Systemax PC Infomercial from 2000
Came across this at the end of a tape that I was digitally archiving. Thought it would be an amusing bit of point-in-time PC marketing. Back in the earlier era of Systemax, not too long after their take-over of TigerDirect.
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Holyshit! It comes with a search engine preloaded!!!
This is the dope who sold me the MagicJack!
was gonna buy, saw it had windows me. Saved my money.
My parents got me this and through the years of upgrading to play games and replacing failing hardware, the only thing left of it that was original was the tower case. So up to like 2009, there was this Frankenstein patchwork pc with a tower that read the original stamping in bold "Systemax: The World's Most Powerful Home Computer"
the legend that is MEL ARTHUR
@SpookeyClown
6 жыл бұрын
I know... the only guy who could get me to buy shitty computers or useless bloatware
It was because of this TV ad my Dad called and purchsed this whole bundle.
8:35 The big "your kids will use it for homework" ploy. I don't think anyone has ever used a computer for school. Ironically, the purchase probably compromised the kids learning and served to be an anti-homework tool.
@professorpenne9962
Жыл бұрын
telling your parents age of empires is a history lesson
Thank you for the share!!!
600MHz holy fuck that's a flashback.
At the time this commercial was made, I was working in Systemax tech support at their call center in Fletcher, Ohio. Their PC systems were terrible.
@thatguyfrye
2 жыл бұрын
Can confirm, had a Systemax Tiger that was slow, janky, and the hard drive inevitably failed.
This guy makes me want to spend $999 on this old ass machine.
6:20 "we have never gone that low on any system you have seen here before" I call BS, as my mom paid just under $1,200 for one of these "Ultra" PCs in sept 1998. She bought it at a "Mom and Pop" computer shop . she even got the rebates, and got $200 back (so, yeah, $999 after rebate) It had a intel Celeron @433 mhz , and windows 98. It originally had 32 Mb of RAM, which we later upgraded to 256MB . 15" viewsonic monitor, canon printer and scanner, and many CDs , including one called "New PC essentials " I still remember playing "Mowing Maniac" and "Roof Rats"
@sjsisjsjks
3 жыл бұрын
Mowing Maniac and Roof Rats are from something called After Dark Games that you can still download online
I’m 20 years behind. I should bought this system in the early 2000’s.
I bought a athlon slot a 600mhz tower pc with 256 pc100 memory and one 20gb and a 10gb slave hard drive with cd burner and zip drive for 9 bucks in early 2002 at the goodwill
Had one, with a 667 P3
I remember seeing this commercial when I was nine. I love computers but the only computer I had was one of those toy VTEch
@velvetpilot2008
2 жыл бұрын
I had the same VTech computer too, if I remember correctly, it had a lot of games and stuff on it.
@savagedick1462
Жыл бұрын
I got my first computer at the goodwill clearance store in 2000 . 9 bucks and only 2 years okd
@QuertyQw33n
9 ай бұрын
yeah it had a lot of educational stuff in a couple of creativity games.
When the webcam came around is when cam sites came around. ;)
Not gonna lie, I really want this old computer and all that old software.
@professorpenne9962
Жыл бұрын
I hope at least some people who bought this kept all the documents and software, that's history
@velvetpilot2008
Жыл бұрын
@@professorpenne9962 I completely agree! I gotta believe there's some 60 or 70 year old out there who bought this off this infomercial and never upgraded their computer. Probably never used any of the software either.
@fmachine86
12 күн бұрын
I have about 50 of them still in box complete from when I bought an old abandoned computer store for my software business. They were…okay. Not great. They play old games well.
@velvetpilot2008
12 күн бұрын
@@fmachine86 Wow. A bunch of old Systemax computers? Lol
@fmachine86
11 күн бұрын
@@velvetpilot2008 Yeah. I think the old man was a dealer.
is that Danny Harmon at the beginning there? Distant Signal? love that guy
TigerDirect
64mb of RAM. Damn that's alot!! I would of been sold if it was Pentium 3 running at 600Mhz..
Look at porn!
Can I run BF 1?
the entire package: $1199.99. include $1000+ software package which reduce the effective pricing less than $200.00 for the computer. good deal yes. reliability not too sure
now you can buy 64gb of ram and someday thats gonna look like 64mb