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Thanks Ants
May 21, 2004

#essereFerrari


woah

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minivanmegafun
Jul 27, 2004

Phoenixan posted:

complete with buttons shaped like houses

oh. thanks for pointing that out. I was wondering why it was so pointy.

Athletic Footjob
Sep 24, 2005
Grimey Drawer
that chimney

pram
Jun 10, 2001

Phoenixan posted:

complete with buttons shaped like houses



holy moley

Tanith
Jul 17, 2005


Alpha, Beta, Gamma cores
Use them, lose them, salvage more
Kick off the next AI war
In the Persean Sector
does it come in red for hotel use?

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

Phoenixan posted:

complete with buttons shaped like houses

i never noticed this, ever

wow

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

FMguru posted:

beloved 1990s consumer brand microsoft

in the 1990s microsoft was realistic about how little their brand meant to consumers

hence wanting/needing separate "microsoft HOME" branding for products meant to be used not at work

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

lol people lined up outside stores to buy windows 95

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

carry on then posted:

lol people lined up outside stores to buy windows 95

well they only had windows 3.1 before then and you couldn't really download stuff that size at the time

Pinterest Mom
Jun 9, 2009


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOgOP_aqqtg

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

speaking of not being able to download things in the 90s, who else made little forts out of msdn binders?

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

carry on then posted:

lol people lined up outside stores to buy windows 95

wasn't that the result of a years-long marketing campaign


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EIu21QPQMc

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

let's all go to chicago!

theadder
Dec 30, 2011


carry on then posted:

lol people lined up outside stores to buy windows 95

lol

Sapozhnik
Jan 2, 2005

Nap Ghost
windows 95 was an abomination but it was a necessary abomination

it was probably microsoft's greatest technical triumph

their second greatest technical triumph was slaying win9x and replacing it with an actual operating system

Sapozhnik
Jan 2, 2005

Nap Ghost
like it had all the artistic appeal of a soviet tractor but you know what, people gotta eat and you ain't gonna plow fields with a loving benz

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

Mr Dog posted:

like it had all the artistic appeal of a soviet tractor but you know what, people gotta eat and you ain't gonna plow fields with a loving benz

a benz? how plebian

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

Mr Dog posted:

like it had all the artistic appeal of a soviet tractor but you know what, people gotta eat and you ain't gonna plow fields with a loving benz

...sure you are

theadder
Dec 30, 2011


Ballmer and Bill Gates are apparently on the outs, and are no longer on speaking terms with one another.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

theadder posted:

Ballmer and Bill Gates are apparently on the outs, and are no longer on speaking terms with one another.

maybe gates will buy a good basketball team

univbee
Jun 3, 2004




hobbesmaster posted:

maybe gates will buy a good basketball team

gates will let his team continue to use their apple products and then completely crush the clippys

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

hobbesmaster posted:

maybe gates will buy a good basketball team

i would die laughing if gates bought the lakers

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

Captain Foo posted:

i would die laughing if gates bought the lakers

hello Los Angeles Mosquitoes

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Captain Foo posted:

i would die laughing if gates bought the lakers

this needs to be arranged stat

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?

univbee posted:

gates will let his team continue to use their apple products and then completely crush the clippys

wasn't he the one who made his kids use a zune?

univbee
Jun 3, 2004




The Management posted:

wasn't he the one who made his kids use a zune?

except zune was actually good

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

univbee posted:

except zune was actually good

this is false, there was a brief period where the zune software was better than itunes for windows but that meant you were using windows in the first place and the clickwheel was the best music playing interface control ever rather than a goddamn dpad that was circular but only counted 4 directions

Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

ah yes, microsoft "home," their beloved consumer brand
it even got its won hardware



still a better mouse than anything apple has ever made

Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006

qirex posted:

this is false, there was a brief period where the zune software was better than itunes for windows but that meant you were using windows in the first place and the clickwheel was the best music playing interface control ever rather than a goddamn dpad that was circular but only counted 4 directions

the zune software is still way better than itunes on any platform.

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat

Shaggar posted:

still a better mouse than anything apple has ever made

chestnut santabag
Jul 3, 2006

Shaggar posted:

still a better product than anything apple has ever made

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

Shaggar posted:

the zune software is still way better than itunes on any platform.

mod sassinator
Dec 13, 2006
I came here to Kick Ass and Chew Bubblegum,
and I'm All out of Ass

theadder posted:

Ballmer and Bill Gates are apparently on the outs, and are no longer on speaking terms with one another.

ballmer is supremely butthurt that his greatest business achievement ever, his 'best idea' (literally his words) was the nokia purchase and it's proving to be a complete disaster for both companies like everyone thought

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

mod sassinator posted:

ballmer is supremely butthurt that his greatest business achievement ever, his 'best idea' (literally his words) was the nokia purchase and it's proving to be a complete disaster for both companies like everyone thought

somebody post that story where the phone service providers immediately cancelled service contracts with nokia because they hated microsoft so much

Assepoester
Jul 18, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Melman v2
It took them long enough

http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/13/6968897/microsoft-teaching-nfl-sportscasters-that-a-surface-is-not-an-ipad

Microsoft's Surface is the "official tablet" of the NFL, and it's trying to make sure that sportscasters get the message. After it became clear that announcers may not know what the Surface was — with one announcer referring to it as an "iPad-like tool" — Microsoft has been working with broadcasters to make sure that mistake doesn't happen again. "It’s true, we have coached up a select few," Microsoft tells Business Insider. "That coaching will continue to ensure our partners are well equipped to discuss Surface when the camera pans to players using the device during games."






Also

http://liliputing.com/2014/10/acer-aspire-switch-12-2-1-tablet-intel-core-m-revealed.html



flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

Phoenixan posted:

complete with buttons shaped like houses

and right next to the BUS stop

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

Good

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

Cardboard Box A posted:

It took them long enough

http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/13/6968897/microsoft-teaching-nfl-sportscasters-that-a-surface-is-not-an-ipad

Microsoft's Surface is the "official tablet" of the NFL, and it's trying to make sure that sportscasters get the message. After it became clear that announcers may not know what the Surface was — with one announcer referring to it as an "iPad-like tool" — Microsoft has been working with broadcasters to make sure that mistake doesn't happen again. "It’s true, we have coached up a select few," Microsoft tells Business Insider. "That coaching will continue to ensure our partners are well equipped to discuss Surface when the camera pans to players using the device during games."
I heard a guy say "Surface Pro" during an NFL game


he was pointing out that one of the coaches hated them and had a guy taking actual photos and printing them into a binder like they used to use instead

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat

Cardboard Box A posted:

"That coaching will continue to ensure our partners are well equipped to discuss Surface when the camera pans to players using the device during games."
lmo

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prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

Cardboard Box A posted:

It took them long enough

http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/13/6968897/microsoft-teaching-nfl-sportscasters-that-a-surface-is-not-an-ipad

Microsoft's Surface is the "official tablet" of the NFL, and it's trying to make sure that sportscasters get the message. After it became clear that announcers may not know what the Surface was — with one announcer referring to it as an "iPad-like tool" — Microsoft has been working with broadcasters to make sure that mistake doesn't happen again. "It’s true, we have coached up a select few," Microsoft tells Business Insider. "That coaching will continue to ensure our partners are well equipped to discuss Surface when the camera pans to players using the device during games."

it's not "the surface" or "a surface"?

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