Nearly 30 years later the printer is still the most problematic piece of machinery on the planet.

@user-wb7ot7kt3x

11 ай бұрын

As a SysAdmin I do hate printers. Sometimes they don't work for no reason at all.

@jroscon3003

11 ай бұрын

Just Epic i agree

@xiaokhat

11 ай бұрын

Printers are the moodiest piece of tech invented. They know the best time when to act up 😂

@jcamargo2005

11 ай бұрын

The router is second place?

@gt8200-0

11 ай бұрын

I spent about 20 minutes trying to connect my printer to my PC wirelessly before giving up and going wired USB.

"For many newcomers, PC stands for *Pain* and *Confusion* " I died laughing at that part

@cameroncalzone8860

3 жыл бұрын

i prefer MAC: masochistic and costly

@chotai

3 жыл бұрын

@@cameroncalzone8860 selectively not much expensive. But my budget can only hold pain.

@omairshafiq1998

3 жыл бұрын

I mean it hasn't changed in that aspect

@dannyzero692

3 жыл бұрын

@@omairshafiq1998 not much but yes, my grandpa still hasn't figured out how to use his mouse

@CatololOSU

3 жыл бұрын

it stands for : ''aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa''

To be fair, getting a printer to work for someone new to computers is like asking a newborn infant to drive an F1 car

@piotrmazek540

5 күн бұрын

Especially back then.

@alsanchez5038

4 күн бұрын

No

@johnmartinez7440

4 күн бұрын

In what way?

@mattt180

4 күн бұрын

@@johnmartinez7440 Sometimes they just don't wanna. So you restart it and it says, "Good nap. Ok, I'll print."

@ilhamrj2599

3 күн бұрын

​@@piotrmazek540it is even worse now... it is like asking an infant to fly spaceshuttle....😂

'Press any key....' 'Where's the any key?'

@janestoodley2300

4 ай бұрын

😂 😂 😂

@user-misspoken

23 күн бұрын

😅😅😅😅 you win

@John_Lee_

13 күн бұрын

and where's my tab?

@angelofdeath275

13 күн бұрын

now its nothing but crap made to induce a moral pano

@Jonathan.Gearhart

9 күн бұрын

😂😂😂 incredible

“4 megabyte memory” ah, the gold standard

@coolak7293

3 жыл бұрын

This is too much, 640k is enough for everyone...

@baganatube

3 жыл бұрын

That is over four freaking MILLION bytes, what kind of application would be able to utilize such amount of memory.

@moneer7139

3 жыл бұрын

@@Septagrim on my pc, chrome milks my cpu, so i got opera gx its so much better and cooler

@raggedclawstarcraft6562

3 жыл бұрын

@@coolak7293 Everybody laugh at Bill Gates for saying that (if he even said that), but maybe he was correct at a time of saying this phrase. It's like saying 1 GB of ram is plenty in early 2000s.

@someguywithmtndew5691

3 жыл бұрын

@@Septagrim lie, oh wait im dumb nvm

All of those IT guys who had to deal with 'newbies' every single day are the real legends here.

@MarkT1700

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I wouldn't be able to deal with that. I'd die on my first day.

@Commander_HW

3 жыл бұрын

That's me, as a real IT guy, all my family members call me for their computer problems. My mom literally txted me and ask me to make a video of how to turn her iPhone off....... she said every time she does it it's always siri.

@NeytAkyide

3 жыл бұрын

thanks bro im dying everyday again with Pc Newbies

@Stanley-px3bt

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but have you tried turning it off and back on again?

@PROGRESSGamingOfficial

3 жыл бұрын

@@Commander_HW As a previous Android user it also took me a couple of tries to turn an iPhone off. Simply holding the off-button activates Siri instead of turning your device off, not intuitive at all..

the same generation of people are still asking the same newbie questions 30 years later...

@cebruthius

2 ай бұрын

That's my mother!

@skunksecond

2 ай бұрын

opposite way too, zoomers and late gen z'ers weren't taught basic tech literacy because of phones, tablets, and chromebooks which simplified everything. there are some of us who dont even know how to make folders

@moonlightfitz

2 ай бұрын

same with zoomers lol

@TheMexicoBear

2 ай бұрын

Especially Zoomers dealing with old tech.

@bonkyo

2 ай бұрын

@@skunksecond its funny you mention folders specifically because now i hear knowing HOW to make one on a computer classifies you as a power user nowadays

In the year 2023, I’m watching this news clip from 1995 about personal computers on my 6 inch smartphone using my WiFi. How times have changed.😂

@MattWeser

6 күн бұрын

Imagine going back to the time of the video and saying this exact sentence to people...

@ShortFuseFighting

4 күн бұрын

congrats on using a screen smaller than the one on their laptops from 30 years ago. yall have really come "a long way"....

@KaraKubed

2 күн бұрын

@@ShortFuseFightingbros acting like the smartphone wasn’t a massive innovation in technology

@Goofballhero

Күн бұрын

@@ShortFuseFighting Right, because a laptop can fit in your pocket.

@ShortFuseFighting

Күн бұрын

@@Goofballhero "right", cause you cant live without a friggin screen while youre OUTSIDE....

A moment of silence for all the call center employees from the 90's who helped us get to this point.

@mikekatz7980

3 жыл бұрын

and for all of the Karens they had to battle along the way.

@MrOiram46

3 жыл бұрын

I bet some of them just got fed up and came up with some ways of making computers easier to use like they are now

@PajamaJazama

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrOiram46 theyve become so easy that theyve come full circle and made it harder for more experienced users lol

@Adama.1

3 жыл бұрын

Rather an applause. Moment of silence suggests they all died, I'm pretty sure most of them are very alive.

@oktogen1476

3 жыл бұрын

point of censorship and programmers that became nurses? no thanks

This needs a “Where are they now”.

@ambersummer2685

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣👏🏽👏🏽

@thriquinox

3 жыл бұрын

dead

@taimoorulhassan1451

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@joie8422

3 жыл бұрын

Yes 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@leobrun0moura

3 жыл бұрын

Dead or more older, indeed

As someone who works in the IT field, a lot of people are still this confused

It still amazes me today how things just work. I grew up in a world of dial-up, parallel ports, IRQ conflicts, and DOS.

@PhilMoskowitz

3 ай бұрын

BIOSes and OSes got a whole lot better.

@jeremycarter

10 күн бұрын

Ahhhh…good ole’ IRQ conflicts. That brings back memories! iSCSCI IRQ on Apple was my confusion. Granted I was just 8 or so when I was putting my Mac components together and didn’t really understand what the heck was going on.

@RealMTBAddict

10 күн бұрын

Amazes you? We've had 40 years to improve on it. I'm not amazed, I'm satisfied.

@jirikrajnak9047

9 күн бұрын

they've been running on the same principles for decades. it's the users who have become savvy.

@PistonAvatarGuy

8 күн бұрын

I still remember having to move, add, or remove jumpers to make changes to the settings for the CPU, peripheral cards, disk drives, etc. Overclocking a CPU involved physically moving some jumpers on the motherboard. Good times.

Back then, it was a severe mistake to buy a laptop as your first PC.

@Leonard_MT

3 жыл бұрын

At least it’s a ThinkPad it has that easy BIOS configuration utility

@coreysuffield

3 жыл бұрын

it still nearly is

@DaneH64

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@erickabundis7952

3 жыл бұрын

@@coreysuffield depends

@erickabundis7952

3 жыл бұрын

@@justinepaula-robilliard what?

Legend has it, she's still trying to plugged it in..

@Notolderthanyou

3 жыл бұрын

*plug

@siamfazlul7129

3 жыл бұрын

and the camera man is still standing there doing nothing about it

@wordsmith451

3 жыл бұрын

@@Leshan51 I hate that term. Also, there is a family-friendly form of sex: incest! :)

@erickabundis7952

3 жыл бұрын

@@Leshan51 “LeTs KeEp ThIs ChAt FaMiLy FrIeNdLy” headass

@youraveragemetalhead226

3 жыл бұрын

Legend has it, you're still trying to "learned" english

Jamie is still fighting that damn printer to this day in 2024

@ntsejfamyaj

7 күн бұрын

That's not fair, that's very condescending, and that was uncalled for. Jamie suffers from acute boomeritis, even though she's not really a boomer. While paying for groceries recently at a nearby grocery store, our local CBS station field reporter, Tricia Takanawa, asked if she would pay using cash, credit, or mobile, but Jamie gave a confused look. Instead, she pulled out a check book.

@hmocreations1120

6 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@lioninguccisuit

2 күн бұрын

I'm born in 97, but still had a PC sience i was quite young 5-6 years old. And i remember specific things of how awful the pc interface was, thanks god i was blessed with windows xp, cause 97 and 00 was extremly awful. I remember when you had to go in Total Comander or what was it called, or when a dude gave to my parent a thing for PC that had like 260 games in, sonic, alex kid, jaz rabit, road rage.. Jesus was so nice, i used to be so happy playing. But having to conect the cables is hard, especialy when you don't know what damange you can bring to a pc, with Usb's now and jacks, is sightly harder to destroy something, but with the cable the lady used you could break the pins, plus what if you connect something wrong and burn the circuits ,etc. Is just the same vibe when you build a PC, and you have to put the CPU into the pc, which mean 1 sightly mistake and avoiding to read where to put the cpu, you'll just easly lose 400-1.000$

@m.ceniza4688

3 сағат бұрын

@@ntsejfamyajyou laugh but printers are one of the Devil’s earthly minions

I can still clearly remember when we got the first computer to my job, I was 37 years old, and a guy came to teach us how to use it. We sat in a circle just staring in disbelief, he picked me first to come and try it. He said put your hand on the mouse and start moving it slowly, I first asked what's a mouse??? After he told me I asked "like how"??? He said oh, you have never used a computer? I said NO I HAVEN'T, WHERE WOULD I HAVE USED ONE??? No one had them at home yet, and I thought I'd never ever learn how to use it..

@DugrozReports

9 күн бұрын

How did it work out?

@mrsTraveller64

9 күн бұрын

@@DugrozReports well,for me it took a long time to even think I'd be able to learn how to use a computer,it wasn't until I bought one for my home that I really came over beeing so acared to touch it😁 here in our schools the children taught themselves in no-time and then they taught the teachers! I remember seeing on the news how children age 10 sat and gave computer-lessons to their teachers😁

@luivalentino8520

9 күн бұрын

Didn't your schools have computers? I grew up in the 80s and our schools had them. Radio shack had tons of them too.

@mrsTraveller64

9 күн бұрын

@@luivalentino8520I went to school in the 70's so no, we had no computers, I can't remember if there was one in the teachers room, but I don't think there was, there was typing machines and when "word" came(I think it was called that?) I remember it was a big thing; not to have to start from the beginning,just erase that ONE misspelled word and continue!

@xtlm

8 күн бұрын

@@DugrozReports some say they never figured it out

UPDATE: She's a Hacker now, beware.

@yusha1059

3 жыл бұрын

oh hi smirk kid

@EmirFaruk

3 жыл бұрын

w0w

@maj746

3 жыл бұрын

Black hat or white?

@chrisik100

3 жыл бұрын

@@maj746 probably red..hat)

@abdulkadirhassan7186

3 жыл бұрын

hhhhhhhhhhhh

the first lady looks like she's just figuring out what electricity is

@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305

3 жыл бұрын

i dunno how old you are you, im 38 but lemme tell ya when i was 7-14 years old my parents were like this. My dad was a computer scientist working in the army space program office, and military intelligence for 22 years in the army, but his first personal computer he bought himself was a pc in 1994-95 and he didnt know how to use it. He had to take computer classes to learn how to use a personal computer.. he knew electronics and satalites in space but didnt know how the new computers worked. My mom was the same thing, in 96 she had a computer its still in storage btw lol. and i remember her on the phone with tech support for 4 hours one night trying to get it to work. Computers back then were not simple like they are are.. Once you get the cords all plugged in just installing stuff on a pc back then through floppy disks was complicated. Windows 95 was new, DOS was the main thing.. and to install stuff you had to go into dos and type commands everything. Like CD:/INSTALL DOOM. then to load it you needed to type in commands.. and thats just for CD's.. imagine doing this on 10 floppy disks.. The commands for things were complicated for new users... If youre in your 20's or younger you dont know how easy you had things, you put in a CD and things install immediatly you grew up with windows xp .. you just select the hard drive to install it. Now adays for teens they just download things online and install them through steam or what not.. computers now dont even have a dvd or cd drive.

@rumblefish9

3 жыл бұрын

MITCHELL WIGGS You say that because you've grown up with a PC but for a lot of people back in the day, using a PC was a massive change and a steep learning curve. Put yourself during that time and I'm sure you'd be struggling too. You don't know pain and torture until you've tried learning to work DOS. Back then there wasn't even a user-friendly user interface. That didn't come until Windows 98. It's all much easier now because of usability.

@HandledToaster2

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305 Thanks for sharing your story, man. I appreciate how things have gotten easier throughout the years.

@mq5731

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305 I mean...DOS ain’t that hard to use. You just need to know the commands. I can’t imagine someone selling you a program without giving you an instruction manuel...

@wopmf4345FxFDxdGaa20

3 жыл бұрын

What many people also forget that back then there was no Google and internet was very limited. Now it's so easy when you can google absolutely anything, any technical problem, 1 second of googling and bang, you have an answer.

"This just in, you have to learn new things and you don't instantly know how to use them... More at 11."

Nearly 30yrs later, not much has changed. Gen-Xers and younger grew up with tech, but we still have A LOT of ppl in the workplace that have simply memorized the steps to their job on a computer, and anytime anything happens outside of that sequence, their whole world gets flipped upside-down.

@danyoutube7491

4 ай бұрын

Operating systems are more complicated than ever, so it would be impossible for most people to be savvy about things that don't apply to their day to day role (not to mention a waste of their time learning things that they almost certainly would never have to know, and a lot of which would be rendered useless by the frequent updates to Windows). What's more Windows and the computer world in general seems to be have been pushing the consumer to be more reliant on Microsoft, Google etc. to let them do everything, control everything. I am less confident and able now than I was when I first got an IBM compatible in the early 2000s (I had owned a couple of Commodore Amiga computers in the 1990s as well as using IBM style PC at school, so was already computer savvy). I used to be comfortable installing mods for games and so forth on my computer, but things like Steam and Windows from 8 onwards took these things out of my hands (Windows 8 even made it hard for me to make changes to files in game folders on my own computer...).

@axeldewater9491

10 күн бұрын

@@danyoutube7491 Linux would revive those skills for you 😉

@Jonathan.Gearhart

9 күн бұрын

Kinda sad that so many redundantly use their phone without knowing or caring about the insane engineering behind it.

@DugrozReports

9 күн бұрын

@@danyoutube7491 This 100% Up until 2005 or so I could mod things pretty easily, install my own stuff manually, and it was easy. Now the OS either does it for you or you have to be in IT.

@aev6075

8 күн бұрын

Sure young people grew up with technology, but they have zero idea how any of it works. It's a struggle for them to get a new social media app running and they don't even know how to work word or excel or any tool for that matter. Staring at a screen != learning about the technology.

To this day my dad’s mind is still blown over the fact that he needed training software to learn how to control his cursor and I was able to naturally figure it out as a kid.

@Beegeezy144

3 жыл бұрын

Have you heard of the hundredth monkey effect? That might explain how you knew, but I'm still wondering how he got the software installed if he didn't know how to use the cursor. 😁

@2nd-place

3 жыл бұрын

@@Beegeezy144 back then you installed everything from the command prompt, lol. I’m a web developer and still install everything through a bash/zsh terminal on my Mac ssh’d into a Linux server. You just install from a repo whatever app you need. Tons of open source frameworks to speed development.

@tfat00

3 жыл бұрын

I remember my parents setting up our first PC and when I tried to help my dad yelled at me so I left. Later my mom told me what I had suggested actually worked when they tried it an hour later 😂

@wolfarix

3 жыл бұрын

@@Beegeezy144 I think it was at his work. My guess is his IT department set it up and where training him. By the time we got a home PC he knew how it worked.

@AW-qz4kk

3 жыл бұрын

kids learn better

Crazy how I find this funny, but kids in the near future will probably think we are dumb too

@skorpius2029

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think people were dumb. It was new technology and it wasn't as beginner friendly as it is now. Compare installation of windows XP with windows 10 and it will be a very different experience.

@heramann6916

3 жыл бұрын

Very wrong, we live in the year of information. Unlike our parents, we will have no problems keeping up with new tecnologies since we have easy access to/information of them.

@Mimi-py8mf

3 жыл бұрын

@@heramann6916 yup, exactly

@zarodgaming1844

3 жыл бұрын

" U mean you can't compute pi in an instant? pffft. Beeetaaa ! " ~ future 4 year old, probably

@tvvoty

3 жыл бұрын

idk, people would install Windows 98 in those days, and now most people can't install win 10

Describing computers as pain and confusion has to be the most incredibly well aged quote of the century. I swear to god every time I have a "small" problem there's an iceberg under it the size of long island.

@ThuNguyen-jy2jt

Күн бұрын

i feel you. something randomly breaks and i have to go down a rabbit hole to find a solution, and often to no avail. then it adds up and i have to reset windows entirely. computers should be working for us and not the other way around; i dont need to be a computer scientist just to use it.

As someone in the IT industry, I can confirm the “pain and confusion” acronym is often accurate still

She spent nearly 5k in 2021 money

@mathiastwp

3 жыл бұрын

Big oof, Linus.

@smeezekitty

3 жыл бұрын

@TDFPL kek

@jackkraken3888

3 жыл бұрын

Right? That's what's amazing about technology now. This stuff is far cheaper now than in the past and yet even more powerful and feature rich. It's insane.

@jonny6702

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackkraken3888 Well, yeah. Computers are tens of thousands of times faster at computing now. It wouldn't make sense if a 5000 investment back then would be multiplied tens of thousands of times linearly with the compute ability. You'd end up spending many many millions of dollars for todays modern high frequency, high IPC, multi-core processors. I think that would be more insane.

@cozy6308

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackkraken3888 do you really think that an old computer with 4mb of memory is very comparable to a 480gb computer which is very fast?

The only way printers have changed is that they're wireless now

@Ultra289

3 жыл бұрын

USB printers are still more common

@CVerse

3 жыл бұрын

And yet they still don't wanna work when you need them to, even through USB

@dracodrake2973

3 жыл бұрын

Wireless printers are useless.

@breadone_

3 жыл бұрын

@@dracodrake2973 ⁉️

@abethegamerful

3 жыл бұрын

And yet even more annoying to use

0:12 "for many newcomers, PC stands for... Pain and Confusion". I'm dead.

Did Jamie Gold ever get her printer set up?? We need a follow-up.

@NorthOfEarthAlex

7 күн бұрын

Found her on LinkedIn. She's a journalist and tech consultant now.

@floopsiebraadsie5638

5 күн бұрын

But is the printer working? These are the things we need to know

@thorbjrnhedegaard3049

4 күн бұрын

Yes did she find the printers interface port and connect the cable, this we must know

@holger_p

2 күн бұрын

Creating a document first, would have been more conclusive.

Having $2,900 in 1995 to spend on a computer is very impressive

@engineerated5627

3 жыл бұрын

With this much money, she could have bought some shares of growing companies and become a millionaire today.

@gaiusjuliuscaesar9296

3 жыл бұрын

@@engineerated5627 Invest in IBM or Apple instead

@KH-fv3vq

3 жыл бұрын

Some corporate woman

@democracyforone

3 жыл бұрын

Bitcoin, no doubt.

@maliniatb

3 жыл бұрын

And im wondering what you could've used it for that its with the money at this point. At least as a normal private Person without any interest in technology

Imagine having to do tech support without the internet...

@Nicksperiments

3 жыл бұрын

And the call gets charged by the minute

@mertkarabay2262

3 жыл бұрын

I feel the pain

@henrikmonkee

3 жыл бұрын

That's why ppl were thougher than todays crystal dolls 😂

@gator_productions

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nicksperiments they were 800 numbers so it had no charge

@lancelucid7420

3 жыл бұрын

😬😬

1990s was the golden decade to live as an adult.

@AryaStarky

Күн бұрын

Houses that even minimum wage people can afford, what a dream.

Legend has it that she is still looking to install the printer.

Crazy how far we’ve come in 26 short years; now, babies know how to navigate through a smartphone better than some adults lol

@notbambang

3 жыл бұрын

Today's tech is more easier to use, everything can be done wireless, no need to worries about cables and not matching ports

@mandinikohl2541

3 жыл бұрын

Yo I swear to god all they do is watch us on our phones & scheme until they're dexterous enough to do it too. Lmao

@PeaceDweller

3 жыл бұрын

Ironically, back in the 90s only intelligent people had personal computers/laptops.

@beefnoodles4981

3 жыл бұрын

Huh??? PC is diffrent from SmartPhone

@youcanletgox3

3 жыл бұрын

@@beefnoodles4981 I’m speaking about technology in general :P

In 1996 I was 8 years old, pcs were just coming into India, only the rich people could afford to own one. My parents sent me to computer classes thinking it was the future. All I learnt were some DOS commands as well as MS paint. Now so many years later I'm an experienced software engineer. Smart move mom and dad. Thank you

@snipamontage6222

3 жыл бұрын

Damn

@perfectsplit5515

3 жыл бұрын

4 years of undergraduate mechanical engineering courses at the university - and computer literacy was what I ended up learning - more than anything else. I became my parents' tech support.

@sujitwarrier4857

3 жыл бұрын

@@perfectsplit5515 it doesn't matter what you do. You always are tech support for your parents.

@KUNALBISWAS-NEWS-TECH-SHORT

3 жыл бұрын

Cost us 67k, HCL ..

@sujitwarrier4857

3 жыл бұрын

@@KUNALBISWAS-NEWS-TECH-SHORT what?

No one could possibly imagine that this would lead to "Sittin on the Toilet".

This video is an absolute relic! Thank you, CBS.

"It's printing way too large and I don't know why" - a problem that still happens in 2021, from personal experience, lol.

@ElonMasks

3 жыл бұрын

Lool

@occidere13

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@MrKPRules

3 жыл бұрын

Printers man.

@piedra7040

3 жыл бұрын

Printers are still trash in 2021

@holocaust_2.0

3 жыл бұрын

It's cheaper to just buy new printers than it is to buy new ink cartridges.

In fairness, there was more tech jargon and programming knowledge needed back then to operate a computer. Now there are less ports, devices are found automatically, apps install quickly, startup time is minimal.

@richardsequeirateixeira

3 жыл бұрын

USB changed the game dramatically too. Plug and Play.

@ian_b

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardsequeirateixeira So long as you can tell which of the 25 types of USB you have. :D

@camaluck678

3 жыл бұрын

my computer has 9 ports being used right now, not including the power cable.

@revengenerd1

3 жыл бұрын

I find it funny and a little silly how people often think the kids of today are great with tech as show them pre 00's tech not just computers and they get stuck, tell them to do many non plug and play things on a pc and they don't know what to do. All they really know how to do is use apps.

@ohrenaugenkatze_

3 жыл бұрын

@@revengenerd1 yep, my grandma thinks im a tech genie cause i changed the aspect ratio on her tv, even though it is just pressing one button ( to be fair, the remote had everything labled in English and she does not speak English)

I chocked on my coffee when I heard "4 megabyte memory." Not that it was unexpected, but it still got me...

I've been an IT guy for 30 years. Poor Jamie. I'd like to go back in time and help her get set up. She almost had that printer cable hooked up, but 2nd guessed herself.

The IT department at IBM hated dealing with "newbies" so much, the whole company left the consumer market 😂

@Wapitiii

3 жыл бұрын

best comment ever

@JoeMama-le7lw

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@hittingyouoverthehead

3 жыл бұрын

Please do standup. You seem to be funnier than most late night tv hosts

@Alpha8713

3 жыл бұрын

I don't blame them.

@josephozdemir6210

3 жыл бұрын

IBM now owns lenovo irght?

"Did you try turning it off and on again?" - "It's not even plugged in yet" 1995 was hard

@SimonUA

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@pratyushkongalla8928

2 жыл бұрын

🤣😂🤣

@gladius_arbor

2 жыл бұрын

😂 😂

@zorkitipafed4626

2 жыл бұрын

Still common nowadays. People who work in PC services or internet providers' technical supports can tell you hundreds of stories about dumb clients who can't handle plugs and on/off buttons of their PC.

@hasenel3731

2 жыл бұрын

you seems like a fella will enjoy some street countdown

It's interesting seeing all this as someone who was born with computers. Mad to think there was a time like this! :)

@drewottesen2609

2 ай бұрын

Same. I'm especially amazed, because I'm in Gen Z and also particularly tech savy (Comp sci major, linux user) so it's interesting to see such a different world

@Kris.G

3 күн бұрын

Words can't describe the touch, the smell, the sounds those computers were making. And the brochures and magazines with whole overpriced sets including printers, speakers and CRT monitors. I got my first PC when I was 18. As far as I remember I had a whooping 512MB HDD.... I consider myself lucky to have experienced both worlds in my lifetime.

I'm happy to have discovered PC computing in the mid 90's with a 386 rescued from trash. No money spent for it. It was probably throwed away by some guy sending his PC to garbage after going berserk by using it. This PC was working perfectly after only replacing its HDD and reinstall MSDOS. I was a 10yo child and it helped me a lot to familiarize early with computing and english language where in France it was very rare for a family to own a computer in these years. That served me a lot to show quickly advanced skills with computers in school compared to most of my teachers and comrades. I was immediately able to use the PC keyboard because when I was even younger, I had fun typing on my grandmother's typewriter.

@DugrozReports

9 күн бұрын

I like that story!

@hackmedia7755

Күн бұрын

I played with personal computers since the early 90s. My dad was an electrical engineer and used to work on computer graphics. I remember playing with computers at school with math games and other students were jealous I could do math. I miss going with my dad to the Siggraph computer graphics expo. I now work on a lot of Software.

Jesus, I think even Satan felt sorry for those working first line support in those days.

@ScienceAlliance

3 жыл бұрын

true.

@DurkMcGerk

3 жыл бұрын

@Golem Goyim I always liked: "there's a loose nut behind the keyboard"

@leogama3422

3 жыл бұрын

@Golem Goyim ID 10-T?

@ccmireonthebeat4473

3 жыл бұрын

happy 666 likes

@BeexDubb

3 жыл бұрын

People were less entitled and rude back then, so I doubt it’s worse than today.

We evolved from adults struggling to work on their PCs to young teens building high-spec gaming stations at the age of 13

@edga7490

3 жыл бұрын

Nowadays building a pc is easy as breathe.

@5starwesley

3 жыл бұрын

@@edga7490 fax, it really doesnt take computer knowledge to buy it

@AlexIncarnate911

3 жыл бұрын

Back when nerds were not some woke wannabes....

@vntamed700

3 жыл бұрын

The power of the internet

@itsthem5699

3 жыл бұрын

Building a PC now is easier than setting up a laptop + printer + custom modem hardware + phone configuration was back then.

$2,832 in 1995 is worth $5,802.97 in 2024, that is wild for a computer.

Having worked in a call center for a internet provider in 1999 myself I can guarantee you that back then the people trying to help you often were hardly qualified to do so. I remember my job interview consisted of them basically asking if I new what the internet was and if I was wiling to work on Saturdays. Thank god there were some guys who really knew their stuff because I was just hopeless.

"PC stands for 'pain and confusion'" that made me laugh so hard

@Tom-jh3pl

3 жыл бұрын

True, wait, where did the and come from???

@rumblefish9

3 жыл бұрын

Eljay Duldulao Try to work DOS and you'll know "pain and confusion"

@inceptionsd

3 жыл бұрын

Still hasnt changed.

@sulaiman9766

3 жыл бұрын

yeah get a mac

@linussandell831

3 жыл бұрын

@@sulaiman9766 Mad and crazy

I had to laugh when he said that "PCs for Dummies" had sold 18 million copies. Some clever people back in the day laughed all the way to the bank.

@diverman1023

3 жыл бұрын

I mean in 1995 a UI like windows 95 was completely unheard of to the vast majority of people. It's like if you took someone from 1700 and told them to fly a plane

@sivartb7273

3 жыл бұрын

@@diverman1023 what percent of the human population can fly a plane in 2921?

@IvanPlayStation4LiFe

3 жыл бұрын

Those are the best book there's one for everything subject including stocks. Is the best informative book series that why is still selling like hot cakes or drugs.

@sonicSnap

3 жыл бұрын

@@sivartb7273 ah yes, 2921

@jaderal

3 жыл бұрын

@@diverman1023 In 1995 nobody have windows 95, its not like today that you can download, in that time it was not that quick

Until now, a significant portion of my life has revolved around computers. However, after watching this old video, I found myself unexpectedly moved, with tears in my eyes. I thoroughly enjoyed reading through all the comments on this video and even the replies to those comments. Everything about this experience brings me a sense of peace, and it feels really gratifying. Thanks to KZread for suggesting this video. 🖥📺😌

@swaglife-mi5fh

4 ай бұрын

u seriously cried to a video of a woman struggling to set up a computer grow up man

Cool flashback! It would be neat to see a follow-up interview with her. The first computer I ever remember interacting with was a Macintosh at my elementary school right around this time in 1995. The first home computer I ever had was a IBM PS/2 Model 25 that my uncle gave me. I learned alot about DOS!

Why did she put a giant save button in her computer?

@Gamer-uf1kl

3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@leodf1

3 жыл бұрын

Good one. Didn't get it for a moment.

@DaneH64

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao 😆

@MicahFleischman

3 жыл бұрын

This is gonna anger someone 😂

@GURken

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting, in what time this joke won't be a joke anymore?

2:37 lol her frustration while the credits were rolling. The editors made it look like a comedy segment like The Office xD

@nobody-tj1mv

3 жыл бұрын

* curb your enthusiasm credits *

@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587

3 жыл бұрын

loool it does 💀

@Halo56Guy

3 жыл бұрын

@@nobody-tj1mv no

@nobody-tj1mv

3 жыл бұрын

@@Halo56Guy yes

@user-ex2hj5gw1v

3 жыл бұрын

Now we know where The Office took inspiration from

If I buy a piano, can I call the manufacturer to teach me how to play it for free? Support is NOT TUTORING! Even in 1995 a 6-year-old could have shown her how it plugs in.

This is crazy! Just 20 years later we have computers everywhere! from our cars to our pockets!

I'll never forget the look on my moms face when i told her I've got the reply to an email send to my/our cousin(s) in Canada in the same day (I'm European BTW). Mail even had pictures and it moved across the ocean instantly... It was like sci-fi for her.

@GeoSae

3 жыл бұрын

Yup .. I still remember the telegraph's office building in my hometown, It was about the same size as the Postal Service one, they charged you per letter. The closest we had from instant communication was the International and National LADA phone calls from a land line. Calls were terrible quality and extremely expensive! I remember in 1985 after the earthquake in Mexico City, we were unable to communicate to our relatives living there until a few weeks after the event. And I was possible thanks to the "Radiodifusores" People who owned large CB radios with huge antennas on top of their roofs who communicated with other people in other regions as a hobby. (An expensive one!) What is really amazing is that even with all these limitations, we still could fly in about the same amount of time as now, is just that plane tickets were more expensive.

@z1lla4

3 жыл бұрын

Your comment is causing me pain and confusion

@nmotschidontwannagivemyrea8932

3 жыл бұрын

It's still like sci-fi to me, and I grew up with it.

@adunce.5422

3 жыл бұрын

@@toKy0t0 That’s good stuff

@Horologica

3 жыл бұрын

But think about this but in terms of instant material teleportation. This was already achieved on the atomic level

It is probably the first time I've seen a 3.5" floppy being inserted with two hands.

@ScienceAlliance

3 жыл бұрын

*crunch that do be interesting doe

@gurgy3

3 жыл бұрын

Well aren’t you a lucky man

@eightbitoni

3 жыл бұрын

i still remember the 8 and 5 inch floppy and was excited for a brief moment when the zip drive was introduced lol

@WarpRulez

3 жыл бұрын

Wait 'til you see a boomer use a mouse with two hands.

@mozzjones6943

3 жыл бұрын

You must have had some real patient girlfriends then

ISA, PCI, PCIe, parallel ports, ribbon cables, dip switches, IRQ settings, sound card, modem and video card conflicts, configuring the BIOS, IDE...the days of building white boxes! Anyone else remember the "good old days"?

@cinefyl

8 күн бұрын

I had a job once where we needed to plug in a dongle to use an application. And, OF COURSE, the dongle would go missing and then we would spend 2 hours trying to find it so "Mike" could create a visual for his 2:30pm presentation. Good times

@FreshStartApostolic

8 күн бұрын

@@cinefyl I remember the dongles. Hahahahahahaha

@jw11432

7 күн бұрын

lol duuuude... It must have been around 1995 or so. My dad, who was a software developer at the time, had purchased a new computer: a pentium 75! This bad boy had a 4x cd-rom, 8 colossal MB of RAM, and wait for it...a freaking _GIGABYTE_ of hard drive space. I remember inquiring about the video card because the one we used in our family computer was an ISA card (it didn't even have a PCI slot lol, it was a 486 33mhz) and I loved playing Doom in "hi res" mode, but it was so slow and laggy on the family computer, I was curious how the new computer would handle it. My dad told me that the video was on board, so it was basically just as fast as a PCI card and I think it had a 1 MB allocation of video memory. Not only did Doom play faster, it could even handle it in hi res mode without an issue! And it even had sound instead of the PC speaker sound I was accustomed to with the family computer!! The plasma rifle was my favorite sound for a long time. I could go on and on with stories like this lol

Printer was like sub-boss level, but to set up internet was boss level, or superboss level to make that freaking Microsoft Outlook work properly and make it stable.

People forget that user manuals used to be written like Technical Manuals...they were actually fairly confusing and full of jargon. Once manufacturers realized the average user didn't have a CS degree, they began writing tech manuals and explaining specifications for non technically literate people.

@Ascertivus

3 жыл бұрын

I think that's good! As much as I'd like to have manuals that are full of jargon and all the technical information that goes along with the device, I think that the switch to a more casually-worded manual was smart since it's more practical for most people. Thank you for sharing that fact!

@shadowxxe

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ascertivus I mean there usually are specs listed at the back page or on the back of the box and when you get into enthusiast pc equipment like high end graphics cards or professional-grade motherboards you will find that the manuals aren't really about how to install the the thing but more about how to diagnose error codes and which ports do what

@thisuniquechica

3 жыл бұрын

And now they just forgo user manuals altogether 🥺

@Cowboy1Brian

3 жыл бұрын

yes, in spanish

@tylerchambers6246

3 жыл бұрын

That's because the manual was meant to teach you how to actually get the most out of the machine. Nowadays, a user is expected to use their machine the same way everyone else uses it, to accomplish the sake basic tasks, so 'manuals' are really just quick start guides. Which is bad, because how can you get the most out of your machine if you can't mold it around your unique needs and goals?

Was there ever a point in computer history, where printers just worked? 99% percent of the computer related problems in my office and at home are printer problems. That Office Space printer scene felt soooo good!

@zachsmith1731

Жыл бұрын

It's why old job had a ricoh guy on standby at all times

@oaooaoipip2238

Жыл бұрын

@@zachsmith1731 Printers has always been like that. They never seems to evolve. It's like formating a an email. Sure you can use HTML and CSS but if you try to do something fancy like setting an image width it will only work in half of the mail clients.

@MacTTR

Жыл бұрын

It's because modern hardware got HARDER to use, because of how wide the range has gotten for drivers. Etc.

@trashyraccoon2615

Жыл бұрын

Usually on Mac. Right now I’ve got a Brother printer and I’m running MacOS Mavericks, works every single time

@MacTTR

Жыл бұрын

@@trashyraccoon2615 yes, but the wide majority use windows, Mac is nice, but for certain printers, it's not like " ok it's a pain to get working but I can install drivers!" And then if your not lucky Mac can just not offer drivers... because Apple doesn't like 3rd party stuff... that's what happens when your computer is "virus proof" (not really hating on macs but they do have more flaws then windows compatibility wise...

It's still kinda crazy to me that computers and internet were just invented not too long ago. Really shows how young the modern world is

@spring7643

4 күн бұрын

My thoughts too

We all would be in “Pain and Confusion” if we were to wake up in 1995 trying to operate these computers.

@haywoodjblome4768

3 жыл бұрын

@NuNu there's a big difference between 1995 computers and 1965 computers lol

@Mr.Obongo

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, we’ll maybe idk. I first started using computers when I was 6 which was around the same time this video was made so I grew up with a lot of these old computers I find them easier to put together and work compared to what’s available now.

@olehtomilov2909

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Obongo Agree with you. I was born in '88 and grew up with computers

@neilquechon8716

3 жыл бұрын

Even if we managed to operate them we would still be in pain and confusion because it would feel to SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW !

@env0x

3 жыл бұрын

The worst pain would be having to buy printer ink all the time. And floppy disks. Nowadays it's usb chargers.

It was more interesting to learn that the word "newbie" goes back that far

@jericoba

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, it’s not an - oldie.

@ha1vorsen

3 жыл бұрын

why would it be a new word?

@jgon12

3 жыл бұрын

Even the dinosaurs used it , it's an old word.

@Anarchist86ed

3 жыл бұрын

@@jgon12 Earliest uses probably date to late twentieth century United States Armed Forces jargon.

@marksevastipol1946

3 жыл бұрын

@@jericoba 😂😂😂

I think I recall a video somewhere where someone tried to install a version of Debian from 1999 and it was a confusing and painful process that didn’t even get everything needed installed. This is making me even more glad that Kubuntu was able to come along since then.

0:12 After this sentence I knew instantly this is going to be golden

My Dad bought me a PC after much begging when I was about 18, so it was 1990 ish. I'd read PC Magazines for months and we finally bought a Hyundai 386 SX16 costing around £1400. Worked like a charm and I spent hours every day fascinated with what I could get it to do. Two yrs later after joining a company on work experience, I instantly became their IT Manager because my knowledge of PC's was God level compared to the staff already there... Thanks Dad :)

@giovanigeorgis3848

Жыл бұрын

You brought a car?

@Rsconquest

Жыл бұрын

@@giovanigeorgis3848 It's actually a pc lmao

@giovanigeorgis3848

Жыл бұрын

@@Rsconquest IK Hyundai is the obscure computer brand also sold by Fry’s Electronics as a last resort to stay in business here in the US and also a car brand.

@johnj3577

Жыл бұрын

@@giovanigeorgis3848 It was nearly as big as a car!

@w4drone720

Жыл бұрын

@@giovanigeorgis3848 rip fry's

Man, imagine if you bought Microsoft or Apple stock back then.

@XelaShade

3 жыл бұрын

all you needed was few bitcoins from 2006

@range9882

3 жыл бұрын

If u bought Bitcoins would’ve been worth it 99%

@Shadow77999

3 жыл бұрын

This was already too late. You shouldve bought in the 80s

@santoryu2753

3 жыл бұрын

@@XelaShade not 2006 man. you could have bought bitcoins for few dollars in 2011 too.

@XelaShade

3 жыл бұрын

@@santoryu2753 not for few cents

People not understanding computers back then was understandable. People not understanding computers in this day and age is terrifying.

@JJFlores197

5 ай бұрын

Yep. There's still a lot of tech illiteracy. There's a huge difference between being social media savvy and tech savvy.

@devalue7064

4 күн бұрын

and the tech illiteracy is getting larger with the new generation. a lot of kids have just phone and console. no PC or even laptop

95' is when i was born, and by 2001 I was playing Heroes of Might and Magic with my sisters. I loved computers ever since and I learned basics very early. Can't disagree though, things are much easier now.

@Judith_Remkes

28 күн бұрын

Heroes of Might and Magic is the best game (series) ever!

what 1995, I still found many people who react just like this girl.

@Jace888

3 жыл бұрын

YES! Omg. And the help page is as useless than before.

@AT-cy7im

2 жыл бұрын

Yep - to this day is hard for my to convince to my aunt that she can check her post, or pay bill on the pc. no seriously she's looks at me like I'm from another planet.

@rashidhumine

2 жыл бұрын

That's a Woman, not a Girl..

@Uria-jz1gu

2 жыл бұрын

@@rashidhumine its a grill

@Ace_Tails

2 жыл бұрын

@@Uria-jz1gu Its a Gurl

Where did they find this lady, I love her. "You'd let me know if I'm about to blow something up?" Also so glad we have USB now.

@TH3mrBROWN

3 жыл бұрын

That bit was so good, if only they had access to KZread back then. She'd know, from watch countless videos, that the person holding the camera never offers any help but simply records the chaos unfold.

@sprytnychomik

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, USB fits nice and tight in the ethernet port, but the printer is still not working.

@DiavalloX

3 жыл бұрын

@@sprytnychomik and my HDMI is sitting real nicely in my usb port. Also got a 3.5mm headset plug fit easily in my microusb port

@fredericodietrich5209

3 жыл бұрын

@@TH3mrBROWN i think she would actually need a computer for youtube in its first years (the first 2 years)

@kathryncarter6143

3 жыл бұрын

You could have come to my house & seen the exact same thing.

Interesting to see that we’ve transitioned from a technocentric view to a usercentric view. Nowadays, users get frustrated when a task takes too many clicks to be done. Back then, people almost needed a degree in computer science to make a computer function.

@baseddepartment285

6 ай бұрын

In the early 90s, not really.

@kyle8952

5 ай бұрын

I'm going to say you weren't old enough to use a computer in the 1990s. They were no harder than they are now.

@FlyBy2507

5 ай бұрын

@@kyle8952 Not true. Remember at this time PnP not exists yet. Remember to define the IRQ id on thoses cards to avoid conflict whith other peripherals ? And all those parameters added in config.sys ?

''please refer to troubleshooting'' is probably the worst piece of advice ever given in the history of humanity

“PC stands for pain and confusion” Yea. I feel that when I play league solo.

@saadsajidul9001

3 жыл бұрын

What is league???

@chocho6766

3 жыл бұрын

@@saadsajidul9001 league of legend obviously

@saadsajidul9001

3 жыл бұрын

@@chocho6766 i hate game, just an opinion no offense

@chocho6766

3 жыл бұрын

​@@saadsajidul9001 ok , just fyi playing league solo (alone with random people) is very frustrating it feels like so hard and unfair people will just blame each other when they lose , it's just a stress

@saadsajidul9001

3 жыл бұрын

@@chocho6766 is it toxic??

By watching the girl trying to make the PC work. I noticed something that her fashion wear is today fashion trend :D

@pumpernickelplace

3 жыл бұрын

totally. funny how on-point she looks for now.

@aidenorpington4637

3 жыл бұрын

lmaoo

@therealb888

3 жыл бұрын

@Trippie Nxouch jealous much? She was actually decent and I'd say attractive in some ways.

@therealb888

3 жыл бұрын

@Trippie Nxouch well she did look like a girl in the video tbh. What if she's still in shape & looking good though? ;). I've seen girls my age look more like big mamas than her. Hope you ain't one of em.

@jayg.2066

3 жыл бұрын

@Trippie Nxouch Stfu

99% of people born in the 90s and later would fail horribly at every single piece of tech that was available at the time. And I was borned in the 90s. I grew up around tech so it was a breeze for me but back then I didn't know almost anyone who could set up pretty much any gadget no matter if a printer or gaming accessory. There was no plug and play.

@DugrozReports

9 күн бұрын

I agree (*except for the "borned" part). I think we have a lot of 20-somethings on here assuming 90's tech was just as self-sufficient as it is now. It was not.

The sad thing is that some of these same people still cannot use one today. It's 2024 and we still have computer dummies.

4mb memory, lol

@ua7521

3 жыл бұрын

Even my phone has more memory

@ua7521

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder how much storage it had

@greasycheese8095

3 жыл бұрын

@@ua7521 128 megabytes was the storage of the mac

@LightningShiva1

3 жыл бұрын

@@ua7521 What a surprise..

@DeerJerky

3 жыл бұрын

@@ua7521 no way..more than 4mb of memory?

I’m still trying to figure out how computer scientists breed squirrels small enough to run on the tiny treadmills that power my phone.

@dnlgbrls

3 жыл бұрын

mine appears to have this burning fox powering my browser.

@declansnyder2281

3 жыл бұрын

gotta give credit where credit is due, its not the computer scientists you have to thank for that, it's the electrical engineers (well, the ARM architecture also helps a little)

@nat0106951

3 жыл бұрын

the ece engineers. not computer scientist. CS are mainly on softwares. not hardwares

28 years later & it still ain't any easy. ( the more we learn the more complicated it gets every passing year )

@jackkraken3888

5 ай бұрын

Really? I thought its far easier now. What in particular do you think is hard or harder?

2,800 for a computer in 1995 is almost 6,000 today. That's insane. However, I do agree that computers are more intuitive to use today.

"By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet's impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine's."

@cdvideodump

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul Krugman for your words of wisdom... /s

@yusha1059

3 жыл бұрын

Certified bruh moment be like

@JohnSmith-ox3gy

3 жыл бұрын

Another certified Paul Grugman moment.

@cdvideodump

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-ox3gy *THIS IS A CERTIFIED KRUG CLASSIC*

@AlexSchwartzATV

3 жыл бұрын

@@yusha1059 LOL

The biggest improvement in usability came from the fact that drivers were automatically installed and USB cables. Those made things way easier.

@AlfaPro1337

3 жыл бұрын

Basic drivers if you aren't connected to the internet.

@aaabatteries5576

3 жыл бұрын

and all the work done on UX

@ShrivledAlienLol

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t know what you’re taking about. I had to install my GPU drivers and flash my motherboard BIOS after getting a new CPU.

@jholotanbest2688

3 жыл бұрын

No just that but decades of RND that haver gone into ease of use.

@doltBmB

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShrivledAlienLol You don't have to install your GPU driver, there's always a basic driver available. And most GPU's have automatic updates now.

I was 2 years old when this CBS News report aired! Technology has evolved so much since then! And nowadays you can carry the internet in the palm of your hand!

When I was a teenager, older people around me did not understand computers. Now I'm in my forties, older people still do not understand computers, but younger people do not understand computers either, because they use their phones! It seems to me it was just our generation that was really into computers, and that's it.

A couple of things about this video. Even regular PC computers were relatively complicated by today's standards to install and use. Installing device drivers, getting online, understanding what you were buying etc. all relied on what was printed in the manual, what the salespeople told you at the store and your immediate social circle. You couldn't just Google something or go on KZread and look at 10 different videos which explain everything. If you got stuck with something, you remained so until you could find someone to help you with it. Installing new hardware required all kinds of compatibles components and installing drivers by hand. You couldn't just plug something into a USB port (didn't exist) and expect it to start working. And all computer stuff was *expensive*, especially new tech like digital cameras or CD-R drives. Then a year or two later they'd put out something twice as fast and good. It was brutal.

@bigalexg

Жыл бұрын

you get it. I think many here who have no compassion for the newbie in the story weren't there and don't realize how much easier things are these days. I was lucky in that I had a friend who held my hand while setting up my first PC. That was the only way to get a frustration free start in those days. I'd like to see young people today install a sound card in a PC from 93 and have to manually set the DMA and the IRQ or set up a LAN in Windows 3.1. Good luck.

@jensenraylight8011

Жыл бұрын

it's only hard, if you expect to learn everything in 1 day. if you just have fun with it, play with it and don't give it too much expectation, you'll be well versed with it within year. there are a lot of amazing thing you can do with it. after all, there are things that only PC/laptop could do, that smartphone, tablet, etc won't be able to do. all the Companies around the world use PC and not Smartphone or tablet for work for a reason

@lashlarue7924

Жыл бұрын

I grew up with computers and disagree; these people are cognitively inferior nincompoops. Computers back in the 80's were simple compared to the stuff we have today.

@kushagrabajpai__

11 ай бұрын

easy to miss the perspective!

@ChandravijayAgrawal

11 ай бұрын

this is most sensible of all comments here

Poor Jamie, I hope she figured out how computers work and is doing ok today

@brendan8812

3 жыл бұрын

She is

@the_grass_trainer

3 жыл бұрын

@@brendan8812 but how can you be so sure?

@brianarbenz7206

3 жыл бұрын

@@the_grass_trainer haven't we all figured computers out by now?

@uXses

3 жыл бұрын

She's fine. A few years later she became a man and won the world series of poker.

@tsdobbi

3 жыл бұрын

@@uXses Her name is Dan Bilzerian.

We are heading to the opposite side of the problem now. Computers are too easy, highschoolers have no clue about anything technical... they think stuff works magically, and that's fine for the average users, but not for the future technology industry people, which I bet will be he biggest market for the next decades.

I'm 42, and grew up with computers in the home. I still know people from my generation just like this, but instead of trying to figure it out, they immediately demand that I do it for them.

This girl is now a grandma, yet she acts really similar to people nowdays, no matter how much we say we are not like the last generation, we are more and more similar...

@avarice4556

3 жыл бұрын

People at call support centers are like "Excuse me Miss did you turn it on" Caller is like "Oh, I thought it was already on👁️👄👁️".

@fanibelleza

3 жыл бұрын

She looks like she’s in her 20s, if anything she’s the mom of a teenager

@mpfmax0

3 жыл бұрын

But today young people mostly know how to use computers right? It's still this same people who are now older on their 50s/60s who still have problems lol

@dv9239

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh people stayed the same since the 70s The generation prior to that was very different

@zerdagdir1988

3 жыл бұрын

@@arjunrajendran4826 if she was close to 30 years old in 95, she could be in her 50's. My dad is in his 50's and I'm in my 20's, so she could be a mom to a teenager, but I doubt it

It's hard to believe that I was a child in 90's. Today it seems like it's other dimension.

@kurtishendrix

3 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1990 and i can definitely remember being baffled by a computer in 1995, but my mom was even worse lol

@QueenNebulous13

3 жыл бұрын

i'm a 90's kid too. i miss the time we had mp3 and cd players 😂

@kurtishendrix

3 жыл бұрын

@@QueenNebulous13 was just talking to my wife about using Napster and Aimster back in the day, and all the burned cd’s we used to have to carry around 😂

@QueenNebulous13

3 жыл бұрын

@@kurtishendrix haha yes! good times

@bradmetcalf5333

3 жыл бұрын

same here. born 1984. These videos dont feel at all like how it felt then

Ah I remember my first computer back in 2000. It's crazy how fast we progressed in technology, but now it started to stagnate, at least for the average users.

After 28 years later I am watching this video. It's really interesting how our technology is developing day by day.

Someone should find her and ask her if she ever found out how to use her ThinkPad.

@mitingtwotch

3 жыл бұрын

she wouldnt know how to plug it in

@maddominican879

3 жыл бұрын

She die of frustration and anxiety 1 year ago.she was still trying to make the computer work

@saiftama

3 жыл бұрын

What if she’s like a twitch streamer and does speed coding for fun. I mean she got into computers before most of us were even walking.

@BenjitheRabbit

3 жыл бұрын

She did she has a twitter now and is also working as a writer and editor at inquire first

@Fjalll

3 жыл бұрын

She's been on PC for 26 years I'm sure she's a wizard by now

I work as an IT Technician and I feel this to the very core of my soul.

@Duu2

11 ай бұрын

Love you, man. Thanks for helping the people and being so patient. If you need to switch to something else, go for it.

@yashaswikulshreshtha1588

9 ай бұрын

things have changed lol besides printer. Atleast for my generation we're born into such things so things come easily to us but yes i get ya

@davetech1269

6 ай бұрын

As another IT tech, I can confirm

@DJordydj

6 ай бұрын

Same here XDDDD

@ancientbuilds3764

6 ай бұрын

Dude... Some old biddy is on her way to you with her jaw set. It's a thankless job.

I get that this almost looks like a comedy skit watching it today, and we feel like laughing at the frustrated lady, but as someone who grew up in the 90s, I get where she's coming from. Not only were computers in fact more complicated to set up and use back then (even starting Windows used to require a specific prompt after turning on the PC), but people also didn't have the easy access to information that we do today. The concept of user-friendliness also wasn't really a thing until not that long ago. The products had manuals, but they weren't really written with the average user in mind (they used a lot of jargon that was incomprehensible to most people back then - notice how she had no idea what a disk drive was), so you either had to take a few computer lessons beforehand or have someone over to help you set up your new PC. It wasn't like today, where you can look up a tutorial on YT using your smartphone and learn how to assemble a PC from scratch even if you've never done it before.

I feel so sorry for her. I don't know why, but if people can't use modern technology like phones or computers and are confused, it just melts my heart and I wanna protect them. I grew up with computer, and these days everyone sort of knows so I have no clue what it must be like not knowing. Personally I feel that if oyu can live without a computer, you're better off.

One of the things I fear is that 30 years from now technology will advance further than I can comprehend.

@recanimations1563

3 жыл бұрын

Same as me, I understand how to do everything correctly and know a lot about computers but in the future...

@spongebobfan78

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, if people from 30 years ago see our current technology, it will look as advanced than they can comprehend too. Like the concept of a now-old Nokia phone will already be mind-blowing.

@quinndirks5653

3 жыл бұрын

The human interfaces should become simpler and easier to use over time. However, sometimes there is a tradeoff in a tool between usability and quality. A really good tool is usable without much knowledge, yet provides the possibility of more advanced features if the user has knowledge of those features. On another note, technology has already advanced further than any one person could understand completely. The technology that enables our network of communication -- landlines, computers, monitors, phones, satellites, rockets to take satellites to orbit, orbital mechanics, chemical and mechanical engineering, math etc. -- is all technology that requires many specialists to put the whole system together. You could comprehend a small portion of it. You could specialize in any one certain aspect of it, but you couldn't comprehend all of it at once. Too many moving parts to keep in your head, and too many things you would need to learn and understand. Thankfully, we're not a species that has to learn all aspects of a complex system in order to operate it; we only need to learn the parts of the system where we operate.

@LeonardoPolichuth

3 жыл бұрын

if you really think about it, can you comprehend technology right now, or maybe technology from 20, 30 years ago? Can you understand how you plug a board into a wall plug, electricity goes through, it makes a lot of calculations resulting only 0 or 1, and with that you can connect to the internet, access youtube and read this comment?

@delmanpronto9374

3 жыл бұрын

the fear is that more and more people will get replaced if we don't consume more and more energy. so long as machines don't become conscious, we will stay relevant and adapt to a different kind of work (which will drive energy consumption up). what comes in the way is climate change --- the mother of all hurdles.