch writes "Tech ads just aren't what they used to be. Sure, you have your robot phone wars and naked spokeswomen in bathtubs (what was she selling, again?). But missing are the cheesy songs, silly slogans, and giant gadgets that made the tech ads of yesteryear so wonderful to watch. Check out these 15 vintage tech commercials for yourself. If all the obsolete technology doesn't put a smile on your face, surely the cameo by a young William Shatner will." Apple's "1984" is included, and it has a strange and unanticipated resonance these days.

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  1. Everything on one page... by Itninja · · Score: 5, Informative

    ....so, yeah: http://www.itworld.com/print/105778

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  2. They missed the windows 386 one! by Joe+The+Dragon · · Score: 2, Informative

    They missed the windows 386 one!

    now that one is odd

  3. Re:Priceless by schon · · Score: 2, Informative

    tuna fish sandwich eating

    As opposed to all those guys who eat tuna beef, or tuna chicken?

    Exactly how many things exist that are called "tuna", which are not fish?

  4. Re:Priceless by NJRoadfan · · Score: 2, Informative

    The MS-DOS 5 video is a promotional video Microsoft gave out to dealers. It was never aired on TV as a commercial. Still got the tape too.

  5. Re:Ill-Informed Public by dangitman · · Score: 2, Informative

    Or how about the Apple II series? Variants of it were sold from 1977 to 1993. That's right, 16 years spanning the decades of the 1970s to the 1990s, with few changes in basic specs. It even made more money for Apple than the Macintosh for years after the Mac's introduction.

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    ... and then they built the supercollider.