Full Version: Bill Gates.. Teen Idol?
I just wet my panties
The Mac in the background is probably for reverse engineering 
QUOTE(QuantumKnot @ Jan 18 2005, 04:50 PM)
The Mac in the background is probably for reverse engineering
He he...
I can't see the Mac though, if you are referring to the machine on the left it is a PC.
The flying floppy is pretty cool
Yeah, its to the right of the IBM in that pic. Looks like a Mac Plus or Mac SE.
For some as-yet-unexplained reason the marketplace has yet to discover the charms of the Mac. It is not for lack of advertising or promotion. I cannot for the life of me figure out why.
QUOTE(boojum @ Jan 19 2005, 01:40 AM)
For some as-yet-unexplained reason the marketplace has yet to discover the charms of the Mac. It is not for lack of advertising or promotion. I cannot for the life of me figure out why.
Too damn expensive. But it seems Jobs is trying to change that...
MY EYES!
Aww man, lucky there was no food to be projected out of my mouth when I saw this.
Aww man, lucky there was no food to be projected out of my mouth when I saw this.
QUOTE(rjamorim @ Jan 19 2005, 03:06 PM)
QUOTE(boojum @ Jan 19 2005, 01:40 AM)
For some as-yet-unexplained reason the marketplace has yet to discover the charms of the Mac. It is not for lack of advertising or promotion. I cannot for the life of me figure out why.
Too damn expensive. But it seems Jobs is trying to change that...
There are several reasons, exspense being one of them. Others include the inability to buy Macs at many retail outlets. In Australia you pretty much have to go to an Apple store, at least until recently, and there are only two i know of where i live, both of which are over 30 minutes drive from my house. So they don't really have any market exposure.
Finally, Macs have a repuatation for lacking software support, even though the current selection of software available for Mac is slowly becoming impressive (particularly the number of A-Grade games available).
QUOTE(kl33per @ Jan 20 2005, 01:24 AM)
There are several reasons, exspense being one of them. Others include the inability to buy Macs at many retail outlets. In Australia you pretty much have to go to an Apple store, at least until recently, and there are only two i know of where i live, both of which are over 30 minutes drive from my house. So they don't really have any market exposure.
I bought my Mac in 1993 from Brashes and I've seen them at Harvey Norman and Myer before then too.
QUOTE(rjamorim @ Jan 18 2005, 05:47 PM)
I just wet my panties
LOL
Maybe Gates missed his true calling...nah. I'd rather him be a rich man pushing Windows stuff on people than that.
QUOTE(QuantumKnot @ Jan 20 2005, 09:40 AM)
QUOTE(kl33per @ Jan 20 2005, 01:24 AM)
There are several reasons, exspense being one of them. Others include the inability to buy Macs at many retail outlets. In Australia you pretty much have to go to an Apple store, at least until recently, and there are only two i know of where i live, both of which are over 30 minutes drive from my house. So they don't really have any market exposure.
I bought my Mac in 1993 from Brashes and I've seen them at Harvey Norman and Myer before then too.
Never heard of Brashes, is that down south (Sydney, Melbourne?). I've only seen them at Harvey Norman and Myer MegaMart recently (say last six months or so, although I could be wrong about that). At any rate, that still isn't like walking in to Joe's Computer store on the street corner and walking out with Mac, which can't be done.
Back to topic...
It has now been discovered that these pics are from 1985 (not 1983) and were not for a teen magazine, but were taken just after the launch of Windows 1.0.
See here.
QUOTE(kl33per @ Jan 21 2005, 01:00 AM)
Never heard of Brashes, is that down south (Sydney, Melbourne?). I've only seen them at Harvey Norman and Myer MegaMart recently (say last six months or so, although I could be wrong about that). At any rate, that still isn't like walking in to Joe's Computer store on the street corner and walking out with Mac, which can't be done.
They went bust a few years ago so that's probably why you haven't heard of them. They used to have two stores on the Gold Coast, one at Bundall and the other at Pac Fair.
Kinda reminds me of Austin Powers
Bill, U sexy beast!
Bill, U sexy beast!
Billy is the Man
He's he sexier?
QUOTE(rjamorim @ Jan 18 2005, 07:47 PM)
I just wet my panties
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