Windows 1.0 with Steve Ballmer (1986) (HQ, 60FPS)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- This is the famous Windows 1.0 parody "advertisement" shown internally at Microsoft, now in glorious 60FPS and high-quality audio! Surreal to think this was only previously available in a highly compressed form for over a decade.
This guy is basically the Saul Goodman of Microsoft
Like goodman, he should have called for hoover pro max and vanished for good.
Saul is definitely more charming
Both have legal background.
Yes 🤣🤣
He’s just like Saul Goodman, but without any real charm or personality.
Ballmer should be a wrestling manager. He knew how to cut a promo.
I was just thinking about that. He looks and sounds just like Paul Heyman
He definitely knew how to cut something...
When he was at an Apple event for Microsoft Office, he tried to appear cool, but appeared weird only
A white, powdery something? @@behindtheeye
Imagine you are some shy computer guy in the 1980s walking down the convention floor meekly looking around, briefly glancing at the "micro-soft" booth before looking away, and this guy comes to you pulling you in.
I bet it was super effective at the time.
This guy is so convincing that I want to buy Windows 1.0 from 1986 for $99 even though it's 2023.
Yeah, do it, but you will be very disappointed, it is really hard to find a machine you can run Windows 1.0 on it.
@@ThomasBuegel you can run anything on any machine
@@rafars2246 but you nead a 5 1/4" floppy drive, when you get the original Windows 1.0 and you need DOS 2.0 to start and the emulation of the 8087 PC architecture or such hardware - this is a real challenge!
Best windows ever lol
🤣
Legend has it Nebraska is still waiting for Windows 1.0....and reversi...
I still highly doubt Nebraska is ready for it.
@@digitaldigdug7811 In the case of Windows 11 what would could be?
everyone knows Nebraska is a Linux state.
Nebraska still running on Apple IIe’s
Windows 11 is actually 1.1
Steve Ballmer, the furniture salesman of the software world.
I saw no tigers? Had to be car salesman.
Saul Goodman!
The Nebraska thing refers to an antiquated Bell telephone rule that really existed in the 80s. Many 800 toll-free numbers were based in Nebraska because that area had an excess of available numbers. But according to the Bell rule, 800 numbers could not be used for both in-state calling and out-of-state calling. So companies would advertise an 800 toll-free line for use across the country, except the number really would not function if called from within Nebraska. Nebraska wasn't all that important to them, so that state would call in on a different line, or not at all.
Thanks for explaining!
The Strategic Air Command was the reason why Nebraska had so many telephone circuits. Most would never be used unless there were a nuclear war.
I vaguely remember the Nebraska thing. Jeez, totally slipped my mind.
why nebraska isnt important for usa ?
@@marcins6071 actually it is. Satellites and command stuff. The government will come down hard on you if you dare to have unapproved electronics near their designated dead zones.
Oh wow, this is beautiful. Too bad everyone in Nebraska can’t view this masterpiece.
@@charlesdoesmore5488 r/wooosh
Yeah, for me it's just a black screen with no sound.
;-;
You man. You the funny. I picture Nebraska as mountains and horses. Or is it the agriculture state?
it's the toll-free state
I feel strangely uncomfortable with hearing this iconic audio no longer being bitcrushed to hell and back, like it's so crisp and clear with no crackling or distortion or background noise...it's just Steve Ballmer
Just exactly how uncomfortable does it make you feel? DON'T ANSWER
@@joe579003 wait until you see windows hd-ifer
If you want to hear it uncannily better, run it through Adobe’s Podcast audio filter.
It's as if Steve is trying to sell it RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE. XD
😯 What is happening in Nebraskas?
I still use MS Paint every day. 40 years later.
And the hell with MS 3-D Paint.
Me too
I remember using PC-Paintbrush and Telepaint on my old XT, and possibly the 286 too. Great memories!
It's still a decent program.
A wise computer user
0:16 "paste it right into windows, right into windows, right into windows write, yeah right"
A fellow man of culture who knows of cs188
REVERSI!
...E-SERVER?!
"AND we can take this paste! and paste and paste and paste and paste and paste and paste-"
"You'll get a ointment calendar, a termite calendar, a cardfile, a cardfile, a cardfile, a turd sock!"
LISTEN TO WHAT ELSE YOU *DON’T* GET:
A CARDFILE
A CARPET
A COCK
A CAR PANEL
A CAR DRIVER
A PRINCE FILE
AND EVEN STEVEN UNIVERSE!
Steve made that 'Except in Nebraska' sound really personal.
Haha proper..... Like f u Nebraska .... you're not getting sh*t
you know he is right you need windows 1.0 today😂😂😂😂😂
Believe it or not, Ballmer was actually only 30 years old when he filmed this.
I guess hair was a scarce resource in his family.....
@@PS-hv7on lmfao
@@PS-hv7on 🤣🤣🤣💀
@@PS-hv7on Ugh
Stress can cause hair loss and it can age a person
Beethoven was only in his mid 50s when he died
But he looked like he was closer to 90
1:03 *ExCePt iN NeBrAsKa*
We've waited over a decade for a higher quality version, and finally, here it is!
TIL this even existed, Just barely saw this
classic Microsoft experience.
Steve Ballmer barely aged between this video and 2010.
Money don’t crack
he used developers developers developers developers to assure his youth
probably bc he already looked 50 at 30
This is what Steve Ballmer looked like at 30 years old, can you believe it?
its possible this was recorded later than when windows 1.0 was released because it was a joke video for microsoft employees not an actual ad
@@arrow4749 BUT, even at 40 he looks bad here HAHA God bless him
alcohol & drugs
@@Dr.W.Krueger no thanks I quit alcohol over 30 minutes ago
DON'T ANSWER.
As a Nebraskan who lies, I am very upset that I can't order Windows 1.0. I mean, IT HAS REVERSI!
😢
I can't tell if he was joking or he actually was being serious. If so, then sorry to argue Nebraskans but you cannot get Windows 1.0 one no matter how hard you try apparently.
I can't NOT think of CS188 after seeing this.
The man, the myth, the legend, Mr. Steve Ballmer.
you meant steve jobs right?
@@AKA96369 No way man! There will never be another Steve Ballmer! Nibb High football rules!
@@AKA96369 Any thread on any computer based subject and you know it won't be long before the first of the boring Apple fanboys turn up.
@@Dubble_Bubble40 no I’m with you, he’s been one of the most influential people in pc world. But is he a myth, or legend hmm..
@@jennyjohn704 funny is that in all those threads, haters are shining!
can't believe he was so excited about a clock
The excitement over all the features he mentioned is 100% justified. Yes, even the control panel.
@@CometMedalChavezI mean it was 1985, of course it was exciting back then
Even back in 1.0, I thought the clock was kinda neat, but still pretty useless and silly.
Bro is a Harvard graduate and the 7th richest person on the planet. If you want be the salesman, you got sell it damn hard and he did all the way to the bank.
He wasn't. He was stoned. Windows Drug (TM)!
Or he just saw the Amiga Workbench in action 5 minutes earlier....
Steve is proof that the old 30 is the new 50
He's only 30 years old in this clip? I am legit horrified that I am older than he is in this clip.
tf! I though he's in his mid to late 40s.
……… shit you’re right… I’m now afraid because I’m 33 and while I do look gross for my age but I don’t think I looked like I’m almost old enough to be a borderline citizen 😂
After all these bricks of coke he snorted, he’s still alive. Which - lets be honest- is amazing
He looks like a fuckin loonatic. That mf who said smartphones have no future is worth billions of $
To this day, Nebraska has no computers.
This man looks smart. He should be running the company that made this product.
He was the CEO before Satya Nadela
@@dantecolo4596 Poor Satya. Filling the shoes of Steve must have been hard.
@@Borsting89 not really. Microsoft has grown much better with Satya.
@@thuering6229 *worse and windows getting worse since ballmer retired
@@dionnix Satya made Microsoft a trillion $ company thanks to focus on Azure. And Windows 10 is bad? Plus: not everyone dislikes Win 11.
his point is that custom software like that back in the day would cost you thousands of dollars no joke
.. Jesus Christ!
I understand now why he was so ecstatic about Windows only being $99.
Yeah ... especially that _clock._ Clock software cost a fortune back in '86. 🙄
I'm so used to the YTPs that the original unedited ad sounds spliced together at times.
The MS-DOS Executive!
An appointment calendar!
A card file, a notepad, a clock!
A control panel, a terminal, principal, RAM driver!
AND *can you believe it?!* Reversi! THAT'S RIGHT, ALL these features and Reversi for just-
HOW much did you guess?
$500?
$1000?
Even more?
*NO, IT'S JUST $99!!!*
He actually says “print spooler”, not “principal”. It’s hard to tell because he says it so fast while listing off all the features but if you go back and listen to it a few more times, you’ll hear it.
i could took off one or two of my clothes for Reversi
I've just ordered my copy for postal delivery. I can't wait!
I just love the RAM driver! Such a nice app. Good thing he advertised it. Even today’s Office 365 RAM Driver Pro is such a useful app
You have no idea how badly I wanted this to be an actual ad for Windows. Apparently it was just an in-house motivational video.
The real ads were hardly different.
"It's Windows from Michael Rosen's house in Nebraska-ska"
[VCR white noises]
We can now play softball, but don't break the Windows
@@madden8021 now glass is all over the floor
@@notanetcher
_eeeEEEEEeee!_
I didn't know the footage was also included on the Windows 95 Launch VHS haha
Have you ever seen such an enthusiastic salesman?
That's what Harvard's business school does to a person I suppose.
this is legendary
Except in Nebraska!
@@davids4031 lmao 😆
This energetic positive attitude is so contagious, my manager brought out the tuxedo back in my retail days when they dropped new versions of Windows, you can't tell me that Steve Ballmer isn't the best owner for the LA Clippers, Im lovin it
Thank you for converting this video and preserving the interlace fields to create the original 60fps recording so it can be preserved for eternity.
Imagine those poor souls who were forced to watch this over and over, having no idea what a Windows is.
This has aged well for sure
IT'S JUST NINETY NINETY NINETY NINETY NINETY NINETY NINETY NINETY NINETY NINETY NINETY...
(Steve Ballmer wheel rolls away)
(Ahh sweet silence 😀)
(but not for long)
@@Bradytheawesomeman777
*_"I... LOVE..._* this Ferrari, now we can drive right into Nebraska!"
@@supermariobro93Wait just a minute...... Don't listen to me!
Leave Nebraska right NOW!
@@ioioi_prx4639
GET OUUUUT! _GET OUUUUT!_
(Ballmer boomerang FTW)
Fun fact, this ad never actually aired on TV. It was made as a joke by Steve Ballmer.
really???? damn would have been funny!!!!
So this is where the YTP material came from
This may be laughable now but this was impressive technology back in the day.
A hell of an upgrade from text-based MS-DOS. Of course old Windows was just a shell for DOS but it was much more user friendly.
@@gt8200-0 yeah, MS-DOS is like the grandfather
@@vibrantgleam Yeah
We aren’t laughing at the technology. It’s him.
Except it was dogshit when compared with what the Macintosh was doing at the same time...
Steve...you're so smooth...
And with my star, we’re gonna rule
Developers, developer, developers, developers, developers…
This makes me wanna buy Windows 1.0 and invest all my savings in Microsoft
Back when Windows was great and not too boated.
You always need a bigger boat@@MarquisDeSang
@@user-cs5rr1it9lNot true. Microsoft stock’s greatest run up was in the 90’s when it was averaged 58% per year.
If you invested in Microsoft back when Windows 1.0 was current, you'd be pretty rich today.
i miss the times where you could name all the features a software had in just a short ad.
A clock!
and even steven universe!
This man knows how to sweat and show it.
steve "sweaty balls" ballmer
PRINT SPOOLER. HE'S SAYING PRINT SPOOLER. 😂 Never could understand what he was saying there due to the intense compression in all the older uploads. Always thought he was saying "principled" something or other, lol.
Seriously though, this is beautiful. Never thought I would see this in such great quality.
80s to early 2000s. The best decades human kind have gone through. Unforgettable, unbeatable times.
I think it would be more accurate to say from early 80s to late 90s. I exclude anything in the XXI century.
You're mistaking human kind with your small life time
Really? lol at you!
Same old tired nostalgic nonsense. Yeah, we get it, the times that YOU lived through are always the best.
my life is complete now
Finally, someone finally found an HQ Version of this video.
I don't know why people in the comments are surprised on how smooth the video is. Almost all analog cameras that didn't record on film always looked like this. I believe video quality got worse throughout the 00s because of early internet video. Digital video doesn't look that bad on DV/Digital8 tape or DVDs, but the hype didn't last for that long for those formats. Instead of shooting on camcorders, we have been moving on to DSLR/digital cameras, action cameras, and smartphones, which will obviously not look as impressive as analog/early digital camcorders look and usually have a choppy framerate and a shitty digital zoom that just crops the image. I still shoot on camcorders, and many people don't even realize how good it looks if you deinterlace it properly, or watch it on a CRT screen.
except in nebraska
These guys made our work easy thank you 😊🙏 otherwise we are still on batch command systems
Why all the hate here? This guy actually seems quite consistent and therefore authentic through all his advertisements/interviews/on stage presentations.
He jusr is like he is and is making billions along the way. He is living his passion. How many of the haters here are doing the same?
steve ballmer, the man who overhyped windows and kickstarted it all!
I’ve gotten so used to the bitcrushed version of this that hearing this is like getting rid of decades worth of earwax. Apparently this “commercial” actually never ran on TV, but rather, it was originally only intended for viewing by Microsoft employees only. Sad that Nebraska never got to experience the power of Windows 1.0 though.
Why not Nebraska?
@@TK-mj9rd The easiest way to get a 1 (800) number (a toll-free number) was to do it in Nebraska. However, it couldn't be used in Nebraska, so you had 2 options. 1: Make a number for Nebraska and one for every other state or 2: Make a number for every state EXCEPT Nebraska.
Steve "sweaty balls" Ballmer is my spirit animal
He’s certainly an animal.
Holy... smokes... THE LOST MEDIA GODS have been real nice to us all this year, haven't they?
Order now, and we'll throw in this beautiful BSOD for FREE
that time they didn't even invent the BSOD yet.
@@selami32they did. BSOD exists since Windows 1.0
Legend has it Nebraskans still can’t buy Windows to this very day…
This Guys networth now in 2024 is more than 100 billions
This is pure gold, he's worth every cent IMO 🎉
0:32 voice crack lol
FINALLY we can watch the video in original quality! Except in Nebraska!
Man, it's been a bit too long for quality this good to come out. Everyone was just uploading or Even Remixing that Early YT Years Quality for years and years.
This piece should be called, “Frat Boy makes a video for his buddies.”
I wasn’t convinced I should buy that PC. But $99 is impressive.
such quality
Steve is only 30 in this video. He has never stopped looking around 45 years old.
YES! Incredible seeing this classic in better quality.
100$ was alot in 1986.
today windows is basically free for home users
Steve Ballmer RTX
The card file app was worth it's weight in gold! Replaced a lot of sticky notes back in the day!
He was 30 years old!
he looks like a young balding man. So?
Scary that so many people seem to think that this was a genuine TV ad. It's a spoof, people.
yes because Microsoft would 'never' do anything as cheesy as this... other than the Win95 intro, Windows 7 Ultimate Software launch party kit, Steve Ballmer doing the monkey boy dance live. Yup - this is so Microsoft; spoof or not.
Apple trying to convince it's customers that their change to USB C is revolutionary.
This is simultaneously hilarious and utterly anxiety inducing
This is what you call 50/50 marketing piece, its either positive, negative, good or bad, you can never decide.
The quality is so good, it's so weird as for me
I can't believe it
It still looks like it was filmed in the 1980s, though. Has that certain warmth and color balance to it.
okay, so, that weird WWE entrance style presscon he did where he was running around and acting all crazy has always been in-character huh?
apparently, he's been crazy since windows 1!
i'm surprised. never knew this!
DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS!
I never like him, but that was till I saw this add. It is a classic! A great parody on the whole tv-selling wildness of the 80's. Love it!
Where's the Ballmerang?
Or the Ballmerpop?
I love how much windows (and reversi) grew up ❤️ (and reversi)
Imagine Steve Jobs face when he saw this. He was right about "the taste".
I didn''t know Doug DeMuro worked at Microsoft before starting his youtube channel
This is amazing!!! Where was this sourced?! Would you happen to have a master/high quality copy of the Microsoft Home promotional video?
The source is from a VHS. The original capture is available at archive.org/details/microsoftwindows95launchwithbillgatesandjayleno1995
@@testaccountyt thank you very much!
@@rolanddeer6212 No problem!
It's a miracle Nebraska ever caught up with the times after being excluded from this sweet deal.
He behaves like a character from GTA Vice City
perma-high cokeheads?!
@@Dr.W.Krueger maybe
Because this was from almost the same time Vice City was set in.
He has such a goofy, extroverted salesman personality, you can't tell he was valedictorian and Harvard Math graduate. I would cringe to death if I was forced to do that ad in that manner.
@@jshepard152 Cool
$99 in 1986 equates to about $255 in today’s money.
so technically windows 10 would technically costs like a hundred in 1985
@@LegacyCat386M windows 1.0 price be like in 2789: 1249.34$
@@gameplayallgamesresidmon184 since windows 1.0 isos are technically all over the internet it will stay free for probably eternity, maybe.
@@LegacyCat386M The original windows 1.0 IBM PC Costs like 209.99$ to 299.99$ these days
@@LegacyCat386M btw the original way to install win 1.0 is from 360KB/720KB IMGs
i never heard about installing windows 1.0 through a DVD/CD ISO File
"Except for Nebraska!"
and paste it right into windows write into windows write into windows write
NOW how much is windows write?
don't answer
Sorry Nebraska, you never got the chance to experience to raw power of Windows 1.0.
I'm so confused! How did you actually make the audio HQ??
Also, was this a VHS tape?
@@testaccountyt Oh, thanks for the info, I had the assumption it was after seeing those VHS-like lines. I'm assuming the audio is raw then?
@@TYX8926 The audio was originally uncompressed when digitizing this tape and was later compressed into a large MKV with lossless FLAC audio (I always keep my raw recordings for future purpose). The upload here in particular is upscaled seeing as TH-cam won't allow videos below 720p to be in 60FPS. Knowing they like to handle videos under their own encoding methods, it's advised to download my copy from Internet Archive for the best quality.
@@BlueOSMuseum Ok, thanks!
@@BlueOSMuseum Just wondering, how large was the uncompressed recording (not the recompressed MKV)?
VHS tapes had very good audio quality once VHS HiFi became available, very close to CD audio quality and by far the best analog audio tape format in the home market. This tape is from '95, which by then had VHS HiFi be the standard for prerecorded material. A lot of people associate VHS tapes with poor quality audio, which is mostly a misconception or due to experiences with pre-VHS HiFi audio (which was pretty terrible).
A car salesman who was lucky enough to have happened to be in the right place at the right time.
Order Order Order!
$500??? A thousand??? The amount I paid for the Clippers??? EVEN MORE!?!?!? No, it’s just $99!!!
Dope Video
So excited for Reversi
He had me at Reversi.
REVERSI!!!
@@OmabatfartsbruhExcept in Nebraska!!!
Now, I know why there's a Ballmer's Peak.
He's always peaking soundlevels with his energy.
This is a clear case of talent not matching confidence.
he is a billionaire… what’s your talent?
He can be more talented than us but still.... Not that talented relative to his position or to his peers.
He did this as a joke at Microsoft. It was never advertised to the public, but it eventually spread and became a meme.