20 Computer Firsts That’ll Take You Back
Prepare for nostalgia overload in 3… 2… The past has its place, but it’s time to rethink the future of portable computing. Introducing Samsung’s new Series 9 notebook, the world’s slimmest and sleekest 15-inch laptop.
The first time you opened your mailbox and saw an…
America Online CD
Also known as “the last time you ever had to buy a drink coaster.”
The first time you heard the soothing beeps and boops of a…
Dial-Up Modem
The first time you explored…
Microsoft Encarta
Alas, after the advent of Wikipedia this catch-all of mid-90s information only lives on as a novelty Twitter account.
The first time you saw…
After Dark’s Flying Toaster Screensaver
Or the…
Windows 3D Maze Screensaver
Or this…
3D Pipes Screensaver
The first time you messed around in…
The first time you surfed the web with…
Netscape Navigator
Oh you know, just visitin’ my peeps on Friendster, trollin’ around on Angelfire, playin’ games on Shockwave, no biggie.
The first time you spent an entire afternoon playing…
Or playing…
Or playing…
Or the first time you explored your Windows 95 CD and found…
Weezer’s “Buddy Holly” Video
Also in the fondly-remembered “Fun Stuff” folder: the trailer for Scottish historical drama Rob Roy. Not in the “Fun Stuff” folder: an audience that actually wanted to go and see Rob Roy.
Remember when your first wallpaper was this…
“Sky” Wallpaper
Before you changed it to a 640x480 Bitmap of the cast of Friends, of course.
Or when you stumbled across your first…
How about when you first mastered a keyboard with the help of…
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
Did you know that there’s a very well-written Tumblr dedicated to Mavis Beacon fan-fiction? Now you do.
Or when you made your first…
GeoCities Fansite
Ahh, the good old days, where your site was only as good as the “UNDER CONSTRUCTION” .gifs and overbearing MIDIs playing in the background.
Remember when you saw your first…
Or the first time you…
Copied That Floppy
Back when Internet piracy had a funky-fresh hip-hop flair.
How about when you burned your first…
Mix CD
Let’s be honest — you were way too lazy to write out a proper track list.
Or the first time you met your former nemesis…
The past has its place, but now it’s time for the future…
The New Samsung Series 9
Introducing the new Samsung Series 9. At just 0.58 inch thin, you’ll rethink size. With a 9.1-second boot time, you’ll rethink speed. And with its head-turning design, you may just rethink your loyalties. Rethink the laptop at Samsung.com/series9.
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silverhellion 7 months agoI had an intense love/hate relationship with the Mavis Beacon program. It was installed in my computer by my dad and he rigged the computer to make the program pop up everyday at 5pm to make sure I remembered to do my lessons. Every time I did the program, it took only about 5 minutes for me to lose interest and move on to something else. I never learned to type from the M.B. program; but I learned with one of my high school computer classes when it was like 50% of my final grade. My father was angry about me not taking to the M.B. program, but I knew he would murder me if I failed computer class.
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