Windows 1.0 with Steve Ballmer (1986) (HQ, 60FPS)

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  • Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
  • This is the famous Windows 1.0 parody "advertisement" shown internally at Microsoft, now in glorious 60FPS and high-quality audio! Surreal to think this was only previously available in a highly compressed form for over a decade.

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  • @Medusacururu
    @Medusacururu Год назад +1633

    This guy is basically the Saul Goodman of Microsoft

    • @cool-aquarian
      @cool-aquarian Год назад +47

      Like goodman, he should have called for hoover pro max and vanished for good.

    • @alexanderpotukar2176
      @alexanderpotukar2176 Год назад +23

      Saul is definitely more charming

    • @volo870
      @volo870 11 месяцев назад +8

      Both have legal background.

    • @LoayThePhrygian
      @LoayThePhrygian 6 месяцев назад

      Yes 🤣🤣

    • @Donyourmom
      @Donyourmom 4 месяца назад

      He’s just like Saul Goodman, but without any real charm or personality.

  • @cwfqayin
    @cwfqayin Год назад +1263

    Ballmer should be a wrestling manager. He knew how to cut a promo.

    • @M4A1BestGirl
      @M4A1BestGirl Год назад +36

      I was just thinking about that. He looks and sounds just like Paul Heyman

    • @behindtheeye
      @behindtheeye Год назад +10

      He definitely knew how to cut something...

    • @robfriedrich2822
      @robfriedrich2822 Год назад +3

      When he was at an Apple event for Microsoft Office, he tried to appear cool, but appeared weird only

    • @farwestern99
      @farwestern99 11 месяцев назад

      A white, powdery something? @@behindtheeye

    • @carriermodulation
      @carriermodulation 8 месяцев назад +3

      Imagine you are some shy computer guy in the 1980s walking down the convention floor meekly looking around, briefly glancing at the "micro-soft" booth before looking away, and this guy comes to you pulling you in.
      I bet it was super effective at the time.

  • @AnontheGOAT
    @AnontheGOAT Год назад +533

    Steve Ballmer, the furniture salesman of the software world.

    • @OGParzoval
      @OGParzoval Год назад +7

      I saw no tigers? Had to be car salesman.

    • @tomatom6988
      @tomatom6988 11 месяцев назад +1

      Saul Goodman!

  • @jshepard152
    @jshepard152 11 месяцев назад +442

    The Nebraska thing refers to an antiquated Bell telephone rule that really existed in the 80s. Many 800 toll-free numbers were based in Nebraska because that area had an excess of available numbers. But according to the Bell rule, 800 numbers could not be used for both in-state calling and out-of-state calling. So companies would advertise an 800 toll-free line for use across the country, except the number really would not function if called from within Nebraska. Nebraska wasn't all that important to them, so that state would call in on a different line, or not at all.

    • @DenSwano
      @DenSwano 8 месяцев назад +27

      Thanks for explaining!

    • @Alpha8713
      @Alpha8713 8 месяцев назад +33

      The Strategic Air Command was the reason why Nebraska had so many telephone circuits. Most would never be used unless there were a nuclear war.

    • @Supperdude9
      @Supperdude9 5 месяцев назад +3

      I vaguely remember the Nebraska thing. Jeez, totally slipped my mind.

    • @marcins6071
      @marcins6071 4 месяца назад +1

      why nebraska isnt important for usa ?

    • @Supperdude9
      @Supperdude9 4 месяца назад +2

      @@marcins6071 actually it is. Satellites and command stuff. The government will come down hard on you if you dare to have unapproved electronics near their designated dead zones.

  • @PoletBally
    @PoletBally Год назад +1678

    This guy is so convincing that I want to buy Windows 1.0 from 1986 for $99 even though it's 2023.

    • @ThomasBuegel
      @ThomasBuegel Год назад +26

      Yeah, do it, but you will be very disappointed, it is really hard to find a machine you can run Windows 1.0 on it.

    • @rafars2246
      @rafars2246 Год назад +17

      @@ThomasBuegel you can run anything on any machine

    • @ThomasBuegel
      @ThomasBuegel Год назад

      @@rafars2246 but you nead a 5 1/4" floppy drive, when you get the original Windows 1.0 and you need DOS 2.0 to start and the emulation of the 8087 PC architecture or such hardware - this is a real challenge!

    • @weblogic7723
      @weblogic7723 Год назад +5

      Best windows ever lol

    • @Dubble_Bubble40
      @Dubble_Bubble40 Год назад +2

      🤣

  • @PallyLIVE
    @PallyLIVE Год назад +514

    Legend has it Nebraska is still waiting for Windows 1.0....and reversi...

    • @digitaldigdug7811
      @digitaldigdug7811 4 месяца назад +27

      I still highly doubt Nebraska is ready for it.

    • @GamingLiveHDChannelPH
      @GamingLiveHDChannelPH 4 месяца назад +2

      @@digitaldigdug7811 In the case of Windows 11 what would could be?

    • @purefoldnz3070
      @purefoldnz3070 3 месяца назад +5

      everyone knows Nebraska is a Linux state.

    • @TheLastLineLive
      @TheLastLineLive Месяц назад +1

      Nebraska still running on Apple IIe’s

    • @nedmurry7283
      @nedmurry7283 Месяц назад +2

      Windows 11 is actually 1.1

  • @Peeps40836
    @Peeps40836 2 года назад +1110

    Oh wow, this is beautiful. Too bad everyone in Nebraska can’t view this masterpiece.

    • @Imthecoolguy6
      @Imthecoolguy6 2 года назад +33

      @@charlesdoesmore5488 r/wooosh

    • @LucasIsHereYT
      @LucasIsHereYT 2 года назад +52

      Yeah, for me it's just a black screen with no sound.

    • @Alittlebitofeverythingoffical
      @Alittlebitofeverythingoffical Год назад

      ;-;

    • @tore28
      @tore28 Год назад +8

      You man. You the funny. I picture Nebraska as mountains and horses. Or is it the agriculture state?

    • @kami-kun_va
      @kami-kun_va Год назад +6

      it's the toll-free state

  • @greenknight9000
    @greenknight9000 Год назад +841

    I feel strangely uncomfortable with hearing this iconic audio no longer being bitcrushed to hell and back, like it's so crisp and clear with no crackling or distortion or background noise...it's just Steve Ballmer

    • @joe579003
      @joe579003 Год назад +89

      Just exactly how uncomfortable does it make you feel? DON'T ANSWER

    • @spingleboygle
      @spingleboygle Год назад

      @@joe579003 wait until you see windows hd-ifer

    • @ObiWanBillKenobi
      @ObiWanBillKenobi Год назад +15

      If you want to hear it uncannily better, run it through Adobe’s Podcast audio filter.

    • @thenameisgsarci
      @thenameisgsarci Год назад +12

      It's as if Steve is trying to sell it RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE. XD

    • @cali_ryder4235
      @cali_ryder4235 Год назад +4

      😯 What is happening in Nebraskas?

  • @Mr.PlatanoMAN970
    @Mr.PlatanoMAN970 Год назад +185

    0:16 "paste it right into windows, right into windows, right into windows write, yeah right"

    • @jjax3661
      @jjax3661 Год назад +33

      A fellow man of culture who knows of cs188

    • @MrFeelGoodJson24YTP
      @MrFeelGoodJson24YTP Год назад +27

      REVERSI!
      ...E-SERVER?!

    • @Dekomata
      @Dekomata Год назад +18

      "AND we can take this paste! and paste and paste and paste and paste and paste and paste-"

    • @MrFeelGoodJson24YTP
      @MrFeelGoodJson24YTP Год назад +18

      "You'll get a ointment calendar, a termite calendar, a cardfile, a cardfile, a cardfile, a turd sock!"

    • @NightmareSkellington1993
      @NightmareSkellington1993 Год назад +16

      LISTEN TO WHAT ELSE YOU *DON’T* GET:
      A CARDFILE
      A CARPET
      A COCK
      A CAR PANEL
      A CAR DRIVER
      A PRINCE FILE
      AND EVEN STEVEN UNIVERSE!

  • @randolm7698
    @randolm7698 3 месяца назад +46

    Steve made that 'Except in Nebraska' sound really personal.

    • @MDNT3M
      @MDNT3M 2 месяца назад

      Haha proper..... Like f u Nebraska .... you're not getting sh*t

    • @raven4k998
      @raven4k998 Месяц назад +1

      you know he is right you need windows 1.0 today😂😂😂😂😂

  • @supertouring22
    @supertouring22 Год назад +138

    I still use MS Paint every day. 40 years later.

    • @Waitukubuli
      @Waitukubuli 11 месяцев назад +16

      And the hell with MS 3-D Paint.

    • @jshepard152
      @jshepard152 11 месяцев назад +4

      Me too

    • @1SqueakyWheel
      @1SqueakyWheel 11 месяцев назад +2

      I remember using PC-Paintbrush and Telepaint on my old XT, and possibly the 286 too. Great memories!

    • @Supperdude9
      @Supperdude9 5 месяцев назад +3

      It's still a decent program.

    • @selami32
      @selami32 4 месяца назад +4

      A wise computer user

  • @joezegers
    @joezegers Год назад +483

    Believe it or not, Ballmer was actually only 30 years old when he filmed this.

    • @PS-hv7on
      @PS-hv7on Год назад +126

      I guess hair was a scarce resource in his family.....

    • @dionnix
      @dionnix Год назад +12

      @@PS-hv7on lmfao

    • @benjaluth07
      @benjaluth07 Год назад +9

      @@PS-hv7on 🤣🤣🤣💀

    • @laurentiusmcmxcv
      @laurentiusmcmxcv Год назад +8

      @@PS-hv7on Ugh

    • @thomasbaron5367
      @thomasbaron5367 Год назад +31

      Stress can cause hair loss and it can age a person
      Beethoven was only in his mid 50s when he died
      But he looked like he was closer to 90

  • @ColeTheKinemasterFan-zv4qh
    @ColeTheKinemasterFan-zv4qh Год назад +36

    1:03 *ExCePt iN NeBrAsKa*

  • @charlesdarwin7253
    @charlesdarwin7253 Год назад +191

    This is what Steve Ballmer looked like at 30 years old, can you believe it?

    • @arrow4749
      @arrow4749 Год назад +28

      its possible this was recorded later than when windows 1.0 was released because it was a joke video for microsoft employees not an actual ad

    • @charlesdarwin7253
      @charlesdarwin7253 Год назад +12

      @@arrow4749 BUT, even at 40 he looks bad here HAHA God bless him

    • @Dr.W.Krueger
      @Dr.W.Krueger Год назад +6

      alcohol & drugs

    • @charlesdarwin7253
      @charlesdarwin7253 Год назад +7

      @@Dr.W.Krueger no thanks I quit alcohol over 30 minutes ago

    • @Xnoob545
      @Xnoob545 Год назад +12

      DON'T ANSWER.

  • @HectorCartoons
    @HectorCartoons Год назад +87

    As a Nebraskan who lies, I am very upset that I can't order Windows 1.0. I mean, IT HAS REVERSI!

    • @ConclusiveLion663
      @ConclusiveLion663 4 месяца назад

      😢

    • @chica6098
      @chica6098 9 дней назад

      I can't tell if he was joking or he actually was being serious. If so, then sorry to argue Nebraskans but you cannot get Windows 1.0 one no matter how hard you try apparently.

  • @RinsaVuIIer
    @RinsaVuIIer 2 года назад +306

    We've waited over a decade for a higher quality version, and finally, here it is!

    • @worstusername22
      @worstusername22 Год назад

      TIL this even existed, Just barely saw this

    • @Ludak021
      @Ludak021 11 месяцев назад

      classic Microsoft experience.

  • @retrodude6215
    @retrodude6215 Год назад +82

    Steve Ballmer barely aged between this video and 2010.

    • @Ozmodiar6
      @Ozmodiar6 Год назад +7

      Money don’t crack

    • @AhDollar
      @AhDollar Год назад +21

      he used developers developers developers developers to assure his youth

    • @cononodapotato6920
      @cononodapotato6920 Год назад +13

      probably bc he already looked 50 at 30

  • @aidanpysher2764
    @aidanpysher2764 Год назад +43

    I can't NOT think of CS188 after seeing this.

  • @eeronat
    @eeronat Год назад +241

    Steve is proof that the old 30 is the new 50

    • @nickpavia9021
      @nickpavia9021 Год назад +32

      He's only 30 years old in this clip? I am legit horrified that I am older than he is in this clip.

    • @தமிழோன்
      @தமிழோன் Год назад +1

      tf! I though he's in his mid to late 40s.

    • @123RADIOactive
      @123RADIOactive Год назад +4

      ……… shit you’re right… I’m now afraid because I’m 33 and while I do look gross for my age but I don’t think I looked like I’m almost old enough to be a borderline citizen 😂

    • @JohnDoe-xo2yf
      @JohnDoe-xo2yf Год назад +11

      After all these bricks of coke he snorted, he’s still alive. Which - lets be honest- is amazing

    • @balazs8330
      @balazs8330 11 месяцев назад

      He looks like a fuckin loonatic. That mf who said smartphones have no future is worth billions of $

  • @Dubble_Bubble40
    @Dubble_Bubble40 Год назад +76

    The man, the myth, the legend, Mr. Steve Ballmer.

    • @AKA96369
      @AKA96369 Год назад

      you meant steve jobs right?

    • @Dubble_Bubble40
      @Dubble_Bubble40 Год назад +1

      @@AKA96369 No way man! There will never be another Steve Ballmer! Nibb High football rules!

    • @jennyjohn704
      @jennyjohn704 Год назад +3

      @@AKA96369 Any thread on any computer based subject and you know it won't be long before the first of the boring Apple fanboys turn up.

    • @AKA96369
      @AKA96369 Год назад

      @@Dubble_Bubble40 no I’m with you, he’s been one of the most influential people in pc world. But is he a myth, or legend hmm..

    • @AKA96369
      @AKA96369 Год назад

      @@jennyjohn704 funny is that in all those threads, haters are shining!

  • @markusTegelane
    @markusTegelane Год назад +62

    can't believe he was so excited about a clock

    • @CometMedalChavez
      @CometMedalChavez Год назад +10

      The excitement over all the features he mentioned is 100% justified. Yes, even the control panel.

    • @markusTegelane
      @markusTegelane Год назад +12

      ​@@CometMedalChavezI mean it was 1985, of course it was exciting back then

    • @1SqueakyWheel
      @1SqueakyWheel 11 месяцев назад +1

      Even back in 1.0, I thought the clock was kinda neat, but still pretty useless and silly.

    • @mikemancini313
      @mikemancini313 7 месяцев назад +3

      Bro is a Harvard graduate and the 7th richest person on the planet. If you want be the salesman, you got sell it damn hard and he did all the way to the bank.

    • @TheGalacticIndian
      @TheGalacticIndian 4 месяца назад

      He wasn't. He was stoned. Windows Drug (TM)!
      Or he just saw the Amiga Workbench in action 5 minutes earlier....

  • @NorthOfEarthAlex
    @NorthOfEarthAlex Год назад +23

    To this day, Nebraska has no computers.

  • @Borsting89
    @Borsting89 2 года назад +146

    This man looks smart. He should be running the company that made this product.

    • @dantecolo4596
      @dantecolo4596 2 года назад +3

      He was the CEO before Satya Nadela

    • @Borsting89
      @Borsting89 2 года назад +16

      ​@@dantecolo4596 Poor Satya. Filling the shoes of Steve must have been hard.

    • @thuering6229
      @thuering6229 Год назад +4

      @@Borsting89 not really. Microsoft has grown much better with Satya.

    • @dionnix
      @dionnix Год назад +10

      @@thuering6229 *worse and windows getting worse since ballmer retired

    • @thuering6229
      @thuering6229 Год назад +2

      @@dionnix Satya made Microsoft a trillion $ company thanks to focus on Azure. And Windows 10 is bad? Plus: not everyone dislikes Win 11.

  • @MrFeelGoodJson24YTP
    @MrFeelGoodJson24YTP Год назад +28

    "It's Windows from Michael Rosen's house in Nebraska-ska"
    [VCR white noises]

    • @madden8021
      @madden8021 Год назад +9

      We can now play softball, but don't break the Windows

    • @notanetcher
      @notanetcher Год назад +5

      ​@@madden8021 now glass is all over the floor

    • @supermariobro93
      @supermariobro93 Год назад +4

      @@notanetcher
      _eeeEEEEEeee!_

  • @nkmade
    @nkmade Год назад +20

    The MS-DOS Executive!
    An appointment calendar!
    A card file, a notepad, a clock!
    A control panel, a terminal, principal, RAM driver!
    AND *can you believe it?!* Reversi! THAT'S RIGHT, ALL these features and Reversi for just-
    HOW much did you guess?
    $500?
    $1000?
    Even more?
    *NO, IT'S JUST $99!!!*

    • @CometMedalChavez
      @CometMedalChavez Год назад +5

      He actually says “print spooler”, not “principal”. It’s hard to tell because he says it so fast while listing off all the features but if you go back and listen to it a few more times, you’ll hear it.

    • @selami32
      @selami32 4 месяца назад

      i could took off one or two of my clothes for Reversi

    • @Duncan_1971
      @Duncan_1971 4 месяца назад

      I've just ordered my copy for postal delivery. I can't wait!

    • @stefanbalmus1659
      @stefanbalmus1659 4 месяца назад

      I just love the RAM driver! Such a nice app. Good thing he advertised it. Even today’s Office 365 RAM Driver Pro is such a useful app

  • @hiimemily
    @hiimemily 5 месяцев назад +4

    You have no idea how badly I wanted this to be an actual ad for Windows. Apparently it was just an in-house motivational video.

    • @joseoncrack
      @joseoncrack 4 месяца назад

      The real ads were hardly different.

  • @Everything.Windows
    @Everything.Windows 2 года назад +42

    I didn't know the footage was also included on the Windows 95 Launch VHS haha

  • @AllanAdamson
    @AllanAdamson 2 года назад +51

    his point is that custom software like that back in the day would cost you thousands of dollars no joke

    • @vibrantgleam
      @vibrantgleam Год назад

      .. Jesus Christ!

    • @CometMedalChavez
      @CometMedalChavez Год назад +2

      I understand now why he was so ecstatic about Windows only being $99.

    • @pauligrossinoz
      @pauligrossinoz 4 месяца назад +1

      Yeah ... especially that _clock._ Clock software cost a fortune back in '86. 🙄

  • @supermariobro93
    @supermariobro93 Год назад +17

    IT'S JUST NINETY NINETY NINETY NINETY NINETY NINETY NINETY NINETY NINETY NINETY NINETY...
    (Steve Ballmer wheel rolls away)

    • @Bradytheawesomeman777
      @Bradytheawesomeman777 Год назад +3

      (Ahh sweet silence 😀)
      (but not for long)

    • @supermariobro93
      @supermariobro93 Год назад +3

      @@Bradytheawesomeman777
      *_"I... LOVE..._* this Ferrari, now we can drive right into Nebraska!"

    • @ioioi_prx4639
      @ioioi_prx4639 Год назад +3

      @@supermariobro93Wait just a minute...... Don't listen to me!
      Leave Nebraska right NOW!

    • @supermariobro93
      @supermariobro93 Год назад

      @@ioioi_prx4639
      GET OUUUUT! _GET OUUUUT!_

    • @johnthomas2970
      @johnthomas2970 4 месяца назад +1

      (Ballmer boomerang FTW)

  • @vibrantgleam
    @vibrantgleam Год назад +108

    This may be laughable now but this was impressive technology back in the day.

    • @gt8200-0
      @gt8200-0 Год назад +17

      A hell of an upgrade from text-based MS-DOS. Of course old Windows was just a shell for DOS but it was much more user friendly.

    • @vibrantgleam
      @vibrantgleam Год назад +3

      @@gt8200-0 yeah, MS-DOS is like the grandfather

    • @gt8200-0
      @gt8200-0 Год назад

      @@vibrantgleam Yeah

    • @vika0194
      @vika0194 Год назад +16

      We aren’t laughing at the technology. It’s him.

    • @billplaney2585
      @billplaney2585 Год назад +8

      Except it was dogshit when compared with what the Macintosh was doing at the same time...

  • @aayazahmed5389
    @aayazahmed5389 12 дней назад +3

    He looked 50 in his 30s.

  • @scharrsilicio
    @scharrsilicio 9 месяцев назад +3

    This energetic positive attitude is so contagious, my manager brought out the tuxedo back in my retail days when they dropped new versions of Windows, you can't tell me that Steve Ballmer isn't the best owner for the LA Clippers, Im lovin it

  • @zac9181
    @zac9181 5 месяцев назад +4

    Imagine those poor souls who were forced to watch this over and over, having no idea what a Windows is.

  • @silhouettoofaman2935
    @silhouettoofaman2935 Год назад +19

    Have you ever seen such an enthusiastic salesman?

    • @mikemancini313
      @mikemancini313 7 месяцев назад +2

      That's what Harvard's business school does to a person I suppose.

  • @VinchVolt
    @VinchVolt Год назад +13

    I'm so used to the YTPs that the original unedited ad sounds spliced together at times.

  • @nils9853
    @nils9853 Год назад +4

    Why all the hate here? This guy actually seems quite consistent and therefore authentic through all his advertisements/interviews/on stage presentations.
    He jusr is like he is and is making billions along the way. He is living his passion. How many of the haters here are doing the same?

  • @Soulfur
    @Soulfur 2 года назад +38

    this is legendary

  • @justinseau
    @justinseau 11 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you for converting this video and preserving the interlace fields to create the original 60fps recording so it can be preserved for eternity.

  • @lukaszwodzynskiHNB
    @lukaszwodzynskiHNB Год назад +23

    This makes me wanna buy Windows 1.0 and invest all my savings in Microsoft

    • @MarquisDeSang
      @MarquisDeSang Год назад +1

      Back when Windows was great and not too boated.

    • @dennisboon6651
      @dennisboon6651 Год назад

      You always need a bigger boat@@MarquisDeSang

    • @afridgetoofar1818
      @afridgetoofar1818 Год назад

      ⁠@@user-cs5rr1it9lNot true. Microsoft stock’s greatest run up was in the 90’s when it was averaged 58% per year.

    • @pikachuchujelly7628
      @pikachuchujelly7628 7 месяцев назад +1

      If you invested in Microsoft back when Windows 1.0 was current, you'd be pretty rich today.

  • @robertholt3996
    @robertholt3996 Год назад +2

    PRINT SPOOLER. HE'S SAYING PRINT SPOOLER. 😂 Never could understand what he was saying there due to the intense compression in all the older uploads. Always thought he was saying "principled" something or other, lol.
    Seriously though, this is beautiful. Never thought I would see this in such great quality.

  • @PhilipMurphyExtra
    @PhilipMurphyExtra Год назад +28

    This has aged well for sure

  • @cursorguy
    @cursorguy 3 месяца назад +9

    Fun fact, this ad never actually aired on TV. It was made as a joke by Steve Ballmer.

    • @georgepagotelis
      @georgepagotelis 14 дней назад

      really???? damn would have been funny!!!!

  • @GTAbestplayer123
    @GTAbestplayer123 Год назад +7

    Finally, someone finally found an HQ Version of this video.

  • @WindowsOnWindows
    @WindowsOnWindows 2 года назад +38

    Steve...you're so smooth...

    • @CometMedalChavez
      @CometMedalChavez Год назад

      And with my star, we’re gonna rule

    • @sonichedgehog36
      @sonichedgehog36 7 месяцев назад +1

      Developers, developer, developers, developers, developers…

  • @CometMedalChavez
    @CometMedalChavez Год назад +28

    I’ve gotten so used to the bitcrushed version of this that hearing this is like getting rid of decades worth of earwax. Apparently this “commercial” actually never ran on TV, but rather, it was originally only intended for viewing by Microsoft employees only. Sad that Nebraska never got to experience the power of Windows 1.0 though.

    • @TK-mj9rd
      @TK-mj9rd 11 месяцев назад +1

      Why not Nebraska?

    • @real_rjk_memes
      @real_rjk_memes 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@TK-mj9rd The easiest way to get a 1 (800) number (a toll-free number) was to do it in Nebraska. However, it couldn't be used in Nebraska, so you had 2 options. 1: Make a number for Nebraska and one for every other state or 2: Make a number for every state EXCEPT Nebraska.

  • @kennerfee100
    @kennerfee100 3 месяца назад +1

    I don't know why people in the comments are surprised on how smooth the video is. Almost all analog cameras that didn't record on film always looked like this. I believe video quality got worse throughout the 00s because of early internet video. Digital video doesn't look that bad on DV/Digital8 tape or DVDs, but the hype didn't last for that long for those formats. Instead of shooting on camcorders, we have been moving on to DSLR/digital cameras, action cameras, and smartphones, which will obviously not look as impressive as analog/early digital camcorders look and usually have a choppy framerate and a shitty digital zoom that just crops the image. I still shoot on camcorders, and many people don't even realize how good it looks if you deinterlace it properly, or watch it on a CRT screen.

  • @orbitron
    @orbitron 2 года назад +21

    except in nebraska

  • @JonesDylan874
    @JonesDylan874 Год назад +10

    Holy... smokes... THE LOST MEDIA GODS have been real nice to us all this year, haven't they?

  • @jimmyshear7231
    @jimmyshear7231 Год назад +14

    This man knows how to sweat and show it.

    • @stimutacss
      @stimutacss 11 месяцев назад +2

      steve "sweaty balls" ballmer

  • @BenchWiz
    @BenchWiz Год назад +2

    These guys made our work easy thank you 😊🙏 otherwise we are still on batch command systems

  • @T1MB05L1C3
    @T1MB05L1C3 Год назад +8

    So this is where the YTP material came from

  • @Ardamax_
    @Ardamax_ Год назад +7

    Steve "sweaty balls" Ballmer is my spirit animal

  • @xerzy
    @xerzy 2 года назад +12

    my life is complete now

  • @ytm23ak
    @ytm23ak Год назад +5

    Legend has it Nebraskans still can’t buy Windows to this very day…

  • @aayanbaig4775
    @aayanbaig4775 3 месяца назад +4

    steve ballmer, the man who overhyped windows and kickstarted it all!

  • @fittoecutts9969
    @fittoecutts9969 2 года назад +10

    0:32 voice crack lol

  • @AmeyahOfficialTV
    @AmeyahOfficialTV Год назад +18

    i miss the times where you could name all the features a software had in just a short ad.

  • @bushputz
    @bushputz Год назад +5

    Order now, and we'll throw in this beautiful BSOD for FREE

    • @selami32
      @selami32 4 месяца назад

      that time they didn't even invent the BSOD yet.

    • @esn2618
      @esn2618 2 месяца назад

      ​@@selami32they did. BSOD exists since Windows 1.0

  • @frankiii9165
    @frankiii9165 2 года назад +5

    FINALLY we can watch the video in original quality! Except in Nebraska!

  • @PhobetorXVII
    @PhobetorXVII 4 месяца назад +1

    100$ was alot in 1986.
    today windows is basically free for home users

  • @pjFrixMediaArchive
    @pjFrixMediaArchive 2 года назад +13

    such quality

  • @wheezus2000
    @wheezus2000 2 года назад +15

    Steve Ballmer RTX

  • @Super123456789Kuba
    @Super123456789Kuba Год назад +6

    Man, it's been a bit too long for quality this good to come out. Everyone was just uploading or Even Remixing that Early YT Years Quality for years and years.

  • @evrenki1
    @evrenki1 6 месяцев назад +2

    This Guys networth now in 2024 is more than 100 billions

    • @Hopefu11y
      @Hopefu11y 5 месяцев назад

      This is pure gold, he's worth every cent IMO 🎉

  • @1StIwY1
    @1StIwY1 Год назад +18

    80s to early 2000s. The best decades human kind have gone through. Unforgettable, unbeatable times.

    • @celsovascao
      @celsovascao Год назад

      I think it would be more accurate to say from early 80s to late 90s. I exclude anything in the XXI century.

    • @boumbo45
      @boumbo45 Год назад +4

      You're mistaking human kind with your small life time

    • @DonnyHooterHoot
      @DonnyHooterHoot Год назад

      Really? lol at you!

    • @CumBrianFries
      @CumBrianFries Год назад +3

      Same old tired nostalgic nonsense. Yeah, we get it, the times that YOU lived through are always the best.

  • @rolanddeer6212
    @rolanddeer6212 2 года назад +25

    This is amazing!!! Where was this sourced?! Would you happen to have a master/high quality copy of the Microsoft Home promotional video?

    • @testaccountyt
      @testaccountyt 2 года назад +8

      The source is from a VHS. The original capture is available at archive.org/details/microsoftwindows95launchwithbillgatesandjayleno1995

    • @rolanddeer6212
      @rolanddeer6212 2 года назад +1

      @@testaccountyt thank you very much!

    • @testaccountyt
      @testaccountyt 2 года назад +1

      @@rolanddeer6212 No problem!

  • @BaconFaceMcGee
    @BaconFaceMcGee 4 месяца назад +1

    I wasn’t convinced I should buy that PC. But $99 is impressive.

  • @VolJoe
    @VolJoe Год назад +4

    This piece should be called, “Frat Boy makes a video for his buddies.”

  • @winwinogaming
    @winwinogaming 2 месяца назад +1

    Steve is only 30 in this video. He has never stopped looking around 45 years old.

  • @robotomo4249
    @robotomo4249 Год назад +3

    Apple trying to convince it's customers that their change to USB C is revolutionary.

  • @arielspalter7425
    @arielspalter7425 4 месяца назад

    A car salesman who was lucky enough to have happened to be in the right place at the right time.

  • @EDUB9X3
    @EDUB9X3 Год назад +10

    This is what you call 50/50 marketing piece, its either positive, negative, good or bad, you can never decide.

  • @josefmazzeo6628
    @josefmazzeo6628 2 месяца назад

    The card file app was worth it's weight in gold! Replaced a lot of sticky notes back in the day!

  • @riverpb5250
    @riverpb5250 Год назад +5

    okay, so, that weird WWE entrance style presscon he did where he was running around and acting all crazy has always been in-character huh?
    apparently, he's been crazy since windows 1!
    i'm surprised. never knew this!

    • @rav3ndust
      @rav3ndust Год назад +1

      DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS!

  • @soproparmvfx6269
    @soproparmvfx6269 4 месяца назад

    Steve, we need to hire a marketing team to make commercials.
    Steve: no, I got it

  • @Olgasys
    @Olgasys Год назад +12

    Imagine Steve Jobs face when he saw this. He was right about "the taste".

  • @kylepiccoli4762
    @kylepiccoli4762 5 месяцев назад +1

    $500??? A thousand??? The amount I paid for the Clippers??? EVEN MORE!?!?!? No, it’s just $99!!!

  • @Erix442
    @Erix442 2 года назад +19

    He behaves like a character from GTA Vice City

    • @Dr.W.Krueger
      @Dr.W.Krueger Год назад +2

      perma-high cokeheads?!

    • @Erix442
      @Erix442 Год назад +1

      @@Dr.W.Krueger maybe

    • @fungo6631
      @fungo6631 Год назад +3

      Because this was from almost the same time Vice City was set in.

  • @Pihlalorjoone
    @Pihlalorjoone 4 месяца назад

    I never like him, but that was till I saw this add. It is a classic! A great parody on the whole tv-selling wildness of the 80's. Love it!

  • @KokoRicky
    @KokoRicky Год назад +16

    YES! Incredible seeing this classic in better quality.

  • @jkmsaturn
    @jkmsaturn 4 месяца назад +1

    This must be the 'Dude, you're gettin' a Dell' guy's father!

  • @ethanwok
    @ethanwok 2 года назад +6

    I can't believe it

  • @stevemrayz357
    @stevemrayz357 Год назад +2

    He has such a goofy, extroverted salesman personality, you can't tell he was valedictorian and Harvard Math graduate. I would cringe to death if I was forced to do that ad in that manner.

  • @warrpedd
    @warrpedd 9 месяцев назад +3

    He was 30 years old!

    • @BridgeTROLL777
      @BridgeTROLL777 2 месяца назад

      he looks like a young balding man. So?

  • @gokultn72
    @gokultn72 4 месяца назад +1

    Warren Buffett is the only name which comes to my mind when hearing Nebraska

  • @kevincaudle5732
    @kevincaudle5732 Год назад +3

    Dope Video

  • @maddycarbuncle7567
    @maddycarbuncle7567 16 дней назад

    This is simultaneously hilarious and utterly anxiety inducing

  • @TYX8926
    @TYX8926 2 года назад +7

    I'm so confused! How did you actually make the audio HQ??
    Also, was this a VHS tape?

    • @TYX8926
      @TYX8926 2 года назад

      @@testaccountyt Oh, thanks for the info, I had the assumption it was after seeing those VHS-like lines. I'm assuming the audio is raw then?

    • @BlueOSMuseum
      @BlueOSMuseum  2 года назад +11

      @@TYX8926 The audio was originally uncompressed when digitizing this tape and was later compressed into a large MKV with lossless FLAC audio (I always keep my raw recordings for future purpose). The upload here in particular is upscaled seeing as RUclips won't allow videos below 720p to be in 60FPS. Knowing they like to handle videos under their own encoding methods, it's advised to download my copy from Internet Archive for the best quality.

    • @TYX8926
      @TYX8926 2 года назад

      @@BlueOSMuseum Ok, thanks!

    • @testaccountyt
      @testaccountyt 2 года назад

      @@BlueOSMuseum Just wondering, how large was the uncompressed recording (not the recompressed MKV)?

    • @Dan-TechAndMusic
      @Dan-TechAndMusic 2 года назад +5

      VHS tapes had very good audio quality once VHS HiFi became available, very close to CD audio quality and by far the best analog audio tape format in the home market. This tape is from '95, which by then had VHS HiFi be the standard for prerecorded material. A lot of people associate VHS tapes with poor quality audio, which is mostly a misconception or due to experiences with pre-VHS HiFi audio (which was pretty terrible).

  • @Kneephry
    @Kneephry 4 месяца назад

    It's a miracle Nebraska ever caught up with the times after being excluded from this sweet deal.

  • @Bradytheawesomeman777
    @Bradytheawesomeman777 Год назад +3

    Order Order Order!

  • @chrisf1600
    @chrisf1600 Год назад +2

    Scary that so many people seem to think that this was a genuine TV ad. It's a spoof, people.

    • @lynskyrd
      @lynskyrd 4 месяца назад

      yes because Microsoft would 'never' do anything as cheesy as this... other than the Win95 intro, Windows 7 Ultimate Software launch party kit, Steve Ballmer doing the monkey boy dance live. Yup - this is so Microsoft; spoof or not.

  • @AlanElChato
    @AlanElChato Год назад +4

    Where's the Ballmerang?

  • @jamesstringerphoto
    @jamesstringerphoto Год назад +1

    I didn''t know Doug DeMuro worked at Microsoft before starting his youtube channel

  • @77x5ghost
    @77x5ghost 2 года назад +8

    and paste it right into windows write into windows write into windows write

    • @cfothough
      @cfothough 2 года назад +1

      NOW how much is windows write?

    • @77x5ghost
      @77x5ghost 2 года назад +2

      don't answer

  • @cubeheadexists
    @cubeheadexists Год назад +1

    I love how much windows (and reversi) grew up ❤️ (and reversi)

  • @YogsenForfoth
    @YogsenForfoth 2 года назад +4

    $99 in 1986 equates to about $255 in today’s money.

    • @LegacyCat386M
      @LegacyCat386M 2 года назад

      so technically windows 10 would technically costs like a hundred in 1985

    • @gameplayallgamesresidmon184
      @gameplayallgamesresidmon184 Год назад

      @@LegacyCat386M windows 1.0 price be like in 2789: 1249.34$

    • @LegacyCat386M
      @LegacyCat386M Год назад

      @@gameplayallgamesresidmon184 since windows 1.0 isos are technically all over the internet it will stay free for probably eternity, maybe.

    • @gameplayallgamesresidmon184
      @gameplayallgamesresidmon184 Год назад

      @@LegacyCat386M The original windows 1.0 IBM PC Costs like 209.99$ to 299.99$ these days

    • @gameplayallgamesresidmon184
      @gameplayallgamesresidmon184 Год назад

      @@LegacyCat386M btw the original way to install win 1.0 is from 360KB/720KB IMGs
      i never heard about installing windows 1.0 through a DVD/CD ISO File

  • @DanielBerzinskas
    @DanielBerzinskas Месяц назад +2

    "Except for Nebraska!"

  • @blasphemy619
    @blasphemy619 Год назад +5

    He had me at Reversi.

  • @3800TURBO
    @3800TURBO 14 дней назад +1

    You were better off buying $99 worth of Microsoft shares in 1986. In 1986 the share price was 10 cents. Today that would make your $99 worth $404,910.

  • @camsfour4177
    @camsfour4177 Год назад +3

    There is just one thing I have to say after seeing this...
    DEVELOPERS DEVELOPES DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS!!!