15 Vintage Tech Ads

Posted by kdawson on Monday May 3, 2010 @11:13AM 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.

1 of 96 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

Re:Ill-Informed Public by ozmanjusri · 2010-05-03 19:04 · Score: 0, Troll

I have been using the same laptop for 5 years, and it's still considered pretty good. It started with XP, ran Vista, and now competently handles Windows 7
That's more an indicator of how badly OS progress has stagnated under the Microsoft monopoly than any intrinsic quality of the x86 hardware.

--
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."