1995 Flashback: First-time PC user can’t work computer

[@CaptainVelveeta]

Nearly 30 years later the printer is still the most problematic piece of machinery on the planet.

[@user-wb7ot7kt3x]

As a SysAdmin I do hate printers. Sometimes they don't work for no reason at all.

[@jroscon3003]

Just Epic i agree

[@xiaokhat]

Printers are the moodiest piece of tech invented. They know the best time when to act up 😂

[@jcamargo2005]

The router is second place?

[@GooseAffiliate859]

I spent about 20 minutes trying to connect my printer to my PC wirelessly before giving up and going wired USB.

[@wolfarix]

To this day my dad’s mind is still blown over the fact that he needed training software to learn how to control his cursor and I was able to naturally figure it out as a kid.

[@Beegeezy144]

Have you heard of the hundredth monkey effect? That might explain how you knew, but I'm still wondering how he got the software installed if he didn't know how to use the cursor. 😁

[@2nd-place]

@@Beegeezy144 back then you installed everything from the command prompt, lol. I’m a web developer and still install everything through a bash/zsh terminal on my Mac ssh’d into a Linux server. You just install from a repo whatever app you need. Tons of open source frameworks to speed development.

[@tfat00]

I remember my parents setting up our first PC and when I tried to help my dad yelled at me so I left. Later my mom told me what I had suggested actually worked when they tried it an hour later 😂

[@wolfarix]

@@Beegeezy144 I think it was at his work. My guess is his IT department set it up and where training him. By the time we got a home PC he knew how it worked.

[@AW-qz4kk]

kids learn better

[@Kimchi_Studios]

A moment of silence for all the call center employees from the 90's who helped us get to this point.

[@mikekatz7980]

and for all of the Karens they had to battle along the way.

[@MrOiram46]

I bet some of them just got fed up and came up with some ways of making computers easier to use like they are now

[@PajamaJazama]

@@MrOiram46 theyve become so easy that theyve come full circle and made it harder for more experienced users lol

[@Adama.1]

Rather an applause. Moment of silence suggests they all died, I'm pretty sure most of them are very alive.

[@oktogen1476]

point of censorship and programmers that became nurses? no thanks

[@numtot2172]

$2,800 in 1995 = almost $6,000 in todays money….for a laptop. Insane how much the price of computers has come down over the year.

[@ariefarfiansyah3677]

Same as Vision Pro today

[@duckmercy11]

Economies of scale

[@jettrink5810]

prices of literally everything else have disproportionately gone up way higher compared the the price decrease of PCs though

[@Jolgeable]

I don't know what it was like in the US, but in some countries the desktop PC had a price and a laptop was 4 or 5 times more expensive.

[@duckmercy11]

@@Jolgeable Yeah laptops were crazy expensive here too.

[@saurabhgi]

“4 megabyte memory” ah, the gold standard

[@coolak7293]

This is too much, 640k is enough for everyone...

[@baganatube]

That is over four freaking MILLION bytes, what kind of application would be able to utilize such amount of memory.

[@moneer7139]

@@Septagrim on my pc, chrome milks my cpu, so i got opera gx its so much better and cooler

[@raggedclawstarcraft6562]

@@coolak7293 Everybody laugh at Bill Gates for saying that (if he even said that), but maybe he was correct at a time of saying this phrase. It's like saying 1 GB of ram is plenty in early 2000s.

[@someguywithmtndew5691]

@@Septagrim lie, oh wait im dumb nvm

[@dannyzero692]

"For many newcomers, PC stands for *Pain* and *Confusion* " I died laughing at that part

[@john-h4k6m]

i prefer MAC: masochistic and costly

[@chotai]

@@john-h4k6m selectively not much expensive. But my budget can only hold pain.

[@omairshafiq1998]

I mean it hasn't changed in that aspect

[@dannyzero692]

@@omairshafiq1998 not much but yes, my grandpa still hasn't figured out how to use his mouse

[@CatololOSU]

it stands for : ''aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa''

[@LegendaryBadass]

In fairness, there was more tech jargon and programming knowledge needed back then to operate a computer. Now there are less ports, devices are found automatically, apps install quickly, startup time is minimal.

[@richardsequeirateixeira]

USB changed the game dramatically too. Plug and Play.

[@ian_b]

@@richardsequeirateixeira So long as you can tell which of the 25 types of USB you have. :D

[@camaluck678]

my computer has 9 ports being used right now, not including the power cable.

[@revengenerd1]

I find it funny and a little silly how people often think the kids of today are great with tech as show them pre 00's tech not just computers and they get stuck, tell them to do many non plug and play things on a pc and they don't know what to do. All they really know how to do is use apps.

[@ohrenaugenkatze_]

@@revengenerd1 yep, my grandma thinks im a tech genie cause i changed the aspect ratio on her tv, even though it is just pressing one button ( to be fair, the remote had everything labled in English and she does not speak English)

[@yoteslaya7296]

My grandma used to always call me before she deleted any file on her computer. She was terrified she would break it.

[@poorvachauhan]

😂😂😂 she is sweet

[@alyssasteps]

Hahaha agree ​@@poorvachauhan

[@vimal-cliobconsulting]

​@@poorvachauhanokay boomer

[@Halcon_Sierreno]

That's adorable.

[@tonycampbell6585]

@@vimal-cliobconsultingChill. She looks younger than you.

[@inocente106]

Legend has it, she's still trying to plugged it in..

[@Notolderthanyou]

*plug

[@siamfazlul7129]

and the camera man is still standing there doing nothing about it

[@wordsmith451]

@@Leshan51 I hate that term. Also, there is a family-friendly form of sex: incest! :)

[@erickabundis7952]

@@Leshan51 “LeTs KeEp ThIs ChAt FaMiLy FrIeNdLy” headass

[@youraveragemetalhead226]

Legend has it, you're still trying to "learned" english

[@MikeStavola]

Back then, it was a severe mistake to buy a laptop as your first PC.

[@Leonard_MT]

At least it’s a ThinkPad it has that easy BIOS configuration utility

[@coreysuffield]

it still nearly is

[@DaneH64]

Exactly

[@erickabundis7952]

@@coreysuffield depends

[@erickabundis7952]

@@justinepaula-robilliard what?

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

This needs a “Where are they now”.

[@ambersummer2685]

🤣🤣👏🏽👏🏽

[@thriquinox]

dead

[@taimoorulhassan1451]

Yeah

[@joie8422]

Yes 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@leobrun0moura]

Dead or more older, indeed

[@ilay_ux]

the amount of self talking from this lady is amazing, my spirit animal

[@NikitaKyndt]

Lol, it's not as if she's in the room by herself.

[@waltonks8172]

I think it was scripted 😮

[@miamitten1123]

@@waltonks8172 That’s not the point

[@miamitten1123]

@@NikitaKyndt Self talking means not expecting an answer from another person …which is what she was doing.

[@Nerfherder-oo7iv]

@@miamitten1123also known as the most insufferable form of communication

[@bottlerocket3218]

"It's printing way too large and I don't know why" - a problem that still happens in 2021, from personal experience, lol.

[@ElonMasks]

Lool

[@occidere13]

Same

[@MrKPRules]

Printers man.

[@piedra7040]

Printers are still trash in 2021

[@holocaust_2.0]

It's cheaper to just buy new printers than it is to buy new ink cartridges.

[@sujitwarrier4857]

In 1996 I was 8 years old, pcs were just coming into India, only the rich people could afford to own one. My parents sent me to computer classes thinking it was the future. All I learnt were some DOS commands as well as MS paint. Now so many years later I'm an experienced software engineer. Smart move mom and dad. Thank you

[@snipamontage6222]

Damn

[@perfectsplit5515]

4 years of undergraduate mechanical engineering courses at the university - and computer literacy was what I ended up learning - more than anything else. I became my parents' tech support.

[@sujitwarrier4857]

@@perfectsplit5515 it doesn't matter what you do. You always are tech support for your parents.

[@KUNALBISWAS-NEWS-TECH-SHORT]

Cost us 67k, HCL ..

[@sujitwarrier4857]

@@KUNALBISWAS-NEWS-TECH-SHORT what?

[@JelloTalks]

The IT department at IBM hated dealing with "newbies" so much, the whole company left the consumer market 😂

[@Wapitiii]

best comment ever

[@JoeMama-le7lw]

Underrated comment

[@hittingyouoverthehead]

Please do standup. You seem to be funnier than most late night tv hosts

[@Alpha8713]

I don't blame them.

[@yusufian49]

IBM now owns lenovo irght?

[@AMcDub0708]

I actually admire her. Most would give up and return it. She persevered through her frustration and was determined to learn.

[@ryanjohnson4565]

But then she didn’t learn anything.

[@AlexTheGreatish]

Imagine having to do tech support without the internet...

[@Nicksperiments]

And the call gets charged by the minute

[@mertkarabay2262]

I feel the pain

[@henrikmonkee]

That's why ppl were thougher than todays crystal dolls 😂

[@gator_productions]

@@Nicksperiments they were 800 numbers so it had no charge

[@lancelucid7420]

😬😬

[@MitchellWiggs]

the first lady looks like she's just figuring out what electricity is

[@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305]

i dunno how old you are you, im 38 but lemme tell ya when i was 7-14 years old my parents were like this. My dad was a computer scientist working in the army space program office, and military intelligence for 22 years in the army, but his first personal computer he bought himself was a pc in 1994-95 and he didnt know how to use it. He had to take computer classes to learn how to use a personal computer.. he knew electronics and satalites in space but didnt know how the new computers worked. My mom was the same thing, in 96 she had a computer its still in storage btw lol. and i remember her on the phone with tech support for 4 hours one night trying to get it to work. Computers back then were not simple like they are are.. Once you get the cords all plugged in just installing stuff on a pc back then through floppy disks was complicated. Windows 95 was new, DOS was the main thing.. and to install stuff you had to go into dos and type commands everything. Like CD:/INSTALL DOOM. then to load it you needed to type in commands.. and thats just for CD's.. imagine doing this on 10 floppy disks.. The commands for things were complicated for new users... If youre in your 20's or younger you dont know how easy you had things, you put in a CD and things install immediatly you grew up with windows xp .. you just select the hard drive to install it. Now adays for teens they just download things online and install them through steam or what not.. computers now dont even have a dvd or cd drive.

[@rumblefish9]

MITCHELL WIGGS You say that because you've grown up with a PC but for a lot of people back in the day, using a PC was a massive change and a steep learning curve. Put yourself during that time and I'm sure you'd be struggling too. You don't know pain and torture until you've tried learning to work DOS. Back then there wasn't even a user-friendly user interface. That didn't come until Windows 98. It's all much easier now because of usability.

[@HandledToaster2]

@@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305 Thanks for sharing your story, man. I appreciate how things have gotten easier throughout the years.

[@mq5731]

@@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305 I mean...DOS ain’t that hard to use. You just need to know the commands. I can’t imagine someone selling you a program without giving you an instruction manuel...

[@wopmf4345FxFDxdGaa20]

What many people also forget that back then there was no Google and internet was very limited. Now it's so easy when you can google absolutely anything, any technical problem, 1 second of googling and bang, you have an answer.

[@Andy-vt7sl]

Having $2,900 in 1995 to spend on a computer is very impressive

[@engineerated5627]

With this much money, she could have bought some shares of growing companies and become a millionaire today.

[@gaiusjuliuscaesar9296]

@@engineerated5627 Invest in IBM or Apple instead

[@KH-fv3vq]

Some corporate woman

[@democracyforone]

Bitcoin, no doubt.

[@maliniatb]

And im wondering what you could've used it for that its with the money at this point. At least as a normal private Person without any interest in technology

[@fireraid9173]

Describing computers as pain and confusion has to be the most incredibly well aged quote of the century. I swear to god every time I have a "small" problem there's an iceberg under it the size of long island.

[@ThuNguyen-jy2jt]

i feel you. something randomly breaks and i have to go down a rabbit hole to find a solution, and often to no avail. then it adds up and i have to reset windows entirely. computers should be working for us and not the other way around; i dont need to be a computer scientist just to use it.

[@theintrovertedowl]

Crazy how I find this funny, but kids in the near future will probably think we are dumb too

[@skorpius2029]

I don't think people were dumb. It was new technology and it wasn't as beginner friendly as it is now. Compare installation of windows XP with windows 10 and it will be a very different experience.

[@heramann6916]

Very wrong, we live in the year of information. Unlike our parents, we will have no problems keeping up with new tecnologies since we have easy access to/information of them.

[@Mimi-py8mf]

@@heramann6916 yup, exactly

[@zarodgaming1844]

" U mean you can't compute pi in an instant? pffft. Beeetaaa ! " ~ future 4 year old, probably

[@tvvoty]

idk, people would install Windows 98 in those days, and now most people can't install win 10

[@widowmakerx7]

As someone who works in the IT field, a lot of people are still this confused

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

Had a potential employer for an IT role on the phone a while back asking if I has basic CCNa qualifications? Such as can I insert a USB? I'm like. "I have a Bachelor's degree in computer maintenance and systems support. I've built pcs since my twenties, installed operating systems, and configuration of cisco routers and switches"

[@tauranfoster5564]

They will always be confused.

[@9iht6ihgt43rzhijj]

​@@jean-lucpicard5510 so.. no? 😅😂🎉❤

[@mermaidlu5125]

I’m a administrative assistant and I still get confused I’m all on a computer 😂😂

[@BobRooney290]

as someone that got out of the IT field, it was a live saver. i couldnt imagine working so much for so little. it paid nothing. i dropped it and went straight to finance. best decision i've ever made.

[@nbarrager]

The only way printers have changed is that they're wireless now

[@Ultra289]

USB printers are still more common

[@CVerse]

And yet they still don't wanna work when you need them to, even through USB

[@dracodrake2973]

Wireless printers are useless.

[@breadone_]

@@dracodrake2973 ⁉️

[@abethegamerful]

And yet even more annoying to use

[@RediscoveringDavid]

I want a full, uncut video of the footage of her freaking out right now!

[@chadwaller8192]

She spent nearly 5k in 2021 money

[@mathiastwp]

Big oof, Linus.

[@smeezekitty]

@TDFPL kek

[@jackkraken3888]

Right? That's what's amazing about technology now. This stuff is far cheaper now than in the past and yet even more powerful and feature rich. It's insane.

[@jonny6702]

@@jackkraken3888 Well, yeah. Computers are tens of thousands of times faster at computing now. It wouldn't make sense if a 5000 investment back then would be multiplied tens of thousands of times linearly with the compute ability. You'd end up spending many many millions of dollars for todays modern high frequency, high IPC, multi-core processors. I think that would be more insane.

[@cozy6308]

@@jackkraken3888 do you really think that an old computer with 4mb of memory is very comparable to a 480gb computer which is very fast?

[@Infarlock]

"Did you try turning it off and on again?" - "It's not even plugged in yet" 1995 was hard

[@SimonUA]

LOL

[@pratyushkongalla8928]

🤣😂🤣

[@gladius_arbor]

😂 😂

[@zorkitipafed4626]

Still common nowadays. People who work in PC services or internet providers' technical supports can tell you hundreds of stories about dumb clients who can't handle plugs and on/off buttons of their PC.

[@hasenel3731]

you seems like a fella will enjoy some street countdown

[@youcanletgox3]

Crazy how far we’ve come in 26 short years; now, babies know how to navigate through a smartphone better than some adults lol

[@notbambang]

Today's tech is more easier to use, everything can be done wireless, no need to worries about cables and not matching ports

[@mandi.phoenix]

Yo I swear to god all they do is watch us on our phones & scheme until they're dexterous enough to do it too. Lmao

[@PeaceDweller]

Ironically, back in the 90s only intelligent people had personal computers/laptops.

[@beefnoodles4981]

Huh??? PC is diffrent from SmartPhone

[@youcanletgox3]

@@beefnoodles4981 I’m speaking about technology in general :P

[@MajesticJoshua]

This is wild. I was 1 in 1995. I don’t think my family had a computer that early, and I’m sure they were confusing, but it’s so strange to see people struggling to use these relics considering how easy and stress-free computers are today.

[@ogaduby]

I'll never forget the look on my moms face when i told her I've got the reply to an email send to my/our cousin(s) in Canada in the same day (I'm European BTW). Mail even had pictures and it moved across the ocean instantly... It was like sci-fi for her.

[@GeoSae]

Yup .. I still remember the telegraph's office building in my hometown, It was about the same size as the Postal Service one, they charged you per letter. The closest we had from instant communication was the International and National LADA phone calls from a land line. Calls were terrible quality and extremely expensive! I remember in 1985 after the earthquake in Mexico City, we were unable to communicate to our relatives living there until a few weeks after the event. And I was possible thanks to the "Radiodifusores" People who owned large CB radios with huge antennas on top of their roofs who communicated with other people in other regions as a hobby. (An expensive one!) What is really amazing is that even with all these limitations, we still could fly in about the same amount of time as now, is just that plane tickets were more expensive.

[@z1lla4]

Your comment is causing me pain and confusion

[@nmotschidontwannagivemyrea8932]

It's still like sci-fi to me, and I grew up with it.

[@adunce.5422]

@@toKy0t0 That’s good stuff

[@Horologica]

But think about this but in terms of instant material teleportation. This was already achieved on the atomic level

[@doemis8573]

Was there ever a point in computer history, where printers just worked? 99% percent of the computer related problems in my office and at home are printer problems. That Office Space printer scene felt soooo good!

[@zachsmith1731]

It's why old job had a ricoh guy on standby at all times

[@oaooaoipip2238]

@@zachsmith1731 Printers has always been like that. They never seems to evolve. It's like formating a an email. Sure you can use HTML and CSS but if you try to do something fancy like setting an image width it will only work in half of the mail clients.

[@MacTTR]

It's because modern hardware got HARDER to use, because of how wide the range has gotten for drivers. Etc.

[@trashyraccoon2615]

Usually on Mac. Right now I’ve got a Brother printer and I’m running MacOS Mavericks, works every single time

[@MacTTR]

@@trashyraccoon2615 yes, but the wide majority use windows, Mac is nice, but for certain printers, it's not like " ok it's a pain to get working but I can install drivers!" And then if your not lucky Mac can just not offer drivers... because Apple doesn't like 3rd party stuff... that's what happens when your computer is "virus proof" (not really hating on macs but they do have more flaws then windows compatibility wise...

[@guillandanthony711]

I had to laugh when he said that "PCs for Dummies" had sold 18 million copies. Some clever people back in the day laughed all the way to the bank.

[@diverman1023]

I mean in 1995 a UI like windows 95 was completely unheard of to the vast majority of people. It's like if you took someone from 1700 and told them to fly a plane

[@sivartb7273]

@@diverman1023 what percent of the human population can fly a plane in 2921?

[@IvanPlayStation4LiFe]

Those are the best book there's one for everything subject including stocks. Is the best informative book series that why is still selling like hot cakes or drugs.

[@sonicSnap]

@@sivartb7273 ah yes, 2921

[@jaderal]

@@diverman1023 In 1995 nobody have windows 95, its not like today that you can download, in that time it was not that quick

[@Phymaths]

I chocked on my coffee when I heard "4 megabyte memory." Not that it was unexpected, but it still got me...

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

I started out with a TI 99 4A in 1983, 16 K, color, BASIC Programming, cartridges, tape, and later, disk drives.

[@tdm4485]

Jesus, I think even Satan felt sorry for those working first line support in those days.

[@ScienceAlliance]

true.

[@DurkMcGerk]

@Golem Goyim I always liked: "there's a loose nut behind the keyboard"

[@leogama3422]

@Golem Goyim ID 10-T?

[@ccmireonthebeat4473]

happy 666 likes

[@BeexDubb]

People were less entitled and rude back then, so I doubt it’s worse than today.

[@johnj3577]

My Dad bought me a PC after much begging when I was about 18, so it was 1990 ish. I'd read PC Magazines for months and we finally bought a Hyundai 386 SX16 costing around £1400. Worked like a charm and I spent hours every day fascinated with what I could get it to do. Two yrs later after joining a company on work experience, I instantly became their IT Manager because my knowledge of PC's was God level compared to the staff already there... Thanks Dad :)

[@giovanigeorgis3848]

You brought a car?

[@Rsconquest]

@@giovanigeorgis3848 It's actually a pc lmao

[@giovanigeorgis3848]

@@Rsconquest IK Hyundai is the obscure computer brand also sold by Fry’s Electronics as a last resort to stay in business here in the US and also a car brand.

[@johnj3577]

@@giovanigeorgis3848 It was nearly as big as a car!

[@w4drone720]

@@giovanigeorgis3848 rip fry's

[@gtablurt5791]

UPDATE: She's a Hacker now, beware.

[@yusha1059]

oh hi smirk kid

[@EmirFaruk]

w0w

[@maj746]

Black hat or white?

[@chrisik100]

@@maj746 probably red..hat)

[@abdulkadirhassan7186]

hhhhhhhhhhhh

[@dewilew2137]

This was so relatable and nostalgic. Even though I would have been a toddler when this was filmed. I miss what I remember of the 90s.

[@fishingangler4315]

Why did she put a giant save button in her computer?

[@Gamer-uf1kl]

Nice

[@leodf1]

Good one. Didn't get it for a moment.

[@DaneH64]

Lmao 😆

[@MicahFleischman]

This is gonna anger someone 😂

[@GURken]

Interesting, in what time this joke won't be a joke anymore?

[@Doomclown]

Where did they find this lady, I love her. "You'd let me know if I'm about to blow something up?" Also so glad we have USB now.

[@TH3mrBROWN]

That bit was so good, if only they had access to KZbin back then. She'd know, from watch countless videos, that the person holding the camera never offers any help but simply records the chaos unfold.

[@sprytnychomik]

Yes, USB fits nice and tight in the ethernet port, but the printer is still not working.

[@DiavalloX]

@@sprytnychomik and my HDMI is sitting real nicely in my usb port. Also got a 3.5mm headset plug fit easily in my microusb port

[@fredericodietrich5209]

@@TH3mrBROWN i think she would actually need a computer for youtube in its first years (the first 2 years)

[@kathryncarter6143]

You could have come to my house & seen the exact same thing.

[@j.s.3414]

People forget that user manuals used to be written like Technical Manuals...they were actually fairly confusing and full of jargon. Once manufacturers realized the average user didn't have a CS degree, they began writing tech manuals and explaining specifications for non technically literate people.

[@Ascertivon]

I think that's good! As much as I'd like to have manuals that are full of jargon and all the technical information that goes along with the device, I think that the switch to a more casually-worded manual was smart since it's more practical for most people. Thank you for sharing that fact!

[@shadowxxe]

@@Ascertivon I mean there usually are specs listed at the back page or on the back of the box and when you get into enthusiast pc equipment like high end graphics cards or professional-grade motherboards you will find that the manuals aren't really about how to install the the thing but more about how to diagnose error codes and which ports do what

[@thisuniquechica]

And now they just forgo user manuals altogether 🥺

[@Cowboy1Brian]

yes, in spanish

[@tylerchambers6246]

That's because the manual was meant to teach you how to actually get the most out of the machine. Nowadays, a user is expected to use their machine the same way everyone else uses it, to accomplish the sake basic tasks, so 'manuals' are really just quick start guides. Which is bad, because how can you get the most out of your machine if you can't mold it around your unique needs and goals?

[@MoonitheBooni]

1995 footage looks clearer than today's security cameras

[@IkarusKommt]

It is probably the first time I've seen a 3.5" floppy being inserted with two hands.

[@ScienceAlliance]

*crunch that do be interesting doe

[@gurgy3]

Well aren’t you a lucky man

[@eightbitoni]

i still remember the 8 and 5 inch floppy and was excited for a brief moment when the zip drive was introduced lol

[@DjVortex-w]

Wait 'til you see a boomer use a mouse with two hands.

[@mozzjones6943]

You must have had some real patient girlfriends then

[@kominion]

Poor Jamie, I hope she figured out how computers work and is doing ok today

[@brendan8812]

She is

[@the_grass_trainer]

@@brendan8812 but how can you be so sure?

[@brianarbenz7206]

@@the_grass_trainer haven't we all figured computers out by now?

[@uXses]

She's fine. A few years later she became a man and won the world series of poker.

[@tsdobbi]

@@uXses Her name is Dan Bilzerian.

[@miamitten1123]

2:31 _”…..swears a lot in fact!”_ Clever word play there 😂

[@koya9466]

"PC stands for 'pain and confusion'" that made me laugh so hard

[@Tom-jh3pl]

True, wait, where did the and come from???

[@rumblefish9]

Eljay Duldulao Try to work DOS and you'll know "pain and confusion"

[@sulaiman9766]

yeah get a mac

[@linussandell831]

@@sulaiman9766 Mad and crazy

[@Pendragon667]

SAP - Search And Pray or Aadistic Ambiguous and Pedantic ABAP - (a)lways (b)etter (a)lternatives (p)ossible. or Another Bug Another Problem. Ah, i really like those! Good old times

[@KeshavGupta27]

what 1995, I still found many people who react just like this girl.

[@JaceTan-90]

YES! Omg. And the help page is as useless than before.

[@AT-cy7im]

Yep - to this day is hard for my to convince to my aunt that she can check her post, or pay bill on the pc. no seriously she's looks at me like I'm from another planet.

[@rashidhumine]

That's a Woman, not a Girl..

[@Uria-jz1gu]

@@rashidhumine its a grill

[@Ace_Tails]

@@Uria-jz1gu Its a Gurl

[@user02917]

We all would be in “Pain and Confusion” if we were to wake up in 1995 trying to operate these computers.

[@haywoodjblome4768]

@NuNu there's a big difference between 1995 computers and 1965 computers lol

[@Mr.Obongo]

Nah, we’ll maybe idk. I first started using computers when I was 6 which was around the same time this video was made so I grew up with a lot of these old computers I find them easier to put together and work compared to what’s available now.

[@olehtomilov2909]

@@Mr.Obongo Agree with you. I was born in '88 and grew up with computers

[@neilquechon8716]

Even if we managed to operate them we would still be in pain and confusion because it would feel to SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW !

[@env0x]

The worst pain would be having to buy printer ink all the time. And floppy disks. Nowadays it's usb chargers.

[@ForbiddenPizza]

"Press any key to continue..." *presses the power button*

[@danek_hren]

Big 🧠 time

[@Anti_Septikum]

I mean she's not wrong

[@Movie_Games]

It still amazes me today how things just work. I grew up in a world of dial-up, parallel ports, IRQ conflicts, and DOS.

[@PhilMoskowitz]

BIOSes and OSes got a whole lot better.

[@jeremycarter]

Ahhhh…good ole’ IRQ conflicts. That brings back memories! iSCSCI IRQ on Apple was my confusion. Granted I was just 8 or so when I was putting my Mac components together and didn’t really understand what the heck was going on.

[@RealMTBAddict]

Amazes you? We've had 40 years to improve on it. I'm not amazed, I'm satisfied.

[@jirikrajnak9047]

they've been running on the same principles for decades. it's the users who have become savvy.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

I still remember having to move, add, or remove jumpers to make changes to the settings for the CPU, peripheral cards, disk drives, etc. Overclocking a CPU involved physically moving some jumpers on the motherboard. Good times.

[@Zanderthegrape]

2:37 lol her frustration while the credits were rolling. The editors made it look like a comedy segment like The Office xD

[@nobody-tj1mv]

* curb your enthusiasm credits *

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

loool it does 💀

[@Halo56Guy]

@@nobody-tj1mv no

[@nobody-tj1mv]

@@Halo56Guy yes

[@Frank-j4b6q]

Now we know where The Office took inspiration from

[@swaggy3987]

To be fair, getting a printer to work for someone new to computers is like asking a newborn infant to drive an F1 car

[@piotrmazek540]

Especially back then.

[@alsanchez5038]

No

[@johnmartinez7440]

In what way?

[@mattt180]

@@johnmartinez7440 Sometimes they just don't wanna. So you restart it and it says, "Good nap. Ok, I'll print."

[@ilhamrj2599]

​@@piotrmazek540it is even worse now... it is like asking an infant to fly spaceshuttle....😂

[@kxmode]

It’s fascinating to think this story revolves around IBM PCs, and then just two months later, on August 24, 1995, Microsoft released Windows 95, completely transforming the entire industry.

[@quidproquo82]

It was more interesting to learn that the word "newbie" goes back that far

[@jericoba]

Yep, it’s not an - oldie.

[@ha1vorsen]

why would it be a new word?

[@jgon12]

Even the dinosaurs used it , it's an old word.

[@Anarchist86ed]

@@jgon12 Earliest uses probably date to late twentieth century United States Armed Forces jargon.

[@marksevastipol1946]

@@jericoba 😂😂😂

[@jukio02]

Man, imagine if you bought Microsoft or Apple stock back then.

[@XelaShade]

all you needed was few bitcoins from 2006

[@range9882]

If u bought Bitcoins would’ve been worth it 99%

[@Shadow77999]

This was already too late. You shouldve bought in the 80s

[@santoryu2753]

@@XelaShade not 2006 man. you could have bought bitcoins for few dollars in 2011 too.

[@XelaShade]

@@santoryu2753 not for few cents

[@carlospwk]

A couple of things about this video. Even regular PC computers were relatively complicated by today's standards to install and use. Installing device drivers, getting online, understanding what you were buying etc. all relied on what was printed in the manual, what the salespeople told you at the store and your immediate social circle. You couldn't just Google something or go on KZbin and look at 10 different videos which explain everything. If you got stuck with something, you remained so until you could find someone to help you with it. Installing new hardware required all kinds of compatibles components and installing drivers by hand. You couldn't just plug something into a USB port (didn't exist) and expect it to start working. And all computer stuff was *expensive*, especially new tech like digital cameras or CD-R drives. Then a year or two later they'd put out something twice as fast and good. It was brutal.

[@bigalexg]

you get it. I think many here who have no compassion for the newbie in the story weren't there and don't realize how much easier things are these days. I was lucky in that I had a friend who held my hand while setting up my first PC. That was the only way to get a frustration free start in those days. I'd like to see young people today install a sound card in a PC from 93 and have to manually set the DMA and the IRQ or set up a LAN in Windows 3.1. Good luck.

[@jensenraylight8011]

it's only hard, if you expect to learn everything in 1 day. if you just have fun with it, play with it and don't give it too much expectation, you'll be well versed with it within year. there are a lot of amazing thing you can do with it. after all, there are things that only PC/laptop could do, that smartphone, tablet, etc won't be able to do. all the Companies around the world use PC and not Smartphone or tablet for work for a reason

[@lashlarue7924]

I grew up with computers and disagree; these people are cognitively inferior nincompoops. Computers back in the 80's were simple compared to the stuff we have today.

[@kb-00001]

easy to miss the perspective!

[@ChandravijayAgrawal]

this is most sensible of all comments here

[@sereniteapotwithextraland]

This brings back so many memories. I've always been bad at using tech stuff. Still struggling today sometimes.

[@maverixXXV]

We evolved from adults struggling to work on their PCs to young teens building high-spec gaming stations at the age of 13

[@edga7490]

Nowadays building a pc is easy as breathe.

[@5starwesley]

@@edga7490 fax, it really doesnt take computer knowledge to buy it

[@AlexIncarnate911]

Back when nerds were not some woke wannabes....

[@vntamed700]

The power of the internet

[@itsthem5699]

Building a PC now is easier than setting up a laptop + printer + custom modem hardware + phone configuration was back then.

[@BigTylt]

Someone should find her and ask her if she ever found out how to use her ThinkPad.

[@mitingtwotch]

she wouldnt know how to plug it in

[@maddominican879]

She die of frustration and anxiety 1 year ago.she was still trying to make the computer work

[@saiftama]

What if she’s like a twitch streamer and does speed coding for fun. I mean she got into computers before most of us were even walking.

[@BenjitheRabbit]

She did she has a twitter now and is also working as a writer and editor at inquire first

[@Fjalll]

She's been on PC for 26 years I'm sure she's a wizard by now

[@neoshenlong]

This woman is an example of a good costumer, asking what the specifications mean in order to make an informed purchase. Of course nowadays its a lot easier to do your research on the internet before. Edit: Leaving the typo so the comment pointing it out makes sense.

[@PkmnGymLeader]

Nowadays people are like “I like that logo. I should buy it for that reason.” 🙄

[@azetaburn4491]

@@PkmnGymLeader Showing how well consumer protection act works compare to before.

[@justrosy5]

It's her (and my) generation that brought you the Internet. Remember that.

[@CMSonYT]

Majority of sales has been mostly based on brand and price for more than 20 years.

[@VVayVVard]

​@@justrosy5 That's an all-encompassing generation then, spanning from the late-19th century to the mid-20th.

[@devourerofsnacks]

It's still kinda crazy to me that computers and internet were just invented not too long ago. Really shows how young the modern world is

[@spring7643]

My thoughts too

[@arik6774]

I can feel the pain of the call centre workers. I have to teach my dad, aunt and grandma how use youtube and facebook. The hardest part was to make my grandma believe that her post on Facebook will not be viewed by everyone in the internet.

[@uknowwhatimean5000]

Its hard man. When ur helping them over the phone. Theres no visuals or something to teach them. Sometimes they got mad, really mad. Im a former call center btw

[@arik6774]

@Bacon Pancakes she doesn’t know her password. I know it. And she can't even post. I've to write it for her.

[@danielsjohnson]

If she sets her post to public it has the *potential* to be viewed by everyone

[@arik6774]

@@danielsjohnson that's wha she wants. She wants that everyone in the world will read her post. And she becomes really disappointed when she gets only 6/7 reacts.

[@sarthakhajirnis1908]

I once had to instruct my grandma to download Whatsapp using Play Store and restore the backup chats over the phone. I can relate your pain

[@johnnyfavorite1194]

I’m still trying to figure out how computer scientists breed squirrels small enough to run on the tiny treadmills that power my phone.

[@Pengys_fun]

mine appears to have this burning fox powering my browser.

[@declansnyder2281]

gotta give credit where credit is due, its not the computer scientists you have to thank for that, it's the electrical engineers (well, the ARM architecture also helps a little)

[@nat0106951]

the ece engineers. not computer scientist. CS are mainly on softwares. not hardwares

[@SpacePoolNoodle]

One of the things I fear is that 30 years from now technology will advance further than I can comprehend.

[@recanimations1563]

Same as me, I understand how to do everything correctly and know a lot about computers but in the future...

[@spongebobfan78]

To be fair, if people from 30 years ago see our current technology, it will look as advanced than they can comprehend too. Like the concept of a now-old Nokia phone will already be mind-blowing.

[@quinndirks5653]

The human interfaces should become simpler and easier to use over time. However, sometimes there is a tradeoff in a tool between usability and quality. A really good tool is usable without much knowledge, yet provides the possibility of more advanced features if the user has knowledge of those features. On another note, technology has already advanced further than any one person could understand completely. The technology that enables our network of communication -- landlines, computers, monitors, phones, satellites, rockets to take satellites to orbit, orbital mechanics, chemical and mechanical engineering, math etc. -- is all technology that requires many specialists to put the whole system together. You could comprehend a small portion of it. You could specialize in any one certain aspect of it, but you couldn't comprehend all of it at once. Too many moving parts to keep in your head, and too many things you would need to learn and understand. Thankfully, we're not a species that has to learn all aspects of a complex system in order to operate it; we only need to learn the parts of the system where we operate.

[@LeonardoPolichuth]

if you really think about it, can you comprehend technology right now, or maybe technology from 20, 30 years ago? Can you understand how you plug a board into a wall plug, electricity goes through, it makes a lot of calculations resulting only 0 or 1, and with that you can connect to the internet, access youtube and read this comment?

[@delmanpronto9374]

the fear is that more and more people will get replaced if we don't consume more and more energy. so long as machines don't become conscious, we will stay relevant and adapt to a different kind of work (which will drive energy consumption up). what comes in the way is climate change --- the mother of all hurdles.

[@Stabra_Cadabra]

Kids today might not realize how true this attitude was at the time. I remember people talking about how difficult computers were and how they would never catch on.

[@mdik1366]

By watching the girl trying to make the PC work. I noticed something that her fashion wear is today fashion trend :D

[@pumpernickelplace]

totally. funny how on-point she looks for now.

[@aidenorpington4637]

lmaoo

[@therealb888]

@Trippie Nxouch jealous much? She was actually decent and I'd say attractive in some ways.

[@therealb888]

@Trippie Nxouch well she did look like a girl in the video tbh. What if she's still in shape & looking good though? ;). I've seen girls my age look more like big mamas than her. Hope you ain't one of em.

[@jayg.2066]

@Trippie Nxouch Stfu

[@CgPallaeon]

The difficulty back then was that your resources for assistance was either going to be someone in-person or via a phone call. We didn't have smart phones to google "why won't my printer print?". Not to mention a lot of connections back then were incredibly unique and had exposed pins that could bend and get damaged. On top of that, it was time-consuming to do simple things that we take for granted with USB-plugs. Want to use a mouse? Install the software first, turn off the computer, plug it in, turn the computer back on, see if it works. And computers didn't boot quick either. Accidentally unplug your keyboard while the computer is on? You gotta power it off before you plug that keyboard back in to use it. These were the years where some of us developed the patience to handle technology today. Some people never cultured it.

[@roxy3272]

True.

[@danek_hren]

"We didn't have smartphones to google 'why doesn't my printer work?" Now we do. But I still use it only after I made everything worse AND returned this everything to its first bad state. 😂

[@watchmania46]

with PS/2 interface you can plug and unplug your keyboard on the fly.

[@i_i8924]

i member

[@Wut78]

My first laptop was a windows vista pc and i can't imagine how bad it might of been for some in the 90s.

[@godnness]

It's hard to believe that I was a child in 90's. Today it seems like it's other dimension.

[@kurtishendrix]

I was born in 1990 and i can definitely remember being baffled by a computer in 1995, but my mom was even worse lol

[@QueenNebulous13]

i'm a 90's kid too. i miss the time we had mp3 and cd players 😂

[@kurtishendrix]

@@QueenNebulous13 was just talking to my wife about using Napster and Aimster back in the day, and all the burned cd’s we used to have to carry around 😂

[@QueenNebulous13]

@@kurtishendrix haha yes! good times

[@bradmetcalf5333]

same here. born 1984. These videos dont feel at all like how it felt then

[@oddities-whatnot]

I used to be into all this computer stuff when I was a young man in the 80s. The early days of home PCs was brilliant, really easy to learn.

[@RaawHax]

I love how curious and solution-oriented she is, despite the frustration

[@somebodyelse9130]

​@@seaworth3382 Do you know her?

[@vdochev]

Yeah, she probably already paid thousands of dollars for this (computers weren't that cheap), she passed the point of no return. Might as well continue ahead.

[@Alaprine]

@@seaworth3382 Only 60-ish years old.

[@SupaKoopaTroopa64]

"By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet's impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine's."

[@cdvideodump]

Thanks Paul Krugman for your words of wisdom... /s

[@yusha1059]

Certified bruh moment be like

[@JohnSmith-ox3gy]

Another certified Paul Grugman moment.

[@cdvideodump]

@@JohnSmith-ox3gy *THIS IS A CERTIFIED KRUG CLASSIC*

[@AlexSchwartzATV]

@@yusha1059 LOL

[@ace942]

I remember being part of a computer user group and we would help people becoming familiar with their systems. It was enjoyable to help people become more comfortable with their computers and help them learn new abilities with their machines.

[@Hasblock]

The best kind of people to explain things are the people who enjoy doing so. I'm sure the people you helped really appreciated that

[@onemanenclave]

said no one ever 😂

[@speedtnt7591]

Thank you for your service sir

[@yaseemanac]

Mister, how to teach people? Could you explain?

[@crazyaces4042]

@@onemanenclave 😆

[@amberjacobs1996]

My first computer was a Windows 2000. I got it from my grandfather as a 5th birthday present in 2001 when I was fixing to start Kindergarten, and he gave me a flashdrive that connected to the internet for only an hour so I can get my homework done for my Kindergarten teacher back when our teachers used to have webpages under our school websites.

[@Rowrin]

The good old days where you had to coach people on how to find the any key...

[@ravanin]

@Blue Heart better order a tab

[@TheUnknownHarbingers]

sounds like a homer simpson thought

[@clb8645]

"I broke the cup holder, how can I order a replacement?"

[@Cowboy1Brian]

which key IS that? lol

[@Rowrin]

@@Cowboy1Brian Yes

[@raytoons]

I remember one of the first things IT would say is, "Did you try rebooting your computer?" Its amazing how problems get fixed when you do that. Still works today.

[@Ra-Hul-K]

yeah tech guy 101

[@hittingyouoverthehead]

But being a computer literate person myself, I always do it first. And it doesn't work and that's why I am reaching out to the support. Hence it infuriates me when the first question the person asks is "Did you try turning your computer off and on again?" What is worse is back in my first company, even if I tell them that I did, the IT guys turned off and turned on my computer anyway as if they don't believe me. Or as if I don't know how to turn off and turn on a computer.

[@yurireis8794]

@@hittingyouoverthehead Would you prefer the support department assume that everyone has technical background or to assume that they don't know whta their are doing. The second is the safer option.

[@hittingyouoverthehead]

@@yurireis8794 If those are the only two options then yes you're right but you have a third option- respect the intelligence of other people. If they say they turned off and on, believe them. Especially from the way someone is talking you should be able to figure out how much they know.

[@yurireis8794]

@@hittingyouoverthehead Yeah i get what you are saying. I just feel that sometimes when you are talking to a lot of customers you just don't try to evaluate the level of understanding that they have in the field, you just go on autopilot, it also gives you some time to think about what could it be if turning it on and off doesn't work. A lot of times when i'm talking to a client about a change in their website and they don't see it's usually just cache from the browser, better to try the easier option before other stuff cause even clients with sites related to tech, where you would think that would know stuff like that usually miss the simpler possible answer.

[@yeeturmcbeetur8197]

“PC stands for pain and confusion” Yea. I feel that when I play league solo.

[@saadsajidul9001]

What is league???

[@chocho6766]

@@saadsajidul9001 league of legend obviously

[@saadsajidul9001]

@@chocho6766 i hate game, just an opinion no offense

[@chocho6766]

​@@saadsajidul9001 ok , just fyi playing league solo (alone with random people) is very frustrating it feels like so hard and unfair people will just blame each other when they lose , it's just a stress

[@saadsajidul9001]

@@chocho6766 is it toxic??

[@zerdagdir1988]

This girl is now a grandma, yet she acts really similar to people nowdays, no matter how much we say we are not like the last generation, we are more and more similar...

[@avarice4556]

People at call support centers are like "Excuse me Miss did you turn it on" Caller is like "Oh, I thought it was already on👁️👄👁️".

[@fanibelleza]

She looks like she’s in her 20s, if anything she’s the mom of a teenager

[@mpfmax0]

But today young people mostly know how to use computers right? It's still this same people who are now older on their 50s/60s who still have problems lol

[@dv9239]

Bruh people stayed the same since the 70s The generation prior to that was very different

[@zerdagdir1988]

@@arjunrajendran4826 if she was close to 30 years old in 95, she could be in her 50's. My dad is in his 50's and I'm in my 20's, so she could be a mom to a teenager, but I doubt it

[@Xeno_of_Luyten]

the same generation of people are still asking the same newbie questions 30 years later...

[@cebruthius]

That's my mother!

[@skunksecond]

opposite way too, zoomers and late gen z'ers weren't taught basic tech literacy because of phones, tablets, and chromebooks which simplified everything. there are some of us who dont even know how to make folders

[@moonlightfitz]

same with zoomers lol

[@TheMexicoBear]

Especially Zoomers dealing with old tech.

[@bonkyo]

@@skunksecond its funny you mention folders specifically because now i hear knowing HOW to make one on a computer classifies you as a power user nowadays

[@obienator]

Jamie is still fighting that damn printer to this day in 2024

[@ntsejfamyaj]

That's not fair, that's very condescending, and that was uncalled for. Jamie suffers from acute boomeritis, even though she's not really a boomer. While paying for groceries recently at a nearby grocery store, our local CBS station field reporter, Tricia Takanawa, asked if she would pay using cash, credit, or mobile, but Jamie gave a confused look. Instead, she pulled out a check book.

[@HMOCreations1807]

😂😂😂

[@lioninguccisuit]

I'm born in 97, but still had a PC sience i was quite young 5-6 years old. And i remember specific things of how awful the pc interface was, thanks god i was blessed with windows xp, cause 97 and 00 was extremly awful. I remember when you had to go in Total Comander or what was it called, or when a dude gave to my parent a thing for PC that had like 260 games in, sonic, alex kid, jaz rabit, road rage.. Jesus was so nice, i used to be so happy playing. But having to conect the cables is hard, especialy when you don't know what damange you can bring to a pc, with Usb's now and jacks, is sightly harder to destroy something, but with the cable the lady used you could break the pins, plus what if you connect something wrong and burn the circuits ,etc. Is just the same vibe when you build a PC, and you have to put the CPU into the pc, which mean 1 sightly mistake and avoiding to read where to put the cpu, you'll just easly lose 400-1.000$

[@m.ceniza4688]

@@ntsejfamyajyou laugh but printers are one of the Devil’s earthly minions

[@backintimealwyn5736]

nah, my mum used to call the computer "he" ,"he's telling me to press a key" , "But what does he want?" , "why is he blocking the srcreeeen, what did you do to him? (I was alway guilty of soing something evil to "him" )", now she's even more addicted to technology than I am, she can't disconnect for half an hour.

[@jefferee2002]

"I have no idea what this disk drive is."

[@JDsVarietyChannel]

You know this is old when CBS is using roman numerals at the end!

[@deepfriedtacos]

😂

[@kenwhiteproductions]

I think the same thing when i see GTA V, just some old useless technology with roman numerals

[@justrosy5]

You know it's old when it's letterbox rather than wide screen :)

[@hanialturk5981]

I worked at help desk call center from 98 to 2002. It was tough trying to troubleshoot anything over the phone. I was more confused than the end user.

[@positiveoutflow6644]

Thank you for your service.

[@warlock479]

I would like to know a little bit more... How was life back then? Do you have kids? Were you paid enough? How long you had to work? I am guessing you would be as old as my grandmother...

[@travis6694]

@Straight brown Male dude 🤣 🤣 that is funnyyyyy

[@ilikememes9052]

911 : What's your emergency Newbie : I can't start My PC 😐 911 : Me neither 😅

[@Rolando_Cueva]

Neither*

[@ilikememes9052]

@@Rolando_Cueva Yeah you got it. Let me edit my mistake. Thank you

[@marioluigi9599]

@@ilikememes9052 ...but it still doesn't say neither

[@ilikememes9052]

@@marioluigi9599 Happy now ?

[@ilikememes9052]

Thanks for suggestion 🙂

[@KrazeeKrab]

hey, she's showing interest and trying to get everything to work herself! That's actually the engineering spirit right there. Wouldn't be surprised if most kids today couldn't identify a power module or disk drive either.

[@msthalamus2172]

Love the way that poor lady is putting the floppy in the drive as gently as though she were giving a newborn a bath! :)

[@washim-7867]

i mean for todays,it is considered to put those old floppys gently

[@CraigfromOmaha]

Better than the people that used a CD-rom tray as a cup holder.

[@Rainaman-]

To be fair, it is a 4000$ laptop. You would insert things gently in your new ultra book as well.

[@AmstradExin]

Have you looked at the price of that thing? :D

[@Amonlith]

I don't know, I was a kid at the 90', learned myself everything by trial and error.. Was more fascinating than frustrating, maybe because I had the opportunity to do whatever I wanted with my first pc as we got it as a gift from my parents' friends who left the country.. I should be really thankful for that. P.s. It had msdos..

[@recanimations1563]

I was a kid in late 2000's/early 2010's and I learned the same way. Now my sister and I know a lot more about computers than our friends and we have to help them out all the time lol

[@turkey4957]

I think as a child will always be the best time to learn something. You don't expect anything. You didn't expect anything in particular in the machine besides exploring your curiosity and so you were able to deal with the walls you may have hit with a smile, I'm 26 and born in 95 and I can still relate to her when you hit brick walls of tech difficulties even now in 2020

[@resmarted]

I can remember being probably 6 or 7 and sitting down at the family gateway computer for the first time and typing "I want to play a game" on the keyboard. It didn't work.

[@Kosake82]

@@resmarted That is freaking cute.

[@Russ96]

@@resmarted Um isn't that how the WarGames movie started lol

[@ohifonlyx33]

26 years later and I still have to help my parents set up a new computer and remind them what an app is and how e-mail works. those feelings of frustration and falling behind are still there for a lot of people... we just got used to it.

[@ArgoIo]

@Genowave Nah, it's people being lazy and just learning the bare minimum instead of the fundamental concepts.

[@TwinRiver100]

Probably a combination of both.

[@aiquesono]

today technology is more a matter of whether you learn how to use it or you don't exist anymore

[@arghyaprotimhalder5592]

My mom asks WTF is a cpu waste of money

[@martinlutherkingjr.5582]

Some people are lazy, some people are dumb, some people are both.

[@celestebenitez6688]

2:58 timestamp (what she says). Why would a camera man let you know something about a computer? Does he work with computers?

[@mrsTraveller64]

I can still clearly remember when we got the first computer to my job, I was 37 years old, and a guy came to teach us how to use it. We sat in a circle just staring in disbelief, he picked me first to come and try it. He said put your hand on the mouse and start moving it slowly, I first asked what's a mouse??? After he told me I asked "like how"??? He said oh, you have never used a computer? I said NO I HAVEN'T, WHERE WOULD I HAVE USED ONE??? No one had them at home yet, and I thought I'd never ever learn how to use it..

[@DugrozReports]

How did it work out?

[@mrsTraveller64]

@@DugrozReports well,for me it took a long time to even think I'd be able to learn how to use a computer,it wasn't until I bought one for my home that I really came over beeing so acared to touch it😁 here in our schools the children taught themselves in no-time and then they taught the teachers! I remember seeing on the news how children age 10 sat and gave computer-lessons to their teachers😁

[@luivalentino8520]

Didn't your schools have computers? I grew up in the 80s and our schools had them. Radio shack had tons of them too.

[@mrsTraveller64]

@@luivalentino8520I went to school in the 70's so no, we had no computers, I can't remember if there was one in the teachers room, but I don't think there was, there was typing machines and when "word" came(I think it was called that?) I remember it was a big thing; not to have to start from the beginning,just erase that ONE misspelled word and continue!

[@xtlm]

@@DugrozReports some say they never figured it out

[@jeffmartin8924]

I had a small computer store in 1998. Newbies, A nightmare trying to explain there is nothing wrong with your computer. They were just so confused and MAD! lol

[@vphobicc566]

kids now can use computers better than some adults lmao

[@jeffmartin8924]

@@vphobicc566 I know, Right!?

[@MaxIronsThird]

@@vphobicc566 That is actually not a rule anymore, adults today, grew up with computers and kids only ever had cellphones.

[@marti-nz]

@@MaxIronsThird I would say a lot still use PCs, as when I was in high and primary school (I'm 20) we all used PCs to do assignments. However, across the past few years there has been a bigger push to move to Chromebooks which are quite different from real PCs.

[@thisuniquechica]

@@MaxIronsThird yeah, they only know how to use like 50% of the power that’s in their smartphones. And probably about 10% of the power on their chromebooks.

[@mex321]

Glad my dad got us a PC from his work, he was a tech-man back then and now he is a walking talking wikipage.

[@WMDistraction]

My family was able to afford a PC pretty early on, got Windows 95-based computer practically when it came out. I learned how to use that because I wanted to play MIG 29, which had to be booted through MS-DOS via command line!

[@Rock-Bottem1982]

you do realize that Wikipage is extremely inaccurate about everything

[@InternetExplorerer]

@@Rock-Bottem1982 you realise thats not what he meant. He just meant that there is probably no question that man couldn't answer. No need to be so literal about everything

[@Rock-Bottem1982]

@@InternetExplorerer Wiki is the worst place to get factual information, but I guess its better than someone that tries to be a know-it-all

[@lukashenrique4295]

@@Rock-Bottem1982 up until now, it's been factual enough for me. I work in IT, and discovered some of the first computers, what was a mainframe and what the winDOS was with Wikipedia. I double checked everything because I know what they say about it, and it didn't disappoint me at all. It was correct and it has even more things there than short texts by general media. Some tech pages aren't experts about subjects, it's mostly journalism, so they won't add that many things to it as wikipedia does.

[@Atomprofessor]

I was ten years old back then and my dad showed me how to use our Macintosh Plus!

[@hr1100]

I really liked how she asked about memory and does it mean when comparing numbers. Shows intelligence and willingness to understand. Sure - the mystery box that fell from outer space would be intimidating at first for her, but i won't be surprised if she picked up programming later on.

[@KarenWasherGrudzien]

SHES MY DAUGHTER AND SHE WAS MURDERED IN 2007 BY HER EX-HUSBAND

[@paigegold9119]

@@KarenWasherGrudzien Wrong Jamie. (I'm her sister.)

[@nanaak8617]

@@paigegold9119 o thank god, cuz that was so unexpected and bizzare .... How's she doing now, if you don't mind me asking?

[@NYYstateofmind]

She spent 3 grand on a computer in 95' that's probably close to 10k in today's market. I'm sure she was pretty intelligent

[@thequeen901]

@@nanaak8617 we just smoked a blunt together while watching old western movies, seems good

[@jimmyschmidt14]

Ah yes. Back when nerds laughed at regular peoples computer skills. Now the the AI laughs at us in a robot voice.

[@kendjinone830]

@LordThunderPro actually you can easily understand the programming of AI it's way easier than Learning about anything in the Universe, Mankind have almost full knowledge on the programming of AI but No knowledge about the world of Dreams for example.

[@bluecomet1109]

@@username6338 exactly BS, what? were supposed to be impressed because some nerd tooled around on a computer?

[@l0nedoesgaming107]

"Hello Mortals"-SciencePhille the AI

[@The_Man_Who_Sold_the_World.]

@@kendjinone830 yea

[@redpanda4706]

The nerds laughed harder now because they are the one who created the AI

[@User-3O3]

It's like watching man first discovering fire back in the stone age.

[@remo27]

Then what was the first PC craze back in the late 70's and early 80's like? The Dawn of Consciousness? I mean, literally, my first computer, in 1981, was a 3.5 KILOBYTE Vic 20. I used to do some BASIC programming and GAME on that. I was around 11 at the time and even then knew what bits and bytes were. If you gave me a computer with 4 Megs in 1981...

[@Eweyhen]

We all laugh now, but this stuff back then was not standardized at all and it was extremely frustrating at times. Especially if you wanted to build your own computer.

[@justtestingonce]

4mb memory, lol

[@ua7521]

Even my phone has more memory

[@ua7521]

I wonder how much storage it had

[@greasycheese8095]

@@ua7521 128 megabytes was the storage of the mac

[@LightningShiva1]

@@ua7521 What a surprise..

[@DeerJerky]

@@ua7521 no way..more than 4mb of memory?

[@hardanheavy]

What a huge difference a year or two make. I bought my first PC in 1990. By the time I finished university (studied French) someone told me: hang on! You are fluent in French and you know everything about PCs! This company are looking for someone exactly like that, for the help desk. I've worked in customer and technical support for 25 years now, never looked back. Just because I bought a PC a few years before everyone else did.

[@mastershooter64]

This is crazy! Just 20 years later we have computers everywhere! from our cars to our pockets!

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

I'm enjoying retro computing, now!

[@Niksorus]

To be fair to this poor woman, she's trying to install a printer. She's probably still at it in 2025.

[@nyancorp]

If it‘s an HP printer then definitely. 😅

[@maratbabayan9332]

It's really fascinating how significant our world changed in 30 years. Today my 2-year-old daughter can switch on my laptop open KZbin and find her beloved cartoon without any problem...

[@SilentEmilie]

well, user interfaces did improve significantly over the last 20 years...

[@alltimegamer1343]

@@SilentEmilie That's true but a 2 year old child from the 90s could never even turn on the computer even with the level of interface these days

[@SilentEmilie]

@@alltimegamer1343 That's what I'm saying. All the people in the comments laughing at the incompetence of the woman in the video probably never tried to setup their pc in the 90s. It was much more complicated.

[@cezarysturgulewski6205]

@@alltimegamer1343 at the age of 6 I wrote programs in QBasic...At the age of 10 I played a lot with Turbo Pascal, so saying that ~30 years old woman cant plug in a computer is just saying how dumb she was.

[@cyberp0et]

@@SilentEmilie I still remember it was a pain in the necl installing Windows 98 and get some drivers working and configure jumper settings and IDE ribbons to get more than two hard disks/ optical drives working in the same time. And that was easy comparing to dealing with PCs from the 80s, for sure.

[@solidn6]

Its crazy to think that this was only 25 years ago. I can't wait to see what technology will be like 25 years from now.

[@tropicaljupiter]

Everything in the future will be like differently sized phones with more speech input as a control. Smart watches will catch on. Self driving cargo will catch on quick. Self driving cabs will be infamous for being disgusting and won’t be mainstream. Delivery service and other public transit will begin to negate the need for cabs anyway. Cryptocurrency will be as normal as USD. Anyway, I need to get back to 2035.

[@CaptainRonRico]

@@tropicaljupiter I believe everything you just said

[@octavio.martinfarias]

in 25 years, pretty sure something implanted in your brain

[@TheLightingPerson]

@@octavio.martinfarias And in 25 years, computer can use your brain to help your life easier. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

The brain-computer interface will be mainstream.