My late mother had this same computer in the 90s I remember how simple it was as a kid it was a fantastic design at the time for a all in one I love how it’s designed you don’t need a tower like the pcs at the time
My friend’s parents had a Performa 5200 and I remember about the same. I could not believe how cool it was that they had managed to build the whole computer into the screen! I have one now, finally. And although it’s getting close to 30 years old, and technology today has come lightyears ahead in sophistication, I still find it faschinating and beautiful.
I've got the original VHS tape of this highly informative video … so hilarious from today's point of view. Not to mention the amazing acting skills on display here :-D
For being a 68K machine I am surprised that it shipped with 7.5.1. Seeing the Smiling MacOS faces didnt debut until 7.5.1 on the 6200 Performas. I also was surprised to see an Apple Design Keyboard as standard instead of the Apple ADB II Keyboard.
People must have been a lot more patient in 1995, because no one in 2023 would sit through a nearly 25 minute video just to learn how to set up a computer.
I love this. Background music at the start sounds like they're about to enter a kung fu fight scene. The dialogue in the kitchen is how a normal family talks to each other.
"OH no, we can't have an extension cord running through the floor". "Now we moved it" - 3:37 shows them having an extension cord running through the floor and under a door frame...
It's possible "dad" was used to using MS-DOS computers (or Unix or VAX) and knew all the commands and could even code in his sleep. But he might have never used a GUI like in MacOS, so this brand new enviroment befuddled him.
I have an APPLE Macintosh color classic, 575 performa just like this one and a Black Macintosh TV. And they all this work. So Apple did make computer at one point with quality parts and they where designed easy to use and fix. Tool less fix and upgrade of components. The Macs where ahead of there time and definitely the “Innovators” in Silicon Valley.
There was something about having a family shared computer that was cool. You all left your mark with the customisation. And you could see each other's high scores (I'm looking at you Maelstrom).
Aa a person born in 2005 looking. Maybe i don't understand but look like 1990s computer weren't made for performance and gaming but simplicity so normal people could understand them
"Does that prevent screen burn in?".... how the heck do you know what screen burn in is when you can barely turn on the computer yourself? LOL nobody was this dense when they first got their first computer. LOL
This was a big problem when TVs were left on when the station went to test pattern, as well as when used with some early home computers and video consoles. Later CRT televisions were a bit more resistant to burn in vs their earlier counterparts due to using better phosphors in the display but it could still happen. Monochrome computer monitors really had a problem with burn in, because they typically had a piece of software displayed on them with a few unchanging elements that would be on there all day, every day. I'm sure "dad" saw quite a few ATM machines and office computers with this problem.
Apple were in the shitter at this point. Really the OS didn't advance much until OSX, which was massively different to the previous Mac OS. I still think the Windows taskbar is superior for multitasking
The Classic Mac OS also uses the Motorola 68K traps for the operating system routines. When the Macs switches to PowerPC, the operating system kernel had all Critical routines written with 68K assembly, which require a kernel mode emulator to handle the difference. It was an huge bottleneck in terms of stability comparable to the Old Windows 3.x requiring the DOS kernel for Critical operations.
Then click on that dialog box asking for a password, then wait for the wait cursor, then dismiss the error message about incorrect permissions, then hunt down your list of known passwords, which don't seem to work anymore, then reset your password using your email or phone, which may or may not work, then dismiss the beeping house alarm indicating your internet is down and you apparently can't do anything computer related unless you're connected, then reset your modem and router, then wait some more, then get back online to discover some updates occurred in the background without your PERMISSION, then find out the program you were trying to use has been updated and no longer works properly, then spend the next day and a half downgrading and troubleshooting, And, all you wanted to do was open a file (which might contain a virus) and print it. Technology is not assisting man kind, but controlling it, and eventually when we are no longer necessary or relevant to our robot overlords, we will be made obsolete...No upgrade path for the human race :)
I have to flip my phone upside down to watch this vid from a proper Christian Northern hemisphere perspective. It doesn’t help with the accents though. I can’t understand a word they are saying! Bloody hell!
And Word, Excel, Page Maker, HyperCard, Photoshop, Claris Works etc etc. The selection of software purchased by your elementary school does not reflect the whole platform.
Madona - "When your Mac is frozen." original (Madonna - Frozen) You barely see what your eyes try to see How can that screen be so small like a dot. MAC frozen When flopy disk not open. You're so upset with how little you get You waste your time with hate and regret MAC broken Still flopy disk not open. Mmmmmm, if You could melt your Mac. Mmmmmm, we'd never be apart Mmmmmm, give yourself to PC. Mmmmmm, you hold the pole...
THat is how they tried to sell computers to us in the early 90s. They told us we needed for 'school' but it wasn't until the interent started to get more popular that home computers became more in demand.
I used computers (in my case, a Mac) for school before the Internet. Trust me, they were still very useful. Certainly word processing (and to a smaller extent, desktop publishing) was the main use. But I also created a major project using HyperCard.
Why do these videos in the 90s always make people look like complete idiots? People weren’t stupid. They figured things out after a few minutes. The dad acts like in 1995, he’s never seen a computer. So how did the little preteen with a dann too much to say, figure things out so fast? God, those where dark times.
16:14 "Let's make the Mac look really cool"
Changes the date & time
the sad part is that's still all you can really do with osx ui today even, only linux really lets you change UI to a significant extent.
@@ChristopherGray00 Back then though, you could change the UI to a huge extent.
14:26 lol.
Ordered an Apple computer yesterday so I'm very happy to find this tutorial before it arrives
Take a break EVERY 10 MINUTES
Hahahaha
haha . not relevent to Feb 21.
I work 8 hours on the laptop - at home office , and than i spend 8 more hours studying on it ...
Gonna send this to my boss
I’d love if this kind of music was still used nowadays
My late mother had this same computer in the 90s I remember how simple it was as a kid it was a fantastic design at the time for a all in one I love how it’s designed you don’t need a tower like the pcs at the time
My friend’s parents had a Performa 5200 and I remember about the same. I could not believe how cool it was that they had managed to build the whole computer into the screen! I have one now, finally. And although it’s getting close to 30 years old, and technology today has come lightyears ahead in sophistication, I still find it faschinating and beautiful.
I'm watching the video upside-down to make feel more authentic.
LMAO
im just watching it, because im in Australia
"Warranty? What do we need that for?" Prescient.
Surely by age 40, this guy has understood the concept of warranties. I accept he may not know much about computers, but warranties?
This video is so fun. As a 90's kid, any computer was cool. The first computer I learned how to use was a Mac. This takes me back.
I've got the original VHS tape of this highly informative video … so hilarious from today's point of view. Not to mention the amazing acting skills on display here :-D
Is there something else about computer on that tape, or only this video?
+Normunds X Some Home and Away episodes.
@@basshead. closer each day...
@@dazednconfused31337 Home & Awaaaay
"Alright, do we have one Macintosh computer?" NO SHIT, THAT'S THE HEAVIEST PART OF THE BOX!!! lol
For being a 68K machine I am surprised that it shipped with 7.5.1. Seeing the Smiling MacOS faces didnt debut until 7.5.1 on the 6200 Performas. I also was surprised to see an Apple Design Keyboard as standard instead of the Apple ADB II Keyboard.
A shame this company went into liquidation a year later and were never heard from again.
Wait what?
They will eventually if they keep up with their fascist greedy business practices.
@@edstar83 People have been saying that for decades....they're still here.
I heard they changed their business tactic to selling fruits to local supermarkets. Their market's been quietly booming since
@@kawo666 -explaining the joke always makes it better amirite-
what is hard disk?
Well its something related to capacitor for mouse to control the brightness of your fridge
Interestingly, they never discussed how to make backups or the importance of doing that.
People must have been a lot more patient in 1995, because no one in 2023 would sit through a nearly 25 minute video just to learn how to set up a computer.
they were different times...simpler times.
@@exakelgamingpeople confuse simpler times with the time that everything is so complicated that you can only do simple things
I like how they get it home in the sunny daylight, and by the time they get it plugged in, it's dark outside.
I love this. Background music at the start sounds like they're about to enter a kung fu fight scene. The dialogue in the kitchen is how a normal family talks to each other.
The brightness level on this video is off the charts, where are they situated, the sun?!
Oh it's Australia, sorry, makes sense.
"OH no, we can't have an extension cord running through the floor".
"Now we moved it" - 3:37 shows them having an extension cord running through the floor and under a door frame...
Interesting to see that now on days stuff that is pretty much hardwired into almost everyone had to be explained in depth before
Well yes because consumer level pcs were still a new thing in the 90s. Now that it's been around for nearly 30 years we don't need to bat an eye.
Good ol' ClarisWorks. The memories from high school.
11:02 "What's a document?" lololol
The guy is an idiot.
Ahh these were the days
I love how even in the time when computers were just becoming a household item, the kids were already explaining stuff to the parents.
Dad doesn't know how to point and click yet knows all about screen burn-in?
It's possible "dad" was used to using MS-DOS computers (or Unix or VAX) and knew all the commands and could even code in his sleep. But he might have never used a GUI like in MacOS, so this brand new enviroment befuddled him.
i mean...
tv's are a thing
2:34 let the kid play with the box, this machine will be obselete in 3 years
Yeah, when Steve Jobs would return in 1997 & release iMac in 1998.
Err idk, if they did keep it they could sell it for a ridiculous price on ebay kept all together 💪
19:32 something wrong here, i can feel it
2:15 oh how times have changed
I have an APPLE Macintosh color classic, 575 performa just like this one and a Black Macintosh TV. And they all this work. So Apple did make computer at one point with quality parts and they where designed easy to use and fix. Tool less fix and upgrade of components. The Macs where ahead of there time and definitely the “Innovators” in Silicon Valley.
Now to change the background picture, litterally uses the same one as before
my old high school had copies of these tapes they were dumping so i grabbed one out of sheer curiousity.
I love how the dad is the least educated, least capable, person in the family.
and he's white too. this is what the media is still portraying today.
At least he could help himself for a barbie
This is what my dad did when he tried to use my Windows 95 machine!
touch grass.
These kids are probably grandparents now.
Back when families were families
Such families only still exist hidden in reality, not on TV or streaming services any more.
My first computer was a Macintosh Performa with 2X CD-ROM Drive
4:45 they forgot to turn it on at the mains before pressing the power button LUL
Where's the part where the dad secretly goes on the internet while everyone is asleep to go watch some porn?
"Creamed you Lisa.."
yeah that meant a different thing back then lol
“While Mum and Dad are out...”
9:41 "I'm doing just fine with two fingers..."
It's amazing how times have changed. Before you had to share, now everyone has their own or more than one.
There was something about having a family shared computer that was cool. You all left your mark with the customisation. And you could see each other's high scores (I'm looking at you Maelstrom).
I know it’s an educational beginners’ tutorial video but the father is, uh, come one: ”What’s a document?” He’s acting a bit too thick.
What's a computer?
3:41 Remember the Simpsons episode where Bart brings the frog to Australia?
Aussie here. I think you'll find they're called Chazzwazzas.
Aa a person born in 2005 looking. Maybe i don't understand but look like 1990s computer weren't made for performance and gaming but simplicity so normal people could understand them
It took like a week for that men to print a letter... 🤣🤣🤣🤣
That accent is pretty peculiar
Teenage boy sounds like John Howard. Same speech impediment.
We come a long way since then we all have word and USB drives and the cloud.
23 years ago
This is what soap operas look like in the Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers universe after the pod people take over.
That way will still love macOS, Apple and Unix. Easy tu use.
Very good acting .
Drag and let go on a menu bar. I didn't know that was a thing
Sorry took my two breaks and made this video into a movie! Smh I need to return mine to Kmart
9:56 Hey that looks like a music CD. 😂 😂 😂
n o o o t t h e f r o o o g
10:12 tfw you hired a pc user for a mac commercial
very nice video... worth a watch...
how the heck does the dad run a business without knowing what a document is? 🤣😂
20:00 - Were these printers really designed to bend your page up like that?
"Does that prevent screen burn in?".... how the heck do you know what screen burn in is when you can barely turn on the computer yourself? LOL nobody was this dense when they first got their first computer. LOL
Surely they had crt tvs. So burn in should be common knowledge
This was a big problem when TVs were left on when the station went to test pattern, as well as when used with some early home computers and video consoles.
Later CRT televisions were a bit more resistant to burn in vs their earlier counterparts due to using better phosphors in the display but it could still happen.
Monochrome computer monitors really had a problem with burn in, because they typically had a piece of software displayed on them with a few unchanging elements that would be on there all day, every day.
I'm sure "dad" saw quite a few ATM machines and office computers with this problem.
"act like a normal family"
-nah
that maque really did cost that many dollarie doos
Can it run Leage Of Legends?
lol...this is not easier than windows 95 IMO
Apple were in the shitter at this point. Really the OS didn't advance much until OSX, which was massively different to the previous Mac OS. I still think the Windows taskbar is superior for multitasking
The Classic Mac OS also uses the Motorola 68K traps for the operating system routines. When the Macs switches to PowerPC, the operating system kernel had all Critical routines written with 68K assembly, which require a kernel mode emulator to handle the difference. It was an huge bottleneck in terms of stability comparable to the Old Windows 3.x requiring the DOS kernel for Critical operations.
Computers were plug and play. Technology could learn from the past.
Then click on that dialog box asking for a password, then wait for the wait cursor, then dismiss the error message about incorrect permissions, then hunt down your list of known passwords, which don't seem to work anymore, then reset your password using your email or phone, which may or may not work, then dismiss the beeping house alarm indicating your internet is down and you apparently can't do anything computer related unless you're connected, then reset your modem and router, then wait some more, then get back online to discover some updates occurred in the background without your PERMISSION, then find out the program you were trying to use has been updated and no longer works properly, then spend the next day and a half downgrading and troubleshooting, And, all you wanted to do was open a file (which might contain a virus) and print it. Technology is not assisting man kind, but controlling it, and eventually when we are no longer necessary or relevant to our robot overlords, we will be made obsolete...No upgrade path for the human race :)
I have to flip my phone upside down to watch this vid from a proper Christian Northern hemisphere perspective. It doesn’t help with the accents though. I can’t understand a word they are saying! Bloody hell!
"Christian Northern hemisphere"? I haven't heard that one before.
@@OldAussieAds Didn't he play for Blackburn Rovers?
Their package is very simple at the very beginning. “The warranty the box”
Thats what we had in elementary school and the only good thing about those stupid macs were kidpix and math word munchers
And Word, Excel, Page Maker, HyperCard, Photoshop, Claris Works etc etc. The selection of software purchased by your elementary school does not reflect the whole platform.
Not the frog
1995 - Australia. Didn't know australia was a year.
dude that screen tho..... has to be like 4 x 4 inches
What game is that they are playing at 16:02?
Spectre VR
04:52 Error number 13. (Your Mac is frozen) [RESET]
Madona - "When your Mac is frozen." original (Madonna - Frozen)
You barely see what your eyes try to see
How can that screen be so small like a dot.
MAC frozen
When flopy disk not open.
You're so upset with how little you get
You waste your time with hate and regret
MAC broken
Still flopy disk not open.
Mmmmmm, if You could melt your Mac.
Mmmmmm, we'd never be apart
Mmmmmm, give yourself to PC.
Mmmmmm, you hold the pole...
prevent screen burn in lol yeah right 25 26 years later screen burn in is still here lol but they are trying too figure out how to perma fix the issue
Quack temple uh oh
Take a break every 10 minutes? lololol..
THat is how they tried to sell computers to us in the early 90s. They told us we needed for 'school' but it wasn't until the interent started to get more popular that home computers became more in demand.
They were needed. Did you turn in your papers by hand back then? I printed mine .
We had computers in our school. Gateway 486/33 SXes. They were great for playing Wolfenstein 3D on, and people routinely "copied that floppy".
I used computers (in my case, a Mac) for school before the Internet. Trust me, they were still very useful. Certainly word processing (and to a smaller extent, desktop publishing) was the main use. But I also created a major project using HyperCard.
that chair NGL TBF looks uncomfortable from today's standards lol
Too fast for me. I had to watch it at 1/2 speed.
8:28 hahaha I can't.
These aussies are too friendly needs more cursing
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The technological development should have stopped at this point. With the laptops and mobiles, the work is carried around everywhere.
I'd it just me or is it Dad's birthday?
2:12 Hubby okay-guy bullied by his Karen wife
What model is this?
The kid smarter than him, lol
I thought Australia was a prison island made by England. They don't look like gangsters.
It's funny what 207 years can do.
Why did they film that with the porn movie lens…. and porn movie music?!
DEAR GOD
10:50 - 2020 right there
what are application bruh its like me asking what are windows 😛 **mom** what are application **son** what are windows
Okay whatever.. really dopey
And people thought that the Dock was something totally new for Mac OS X - hahahahaha!
Gees I hated that Launcher.
Why do these videos in the 90s always make people look like complete idiots? People weren’t stupid. They figured things out after a few minutes. The dad acts like in 1995, he’s never seen a computer. So how did the little preteen with a dann too much to say, figure things out so fast? God, those where dark times.
These people talk funny 🤭
why tf is this recommended to me
Such bad acting
.
cringe AF
Welcome to the 90s!