I had a Windows 95 Beta 1 users guide that told you how every single thing worked. It was awesome having relatives that worked at Intel. Also PCMCIA cards had dongles to hook up to phone lines, or ethernet, etc. 2020 - We're back at the dongle game. And the compatibility thing is surfacing again with M.2 and USB-C/USB 3.+
I attended the PC Expo from 1988 to 2006 never missed a year. It changed names around the 2000's it was called TechXExpo and then it was changed to the C3expo, 2006 was the last C3expo at Javitz.
Crazy how i have never heard of most of this shit even thought i have been using computers since 99/00. Goes to show how brutal the computer business was. If you weren't a hit, you were done for good.
@@willietarkington1628 these comments appearing under videos, are ireleveant, because you cannot get any proof. I saw people completly fantasize about it. So I always ignore them, unless one has some kind of page or own videos, where he is seen, that it is really him.
Stewart Cheifet: "Thats our report from the PCExpo in New York, for Computer Chronicles I'm Stewart Cheifet. Back to you Stewart." Stewart Cheifet: "Thanks Stewart. In the Random Access files this week..."
It strikes me that at that time, the world of computing was still a formal world. People who took care of business wore jackets and ties and there was still a lot of formality among people. Nowadays, kids are running companies wearing flip-flops and nose piercings. I can't say if it's better or worse now.
Worse definitely The reason, why it was like that in that time (not to mntion, that there was more polite world in every aspect, not only here) was, computers were very expensive, and thus, they were meant like for bussiness in first place. before hip hop culture of degenerates stroke (around that time btw) in full power, they've tried to keep some level. But after computer games took industry (around 1994, starting with Doom, and John Romero, that DIDN'T look like that, he was wearing shorts, etc...), it has changed, along with mid '90s culture (millennials started to have main age, and Gen X age was ending), computers become more cheap, so bussiness started to go big also with home computers, multimedia computers for home and gaming computers. This changed culture of computers a lot, and this high level of formality and snobish level, started to dissappear. In 1998 , it wasn't already like that. But still better than after let say 2007-2010.
addition: You can alraady see, that computer chronicles changed also a lot, during 1996-2002, and this kind of appearance (high level of formality, formal suit) started to look grotesque. You can feel it, how uncomfortable alraedy Stewart felt during 1998-2002, trying to keep this high level of formality, during interviews, when he already didn't fit into age of millennials... looked kinda like he's from paleoit of computer age. Till 1996, it kinda fited into computer industry. Even computer magazines were like that. Simple said... mid '90s changed it.
This was from earlier in 1994 when Microsoft was still developing what would be Windows 95, when it was going under the R&D title of Chicago that the PC industry were referring to it as Windows 4. Of course at this PC Expo in New York City there were other companies that had other things that had great possiblities.
I still dont understand, why they didn't put also month, or week, (or exact date), when the part was broadcasted. It's difference to know, if it is in early 1994 or late 1994. Not experienced visitor will have problems guess, in which month during year part was broadcasted.
haha.. I still have a B&W laser instead of a color inkjet. They charge a fortune for ink still. It has been cheaper for me to send out pictures to print all of these years... My B&W toner last me at least 3 years, no nozzle clogs (which takes yet more ink to clean).
I have one also, a Brother. Same story, really. Also finally picked up a cheap inkjet, however, because sometimes it is nice to have color. This one seems OK about not getting clogged or anything, at least.
Dunno, but I bought an HP 95LX yesterday so I'll probably be playing a lot of DOS games during studyhall. I'm now looking into purchasing an Infrared capable printer so I can print using it.
It was when Microsoft finally managed to copy the Mac in earnest. Shame they didn't just give users Windows NT 4 instead of that Frankenstein hackjob of an OS that was ostensibly 32-bit yet still sat atop 16-bit DOS and was prone to all manner of stability issues, though.
The reason was, that Windows NT wasn't yet multimedia compatible. In fact, when Windows ME failed in 2000, Microsoft worked overtime to get their Windows 2000 multimedia compatible and make it Windows XP. Because they feared, that when they don't get a stable, secure multimedia system in 2001, the iMac will take the lead.
@@ericwood3709 I remember during 1996-1999, when I found computer with Windows NT, I've said myself, screw it. Like 90% games, and many programs I was used to, didn't work. I've hated Windows 95 at first, but during 1999 and later I've kinda learned to like Windows 98 SE, which was after lots of repair "acceptable" . But working with Windows 95 during 1995-1997, was pain in the @$$
@@warrax111 Well yeah, NT wasn't designed for home use back then and games mostly ran in DOS or in some hybrid fashion that required Windows 95's and 98's DOS underpinnings to work correctly. I was happily using Macs back then and looking down my nose at DOS and Windows. I think the Mac was generally the better choice for reasons of stability and ease of use back then, even if the OS lacked protected memory. The occasional hard reset was worth having in exchange for no IRQ or DLL hell, for having HyperCard to make cartoons on, and still giving me cool games to play. I was happily playing Doom Shareware, Marathon and A-10 Attack! and A-10 Cuba! around that time, and a couple of those were Mac exclusives.
Still too early. Needed traction of Win 95's ease of setting up an internet connection rather than the horrific trumpet winsock method for Win 3.1 where captive software solutions worked far easier.
@@oldtwinsna8347 "trumpet winsock" You sir owe me a visit to PTSD therapy for unlocking that long repressed memory. Oh god I had to setup a bunch of win3.1 and MacOS 6 machines to access tokenring to PPP/SLIP>frame relay IP bridge concoction that I swear used actual voodoo for my high school and I nearly jumped from the roof. Whoever came up with that thing was either a madman or genius.
12:14 with regard to PCMCIA, "this stuff is very difficult to figure out." In my opinion, NO, because they made it simple. Type-1, type-2 and Type-3. Each one is a little thicker, and the thinner ones can go into the thicker slots but the thicker cards cannot go into the thinner slots. The plight of engineeers, they come up with a good standard with simple rules and someone will inevitably have a hard time.
Nah, you don't remember PCMCIA then. There as 5 V and 3.3 V cards and slots. Then there was Zoomed Video capable cards and slots, similar to the VESA feature connector. Then there was CardBus, basically PCI instead of ISA. Finally, there was CardBay, which ran USB and 1394 to the slot. The worst problem was the software. This was DOS and Windows 3.1, pre-plug and play, let alone hot swapping. Because the OS had no idea about this, you needed complex software stacks (e.g. CardSoft), which would invariably cause compatibility problems with the card's drivers and all your other hardware. Even simple flash cards (linear flash) required complex add-on drivers. Ejecting a card while the computer was on would very likely cause a complete freeze.
Even in 1994 even video files where desired at framerates higher than 30 fps. Now in 2015 we are being told that video games should be limited to 30 for a "better experience." How far we have fallen.
I remember VR from the 90’s. There was sort of a resurgence in the early 2000’s I think, but it died out so fast. And here we are now, they’re finally figuring it out.
Well, if you want to run a POWER-based machine today, you could spring for a Talos II, or wait a bit longer and get a cheaper Blackbird, both from Raptor Computing Systems. You'll have to use Linux on it, of course.
Well, they still left the 4.0 for the NT series. And they only changed the name, the version number still was 4.0 in Windows 95 and 4.1 in Windows 98. Every file in System32 at that time was a 4.0xxx version
I come here for buying advice in 2024. Gonna start looking into these PCMCIA cards.... #mindblown. AND a 486DX2 60MHz super portable laptop for only $3800 USD!!??? Ill be putting that in my 'bargain' bin for later.
USB to me serves a different purpose, PCMCIA was widely used and more analogous to a portable ISA or PCI device , the only thing that really killed it was that laptops started integrated all the peripherals that you needed right into the unit , same thing happened to a lesser extent with expansion cards on the desktop, once sound cards , USB interfaces, Ethernet controllers, and Graphics started coming onboard fewer and fewer user ever need to add any new peripheral into the unit, so many people never use them , since nobody really needed them anymore on laptops manufacturers started removing them to slim down units and to have more board real estate for integrated components.
Yes, at first PCMCIA was killed, because you got then the modem, the WLAN, the soundcard etc. on board. But then came USB 2.0, which is faster than PCMCIA.
11:30 desktop computing will always be cheaper... uhhuh sure there bud. more powerful, possibly, we dont know the future but they are starting to add desktop grade processors to portables now so it may just be a matter of time
2 years later and it stands true and will stand true for the next few decades at least. Desktop PC's have larger cases, there is more room, the latest hardware which costs more can go into them easily. Until people stop buying desktops and all focus is on laptops, desktops will be the better price point.
"The real key thing about Chicago is that it's a new operating system"...Some real hard-hitting journalism there, lol, thank god he could provide his insight.
It still is! Look at the stuff AMD, Nvidia and intel are releasing. It’s exciting the youth into technology. You only need to look at the work Linus tech tips and other techtubers are doing to see how exciting pc technology still is
I love when the experts on this show say, something will always be more something than something else. In this case, portable computing being more expensive than desktops. They had no ability to look beyond the market as it existed at the time.
Well, what they said is that desktops will be further ahead, and it IS true. The absolute best desktop will be better than the absolute best laptop. It's just that, between laptops and mobile, the chips got good enough for many home users. Too good, really - unless you're into computer gaming, you can probably get away with 7-10 year update cycles nowadays. Put bluntly, anything out there is good enough for most casual home use, and you'll be able to do your business on either desktop or laptop.
This was the mid 90's - did you honestly expect them to look 20 years into the future and see more affordable laptops? Also, they aren't wrong - a given set of specs will cost more in the laptop form factor than a desktop, this still holds true today. If you need portable power you pay out the nose for it.
Yes, for example, when I want to buy a new computer with the following specs: Computer chip of the 8th generation, 16 GB RAM, graphic card not older than 2 years, 1 GB SSD hard drive... you pay a fortune for that in a laptop - especially the RAM is a problem, in most computer shops you will only get one or two computers that are not Macbooks, that have 16 GB already, meanwhile, in the desktop version it just cost you 50 or 60 bucks more.
Canada made the fastest laptop in the world in 1994? Wtf? What happened to Canada laptops in 2020? I guess Canada forgot how to make laptops thanks to feminists.
I am very glad that the powers PC from apple died. Now every one used Intel or compatible processors. Much nicer world , even now AMD is pushing the limit.
PowerPC was great for most of its life and could keep pace with, if not outperform, Intel and AMD offerings. I loved my Power Mac G3 blue and white back in the day. It played a mean game of Unreal Tournament.
That was normal in that days, they were trained. Nowadays we get trained to get down with our voice at the end of a sentence, to let it sound less read.
0:40 the guy on the right finally realized what show it was.
Yep. I get a kick out of him. Kind of funny that Stewart and crew chose to keep that take.
He's legit like "Oooh ok, well that makes sense"
good catch haha
He looks like that type, who never seen computer before. And during the middle school, was harrassing the ones, who had it.
Lmao he was seriously impressed
The amazing thing about watching these things is how on the money Tim Bajarin is 99% of the time.
100% agree, and it is even more impressive when you consider how wrong the other analysts were! hehehe
@@TrashPandamoniumlike paul Schindler? He was right about as often as tim was wrong lol
These shows are such gems
and do you know why? Because this age sucks.
11:52
The description of this laptop reminds of the Rockwell Automated Encabulator. And it's delightfully retro-futuristic.
This makes me feel old, and i'm only 35!
39 now!
Just wait until next year :/
You're almost 40 now!
I'm 35 currently. I know your pain.
Sorry your old asf. U 40 now. Even more old.
I had a Windows 95 Beta 1 users guide that told you how every single thing worked. It was awesome having relatives that worked at Intel.
Also PCMCIA cards had dongles to hook up to phone lines, or ethernet, etc. 2020 - We're back at the dongle game. And the compatibility thing is surfacing again with M.2 and USB-C/USB 3.+
Do you still have it?
I attended the PC Expo from 1988 to 2006 never missed a year. It changed names around the 2000's it was called TechXExpo and then it was changed to the C3expo, 2006 was the last C3expo at Javitz.
Admission pricing?
Crazy how i have never heard of most of this shit even thought i have been using computers since 99/00. Goes to show how brutal the computer business was. If you weren't a hit, you were done for good.
Hey! That's me with the glasses behind the guy talking at 04:08, going from left to right.
Really???
@@willietarkington1628 these comments appearing under videos, are ireleveant, because you cannot get any proof. I saw people completly fantasize about it.
So I always ignore them, unless one has some kind of page or own videos, where he is seen, that it is really him.
Stewart Cheifet: "Thats our report from the PCExpo in New York, for Computer Chronicles I'm Stewart Cheifet. Back to you Stewart."
Stewart Cheifet: "Thanks Stewart. In the Random Access files this week..."
I looked in the comments and nobody has said it....
PCMCIA = People Can't Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms
You're welcome.
It strikes me that at that time, the world of computing was still a formal world. People who took care of business wore jackets and ties and there was still a lot of formality among people. Nowadays, kids are running companies wearing flip-flops and nose piercings. I can't say if it's better or worse now.
Worse.
Worse definitely
The reason, why it was like that in that time (not to mntion, that there was more polite world in every aspect, not only here) was, computers were very expensive, and thus, they were meant like for bussiness in first place. before hip hop culture of degenerates stroke (around that time btw) in full power, they've tried to keep some level. But after computer games took industry (around 1994, starting with Doom, and John Romero, that DIDN'T look like that, he was wearing shorts, etc...), it has changed, along with mid '90s culture (millennials started to have main age, and Gen X age was ending), computers become more cheap, so bussiness started to go big also with home computers, multimedia computers for home and gaming computers. This changed culture of computers a lot, and this high level of formality and snobish level, started to dissappear. In 1998 , it wasn't already like that. But still better than after let say 2007-2010.
addition: You can alraady see, that computer chronicles changed also a lot, during 1996-2002, and this kind of appearance (high level of formality, formal suit) started to look grotesque. You can feel it, how uncomfortable alraedy Stewart felt during 1998-2002, trying to keep this high level of formality, during interviews, when he already didn't fit into age of millennials... looked kinda like he's from paleoit of computer age.
Till 1996, it kinda fited into computer industry. Even computer magazines were like that.
Simple said... mid '90s changed it.
Fun fact: Eurocom exists - and still makes its laptops in Canada.
no one cares
@@allentoyokawa9068 Sure they do.
This was from earlier in 1994 when Microsoft was still developing what would be Windows 95, when it was going under the R&D title of Chicago that the PC industry were referring to it as Windows 4. Of course at this PC Expo in New York City there were other companies that had other things that had great possiblities.
I still dont understand, why they didn't put also month, or week, (or exact date), when the part was broadcasted.
It's difference to know, if it is in early 1994 or late 1994.
Not experienced visitor will have problems guess, in which month during year part was broadcasted.
haha.. I still have a B&W laser instead of a color inkjet. They charge a fortune for ink still. It has been cheaper for me to send out pictures to print all of these years... My B&W toner last me at least 3 years, no nozzle clogs (which takes yet more ink to clean).
I have one also, a Brother. Same story, really. Also finally picked up a cheap inkjet, however, because sometimes it is nice to have color. This one seems OK about not getting clogged or anything, at least.
"PCMCIA will become THE standard for expansion"... then USB happened and the rest is history. And on desktops the internal expansion slots remained.
Yea but PCMCIA was way faster than USB 1.0 and neater than having some dongle awkwardly stick out of your laptop.
Go back and be transported to this show and you will walk around a laugh at the tech and the multi colored polo shirts.
i remember the Tri-State Fairs in NYC. Amazing deals everytime. Always spent all my money! Good times
It's amazing how much computing has changed. But here we are, in 2020, almost 2021, and the Javits Center has not changed.
And 3 years after your comment it’s torn down.. the irony
Wow, Vr back then was literally just strapping a tv close to your eyes.
Look how big that thing is!
You're right about that. In 25 years they'll be laughing at our "high tech" earth-shattering inventions... :-)
The first oculus prototypes were literally mobile phones pulled apart for their screens. Nothing has changed.
@@700gsteak This - the concept is still screens close to your eyes, just higher resolution/refresh rate, color depth screens nowadays.
Wow a Laptop that ran on regular store bought AA batteries. Why aren't these regular battery adapter pack sold now.
Dunno, but I bought an HP 95LX yesterday so I'll probably be playing a lot of DOS games during studyhall. I'm now looking into purchasing an Infrared capable printer so I can print using it.
2 main reasons - weight and $$$ selling new rechargeable battery packs.
Well. Modern computers would not last long with these battery packages. Why? Because your ventilation system would kill the batteries in minutes.
Windows 95 is when everything changed, it had what we know windows to look and feel like today
It was when Microsoft finally managed to copy the Mac in earnest. Shame they didn't just give users Windows NT 4 instead of that Frankenstein hackjob of an OS that was ostensibly 32-bit yet still sat atop 16-bit DOS and was prone to all manner of stability issues, though.
The reason was, that Windows NT wasn't yet multimedia compatible. In fact, when Windows ME failed in 2000, Microsoft worked overtime to get their Windows 2000 multimedia compatible and make it Windows XP. Because they feared, that when they don't get a stable, secure multimedia system in 2001, the iMac will take the lead.
@@ericwood3709 I remember during 1996-1999, when I found computer with Windows NT, I've said myself, screw it. Like 90% games, and many programs I was used to, didn't work.
I've hated Windows 95 at first, but during 1999 and later I've kinda learned to like Windows 98 SE, which was after lots of repair "acceptable" . But working with Windows 95 during 1995-1997, was pain in the @$$
@@warrax111 Well yeah, NT wasn't designed for home use back then and games mostly ran in DOS or in some hybrid fashion that required Windows 95's and 98's DOS underpinnings to work correctly.
I was happily using Macs back then and looking down my nose at DOS and Windows. I think the Mac was generally the better choice for reasons of stability and ease of use back then, even if the OS lacked protected memory. The occasional hard reset was worth having in exchange for no IRQ or DLL hell, for having HyperCard to make cartoons on, and still giving me cool games to play. I was happily playing Doom Shareware, Marathon and A-10 Attack! and A-10 Cuba! around that time, and a couple of those were Mac exclusives.
16:16 shows us all we need to know about computing in the mid 90s. Multiple giant plug and pray cables lol
Stewart's adjective of choice: "big". Tim's adjective of choice: "little".
PCMCIA will become the future for all pc expansions!!
The Random Access news at the end were so fucking cheesy, but informative AF
So strange not to see a single web address displayed anywhere. Compuserve/AOL/Prodigy Keywords were still king in 1994.
Still too early. Needed traction of Win 95's ease of setting up an internet connection rather than the horrific trumpet winsock method for Win 3.1 where captive software solutions worked far easier.
@@oldtwinsna8347 "trumpet winsock" You sir owe me a visit to PTSD therapy for unlocking that long repressed memory. Oh god I had to setup a bunch of win3.1 and MacOS 6 machines to access tokenring to PPP/SLIP>frame relay IP bridge concoction that I swear used actual voodoo for my high school and I nearly jumped from the roof. Whoever came up with that thing was either a madman or genius.
12:14 with regard to PCMCIA, "this stuff is very difficult to figure out." In my opinion, NO, because they made it simple. Type-1, type-2 and Type-3. Each one is a little thicker, and the thinner ones can go into the thicker slots but the thicker cards cannot go into the thinner slots.
The plight of engineeers, they come up with a good standard with simple rules and someone will inevitably have a hard time.
Nah, you don't remember PCMCIA then. There as 5 V and 3.3 V cards and slots. Then there was Zoomed Video capable cards and slots, similar to the VESA feature connector. Then there was CardBus, basically PCI instead of ISA. Finally, there was CardBay, which ran USB and 1394 to the slot.
The worst problem was the software. This was DOS and Windows 3.1, pre-plug and play, let alone hot swapping. Because the OS had no idea about this, you needed complex software stacks (e.g. CardSoft), which would invariably cause compatibility problems with the card's drivers and all your other hardware. Even simple flash cards (linear flash) required complex add-on drivers. Ejecting a card while the computer was on would very likely cause a complete freeze.
LOL.. welp... I guess that guy's prediction at 15:08 that PCMCIA would take over standard cards in desktops didn't work out LOL.
9:42 Anyone knows what that clip is from?
3:19 My god those things were HUGE. I always thought cartoons exaggerated, but DAMN! 😂
8:20 he says that chicaco/win95 does not rely on DOS 'whatsoever' lol
In comparison to 3.1, he's correct.
3:37 that computer is huge
This is super fun
I'm pretty sure I can hear Steve Jobs in the background throwing stuff around and telling his team to work harder.
He wasn't working for Apple at that point. He didn't come back to apple until 1997. That's why all their products sucked during this time.
Even in 1994 even video files where desired at framerates higher than 30 fps. Now in 2015 we are being told that video games should be limited to 30 for a "better experience." How far we have fallen.
Wait a minute... What happened the Don't Copy That Floppy man?!
3:20 And i thought it is new! xD
VR is from 80s lol
I remember VR from the 90’s. There was sort of a resurgence in the early 2000’s I think, but it died out so fast. And here we are now, they’re finally figuring it out.
Good thing, OS/2 came out before Win 95. 👍
Why no take the first shot in the Rockefeller plaza, or a nice place in NY??. I mean they almost went to the fucking Bowery.
When this was fimed they were still repairing the giant hole that was blown throug the world trade center parking garage.
god I miss powerpc
Well, if you want to run a POWER-based machine today, you could spring for a Talos II, or wait a bit longer and get a cheaper Blackbird, both from Raptor Computing Systems. You'll have to use Linux on it, of course.
Which one of these was used for Jurassic Park? XD
13:59 Shalom
Windows 4.0 damn
'PCMCIA the expansion standard for all PCs', well until USB came along
Windows 4.0 become windows 95, just to convince peoples that it become the new gen of windows to line up with 1995.
I kind of liked the name Chicago. I know it was just a code name but stil...
Well, they still left the 4.0 for the NT series. And they only changed the name, the version number still was 4.0 in Windows 95 and 4.1 in Windows 98. Every file in System32 at that time was a 4.0xxx version
Chicago is basically Windows 95?
Yes. Chicago was the project name for Windows 95
AT the end, he said " that;s all for this week"
So chronicles was broadcated weekly?
Or once per two weeks?
❤
PCMCIA tiny little cards :D
I come here for buying advice in 2024. Gonna start looking into these PCMCIA cards.... #mindblown.
AND a 486DX2 60MHz super portable laptop for only $3800 USD!!??? Ill be putting that in my 'bargain' bin for later.
"not much is going to change"
2020:
64 core CPU's exist
laptops paper-thin
Pentium is very low end now
Guess What, Intel Still owns the market. They were absolutely right in that show
5:43 And many years later they continued to 😐
18:52 lol...
PCMCIA never really caught on. The real nail in their coffin was USB, in my opinion.
USB to me serves a different purpose, PCMCIA was widely used and more analogous to a portable ISA or PCI device , the only thing that really killed it was that laptops started integrated all the peripherals that you needed right into the unit , same thing happened to a lesser extent with expansion cards on the desktop, once sound cards , USB interfaces, Ethernet controllers, and Graphics started coming onboard fewer and fewer user ever need to add any new peripheral into the unit, so many people never use them , since nobody really needed them anymore on laptops manufacturers started removing them to slim down units and to have more board real estate for integrated components.
Yes, at first PCMCIA was killed, because you got then the modem, the WLAN, the soundcard etc. on board. But then came USB 2.0, which is faster than PCMCIA.
Network cards were really all it had to keep it going. Once most laptops had built in wifi by 2003, it never stood a chance
PCMCIA filled a role and filled it well though it never caught on on the desktop. USB has little to do with it as that was hardly the same market.
11:30 desktop computing will always be cheaper... uhhuh sure there bud. more powerful, possibly, we dont know the future but they are starting to add desktop grade processors to portables now so it may just be a matter of time
Will still be cheaper. Desktop Cpu's in Laptops is nothing new.
2 years later and it stands true and will stand true for the next few decades at least. Desktop PC's have larger cases, there is more room, the latest hardware which costs more can go into them easily. Until people stop buying desktops and all focus is on laptops, desktops will be the better price point.
Windows still fails at critical moments
mine freezes occasionally, its not a hardware issue either :(
“One day will buy disposable inkjet printers which die after a year, but the ink costs more than gold!”
"The real key thing about Chicago is that it's a new operating system"...Some real hard-hitting journalism there, lol, thank god he could provide his insight.
O Brian
back when computers were still exciting
It still is! Look at the stuff AMD, Nvidia and intel are releasing. It’s exciting the youth into technology. You only need to look at the work Linus tech tips and other techtubers are doing to see how exciting pc technology still is
Laptops will replace the desktop market............... NOT!
Interesting talking about apple hitting 20% in reality once windows 95 launched they dropped to more like 5%
Desktops always cheaper? lol
I love when the experts on this show say, something will always be more something than something else. In this case, portable computing being more expensive than desktops. They had no ability to look beyond the market as it existed at the time.
Well, what they said is that desktops will be further ahead, and it IS true. The absolute best desktop will be better than the absolute best laptop. It's just that, between laptops and mobile, the chips got good enough for many home users. Too good, really - unless you're into computer gaming, you can probably get away with 7-10 year update cycles nowadays. Put bluntly, anything out there is good enough for most casual home use, and you'll be able to do your business on either desktop or laptop.
This was the mid 90's - did you honestly expect them to look 20 years into the future and see more affordable laptops? Also, they aren't wrong - a given set of specs will cost more in the laptop form factor than a desktop, this still holds true today. If you need portable power you pay out the nose for it.
Yes, for example, when I want to buy a new computer with the following specs: Computer chip of the 8th generation, 16 GB RAM, graphic card not older than 2 years, 1 GB SSD hard drive...
you pay a fortune for that in a laptop - especially the RAM is a problem, in most computer shops you will only get one or two computers that are not Macbooks, that have 16 GB already, meanwhile, in the desktop version it just cost you 50 or 60 bucks more.
Go poop yo pants big old grandma pants
Canada made the fastest laptop in the world in 1994? Wtf? What happened to Canada laptops in 2020? I guess Canada forgot how to make laptops thanks to feminists.
lol
i have more computing power in my left thumb than all the pc's at this combined
And yet you still can’t use an apostrophe correctly.
@@BlownMacTruckdamn lol
intel own the market untill 2020........ :D
Colour going mainstream? What a sellout! Colour you used to be cool when you was underground!
Windows 4.0? Lol
Microsoft, Bill Gates. What a joke.
PCMCIA, total flop.
I am very glad that the powers PC from apple died. Now every one used Intel or compatible processors. Much nicer world , even now AMD is pushing the limit.
dave jacobsen power pc rocked
PowerPC was great for most of its life and could keep pace with, if not outperform, Intel and AMD offerings. I loved my Power Mac G3 blue and white back in the day. It played a mean game of Unreal Tournament.
This comment has aged poorly 😅
The way the announcer emphasizes/shouts the last word of every sentence is just bizarre and annoying.
Don't talk shit about Stewart Cheifet
That's how Presenters spoke back then, strong, to the point and clearly.
That was normal in that days, they were trained. Nowadays we get trained to get down with our voice at the end of a sentence, to let it sound less read.