The Computer Chronicles - Consumer Buyer's Guide (1988)

[@exzisd]

I love the Christmas Chronicles episodes. You can sense how excited and jolly they all were and excited about the rapid acceleration and future of the technology. Sad to see Gary here in such a happy episode knowing how his life ended though I’m happy Stuart & co continued the show for many years.

[@rooneye]

Producer: "OK guys this is a Christmas special so I want you all to wear Santa hats." Gary: 😋"I'm game for a laugh, sure" Paul: 😋"Teeheehee I'm already wearing one!" Jan: 😋"Awwww I want to buy my hair." Stuart:🤨"Fuck you guys. I ain't wearing shit. Hats make you go bald. I'm already fighting a losing battle on that front!"

[@tetsujin_144]

29:29 - I absolutely loved Shufflepuck Cafe as a kid. I was at some kind of big office party at my dad's work and some of the computers were set up with games, and I was playing Shufflepuck like non-stop. Then somebody was like, hey kid, you should try this other game. And I was like, what could possibly be more fun than Shufflepuck Cafe? (The other game was Wing Commander... so, yeah...)

[@billv4987]

I spent a lot of hours playing Grand Prix Circuit in the late 80s / early 90s.

[@doncsicso81]

Man.... those were the times when computers and IT overall was fascinating, exciting, and you didn`t know what would come next! exciting times those were... :( I feel lucky to see it all happen throughout the decades....

[@yellowblanka6058]

Conversely, this also meant that the expensive PC you bought today could be a paperweight next year. There are definite upsides to PCs becoming affordable commodities.

[@Kylehudgins]

Watching this I’m reminded how lucky we are to be able to play with advanced technology and be part of the conversation that surrounds it without being rich or at work or in academia.

[@ArkaidDeims]

"Your own Max Headroom" ---- Hit me right in the nostalgia bone

[@ezydenias8505]

Arkaid D a bit off topic but I really like your profile picture. Nice artstyle. If you drew it or you know who drew it could you hit me in that direction of your or their art gallary, or maybe it is from a manga?

[@sologals361]

1988 is my most fave music year. I love the 80s.Wished i was there.

[@Phenom98]

1987 and 1984 for me

[@justandhans]

24:05 Paul casually asserts a host indulges in ice

[@nitramluap]

3:25 - Leisure Suit Larry... Oh, the memories!

[@JaredConnell]

I know I was like Looking for Love? That game looks just like Leisure suit Larry... Then she saids the Characters name was Larry lol. And I realized it _was_ Leisure Suite Larry.

[@camhusmj38]

Stewart: If you could have anything from the computer industry, what would it be?. Garry: CP/M + Gem dominance over Microsoft.

[@DuckGWR]

2MB and you can load everything in it...

[@OhFishyFish]

Wow, only $95 (adjusted for inflation) for a cursor? I'll take the entire stock!

[@yaosio]

I like how they talk about the Streets program and say it can't predict traffic or accidents. Welcome to the future with Google Maps!

[@ezydenias8505]

The Cat Man I wanted to say that but you where first.

[@nitramluap]

Google certainly didn't pioneer this, but they made it 'free'

[@blu3_enjoy]

16:45 this is what the Myst guys were inspired by I think. Point and click rules

[@remghoost]

14:16 Anyone have one of these "maps" of CompuServe? I'd love to see it.

[@nulious]

I don't think my home network would fit on that map

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Saw one on ebay, collectible item @ $500

[@ezydenias8505]

11:23 remember when we had to deep discharge batteries? And remember the time when we had to tell people they should not do that with lithium batteries? The same with hard-drives where you have to defragment it to gain speed boost but you should not do that with solid state drives because again this will be bad for them. How things change.

[@samoryTure]

@9:55 "about $1300". Nowadays you can't even give away a free TV. I still have my 5-CD changer Kenwood, albeit i don't use it anymore.

[@kevinhoward9593]

how come the show never says it was brought to you buy donations to your PBS stations?

[@straightpipediesel]

These are the master tapes. Some public television stations aren't affiliated to PBS, and the show was also sent internationally.

[@johnnylongfeather3086]

22:50 I had the NFL version of this! Still so

[@stevef6392]

Jesus that laptop is about as thick as a baby AT desktop case.

[@pallavmishra]

The Combover Computer Chronicles

[@yellowblanka6058]

Not sure who he thought he was fooling with that, looks so much worse than just admitting you're bald and owning it.

[@michaelmcconnell7302]

Leisure suit larry!

[@Robert_Presto]

$6,000 for a laptop !....I recently bought a Chromebook for $150. @Best Buy.

[@wonderpierrot]

I know this is an old comment, but you're comparing the lowest end budget modern laptop to the highest end consumer laptop back in 1988. Highest end consumer laptops today actually cost as much as $10,000.

[@yellowblanka6058]

@@wonderpierrot This - also love these videos are always full of predictable low-hanging fruit comments about how comparatively primitive and expensive all the tech on these shows are.

[@hankjohnson2204]

I want a Nintendo.