Remember Windows 95?

cj · 11-22-2002

Colin, my favorite technology 'BAM' change was tapes to cd's ... so i'm rambling kinda off subject here

cd's kinda took over within this rediculously small period, rarely does anyone buy tapes, except for the car ... it doesnt' seem to be as much so in america? but very few new cars come without a cd player here ...

I had a discussion with a friend of mine who lives in canada, about the difference in saturation of cd players in new cars between countries ... his point was that it takes longer for a trend to 'sweep' a larger country, especially an expensive one ...

I remember when my uncle was at college, and he was a real computer geek in the early 80's, he used to have all these cool gadgets way before anyone else had heard of them. He told me once, when I was about 9, that cd's were indestructable, that they last a lifetime and could never be damaged. Every cd in his collection was meticulously placed back in its case and he was obsessive about keeping them scratch free ... he would not be very happy with me and the piles of discarded cd's stacked on spindle's around the office LOL

He had every dire straights cd available, and had them in this order that no one could ever touch or we would destroy the perfection!!
He would make us stand around and listen to the quality he had pumping out of his 'ghetto blaster' ...

this is about the time i knew i'd end up somewhere in computers ... because i wanted to get me one of those cd things ;-)))

I now look around my office ...
i have 6 computers & a laptop, with a wireless keyboard built in that you can remove and use from across the room ...
a digital camera, capable of printing to A3 size
a handheld that fits in my purse, with my life on it at the touch of a button which I can use to beam information back and forward from my cell phone, which is smaller than the palm of my hand

i have some parts from my uncle's first computer still around, its laughable and belongs in a museum! I wish he was still here to experience the amazing things that have happened in the 10 years since he passed away ... he was 26, and he probably could have been bill gates by now

nah, he would have invented something better than windows

the only time i really appreciate how far technology has come, is when I remember back to the things my uncle was excited to show me as a kid ... imagine if you pulled someone from the 80's into the 00's ... oh hang on, this movie has already been done ... and if i remember it was bad LOL

what other technology do you remember as a major turning point in your life?

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cj Members Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Down Under Posts: 5,202	Colin, my favorite technology 'BAM' change was tapes to cd's ... so i'm rambling kinda off subject here cd's kinda took over within this rediculously small period, rarely does anyone buy tapes, except for the car ... it doesnt' seem to be as much so in america? but very few new cars come without a cd player here ... I had a discussion with a friend of mine who lives in canada, about the difference in saturation of cd players in new cars between countries ... his point was that it takes longer for a trend to 'sweep' a larger country, especially an expensive one ... I remember when my uncle was at college, and he was a real computer geek in the early 80's, he used to have all these cool gadgets way before anyone else had heard of them. He told me once, when I was about 9, that cd's were indestructable, that they last a lifetime and could never be damaged. Every cd in his collection was meticulously placed back in its case and he was obsessive about keeping them scratch free ... he would not be very happy with me and the piles of discarded cd's stacked on spindle's around the office LOL He had every dire straights cd available, and had them in this order that no one could ever touch or we would destroy the perfection!! He would make us stand around and listen to the quality he had pumping out of his 'ghetto blaster' ... this is about the time i knew i'd end up somewhere in computers ... because i wanted to get me one of those cd things ;-))) I now look around my office ... i have 6 computers & a laptop, with a wireless keyboard built in that you can remove and use from across the room ... a digital camera, capable of printing to A3 size a handheld that fits in my purse, with my life on it at the touch of a button which I can use to beam information back and forward from my cell phone, which is smaller than the palm of my hand i have some parts from my uncle's first computer still around, its laughable and belongs in a museum! I wish he was still here to experience the amazing things that have happened in the 10 years since he passed away ... he was 26, and he probably could have been bill gates by now nah, he would have invented something better than windows the only time i really appreciate how far technology has come, is when I remember back to the things my uncle was excited to show me as a kid ... imagine if you pulled someone from the 80's into the 00's ... oh hang on, this movie has already been done ... and if i remember it was bad LOL what other technology do you remember as a major turning point in your life?