Personal computers: a history through commercials
January 19, 2011 2 Comments
Just came across this chronological compendium of computer commercials from what looks to be the early 1980s on. It is a great walk down memory lane for for my generation. And it is funny to see that there are now so many anachronisms in the world of such a recent technology, among them: Atari and the idea that people would buy it to learn French, the Commodore Vic 20 (what?), iMac G3s, and the use of Paul Reiser in a commercial. Though it’s 15 minutes, it is worth watching.
fascinating! some of those ads are really grandiose. so glad windows 95 is a thing of the past.
haha, yeah some of the ads are really pretty ridiculous. 1984 for instance. it’s a computer!