This Was Steve Ballmer Selling Windows 1.0

[arl4nj0i]

awesome lol.

 

[sudeshc]

Can we have that sort of ads nowadays..........

 

[randomizer]

Was OEM even available to the general public at this time? I think not 😉

Right, so it was $99 for a retail copy. What you linked was an OEM copy. A different beast 😀

 

[sidran32]

Ballmer brought this back with a commercial for Windows XP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-8IufkbuD0

It is every bit as epic as the Windows 1.0 commercial.

 

[SoiledBottom]

He makes me wanna go out and buy a used car.

 

[headscratcher]

You had me at reversi

 

[domenic]

Did that man ever have hair?

 

[atmos929]

[citation][nom]randomizer[/nom]Na he's put on weight in the last 25 years[/citation]

So has Windows xD

 

[Guest]

He reminds me to Stan in Monkey Island.

 

[gwellin]

HOLY CRAP, it even has a Clock!!!!

lmao

 

[Guest]

From the Inflation Calculator:

What cost $99 in 1985 would cost $194.78 in 2009.

So, there's that.

 

[LORD_ORION]

[citation][nom]randomizer[/nom]If only Windows was still $99.Na he's put on weight in the last 25 years[/citation]

It is, in 1985 dollars.

 

[leaded gas only]

Thats Ballmer! Geeze, didn't that guy ever have any hair?

 

[lawsudz]

[citation][nom]sidran32[/nom]Ballmer brought this back with a commercial for Windows XP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-8IufkbuD0It is every bit as epic as the Windows 1.0 commercial.[/citation]

I think I like this version better. Heelarious.

 

[sinality]

Ballmer is crazy funny. Could you imagine a company party with him and an open bar?

 

[digiex]

Steve Balmer was already bald back then...

 

[smeker]

LOl, just like those used cars salesman...

 

[rohitbaran]

Man, he was brimming with energy. But $99 in those days was still too much.

 

[lakelucid]

this is awesome

 

[nebun]

back then $99 was a lot of money...most people did not even have a computer in their home

 

[kansur0]

Because the U.S. dollar has been devalued so much I would say $99 back then was pretty expensive. I think that turns out to be about $300 today.

http://www.minneapolisfed.org/index.cfm

 

[Maxor127]

Must've snorted a lot of coke.

 

[Guest]

[citation][nom]xbeater[/nom]windows has evolved so much since then.... Ballmer hasn't: he still looks exactly the same![/citation]
monkey-like indeed...

 

[pocketdrummer]

He almost sounds like Chris Farley. He should keep doing the commercials for Microsoft. I'm sure with the right spin it would be even more hilarious and probably help sales.

The "Windows was my idea" crap is just as annoying as the elitist Mac commercials.

 

[warezme]

Poor guy, didn't have not hair back then either.