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Old 12-08-2008, 07:20 PM   #1
Ryan A
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Old Computer Ads

Apologies if this is old news, but I found several of these old computer ads pretty funny.

I think my favorite is the William Shatner endorsement:
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Old 12-08-2008, 07:33 PM   #2
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I'm sorry. No Discover card, no sale.
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Old 12-08-2008, 07:40 PM   #3
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I'm sorry. No Discover card, no sale.
The ad is from 1981. The Discover Card didn't exist yet.
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Old 12-08-2008, 07:54 PM   #4
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Haha, Adblock with Filterset.G was preventing me from viewing these ads.
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Old 12-08-2008, 08:27 PM   #5
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I feel bad for the sorry sons of bitches who bought a 10mb hard drive for $3695.
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Old 12-08-2008, 08:29 PM   #6
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What's interesting to me is that after 30 years and hundreds of companies it looks like only a small handful reliably turned a small profit.

Is that a worse track record than airlines?
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Old 12-08-2008, 09:46 PM   #7
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What's interesting to me is that after 30 years and hundreds of companies it looks like only a small handful reliably turned a small profit.

Is that a worse track record than airlines?
If only they had gotten a bailout, we'd be playing modern versions of Vic Super Alien.

Way to drop the ball, America.
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