"Portable 2 Compared to This Fish" - JOHN CLEESE Compaq Ad

[Cormalek]

@TheSmithersy The computer that allowed for navigation, guidance and control of spacecrafts in Apollo program had total memory of 2048 words + 36 kilowords; each word consisting of 16 bits, which gives us... roughly under 600 bits, so about 75 bytes. This computer had 4,1 x 1024(kilobytes in MB) x 1024 (bytes in kilobyte)= 4299161,6 bytes, roughly 57'322 times more memory than the machine that landed us on the friggin moon.

Neither was able to run Angry Birds.

[defrostfire1]

lol my little as i pod can store 100 times that xD

[greenneverfails]

FOUR POINT ONE!?

[mcwooley]

The computer- WTF

but the commercial- LMFAO

It's creativity bro,

Remember that, Sony, if you still want your VIAO commercials to be watched 25 years from now

[AlexMcKenna93]

The only way this could be better is if it was a dead parrot.

[ArtisanBlade]

4.1 megabytes...and i though 100gb was small :/

[crocodile2006]

If this is the Compaq Portable 2, I wanna see what the Compaq Portable 1 looks like.

I'm envisioning a Big Rig Truck Trailer with a keyboard taped to the side.

[rodanmedia]

That 22 pound number is pretty lightweight compared to desktops of the day. I had at desktop that weighed in at about 35 pounds ... before you added the external hard drive and the printer. Oy!

[AnarchisThinker]

@rodanmedia Luckily, today's computers pack much more punch than yesterday' computers. XD

[nostaligic]

well.... it seemed unfair to compare it to another computer

so we compared it to this fish..

[fanman1112]

well atleast the fish will give you a megabite xD

[FrankHoboMaster]

Well you can't cook and eat the computer... Actually you can but I suspect that you'd die from the fact that you can digest it. The fish also provides more nutritional value than the compaq portable 2.

[dan171717d]

I compared the compaq and the fish, and i would rather own the compaq.

I compared the macbook and the fish and i would rather own the fish.

[TheSmithersy]

4.1 MB? Unheard of! Next thing you know, they'll be selling computers that can store more than 1 GB and have flat monitors!

[luckygozer]

@TheSmithersy no that would just be absurd

[BlobTheBunny]

My computer only has 243,902 times as much memory as this! xD

[MakubekuUrashima]

i actually liked the megabite joke xD

[Truthiness231]

Ah, back when 4.1 MB was all one needed...

[khayraB]

Who are these 11 people who disliked this and why do they exist?

[awelcruiz]

On the other hand, you can't eat the computer.

Well, maybe you could, but you shouldn't. :P

[M60251]

@awelcruiz Or maybe you should, but you couldnt?

[spikez499]

Lol, "the compaq portable 2 however can run all of IMB's software 30% more faster than IBM can... HA - HA - HA. (1:13-1:21)

[MagikGimp]

One long-ass ad, wouldn't get away with that these days.

[ALEXANDER1318]

@MagikGimp They wouldn't be able to pay for it these days.... Commercials are expensive as hell.

[TheLizGang]

4.1 megabites.

HAH.

[eighteen4eva]

but e fish is edible but not e com

[Nerd0042]

It's so lucky that I found this comercial because I'm in the market for a computer that doesn't smell! What a happy coincidence.

[FACP07]

"Prpbalby cause its stone dead!" XD

[rufusizgr8]

But will it blend ??? that is the question.

[TheGeolocation]

British humour at its best :) You're the best, mate!

[netraven5000]

Sorry, I mazaserase?

[nazrena]

@netraven5000 "Sorry, I was miles away"

[Siska0Robert]

What was that funny on 0:53? I can't quite catch it. please?

[bustedbenz]

@Siska0Robert "I expect it could give you a mega-bite though"

[Siska0Robert]

@bustedbenz thanks! :) he's a killer...

[PompaTG]

What a whore.

[tazerboy999]

Q?

[Denon333dash888]

Wow, 4.1 Mb? I could run SC4 on there! :D

[Opengates18]

My favourite was another version of this video, used in internal meetings that compared the UK MD, Joe McNally with a fish.............Classic. Rest assured that the fish won out!!

[TheYoshi42]

I know why the fish cant run those programs, it got no legs!

[Stimor0l]

4.1 MB... gotta have it..

[Morahman7vnNo2]

He should have re-done this in the late 90s, with Pokemon references.

[blackapple89er]

A megabite. John Cleese, really!

[thaichubby101]

attention please, computer in that's time, especially portable type, were made for the people who realy need to use the computer in their work, like business people, specific engineers, scientists, not for housewifes, children, or teenage people like in present day

[P1votG33k]

Computer-slapping isn't nearly as fun...I'll go with the fish!

[panzarw]

4.1mb hard to imagine when you have a 2gig flash card size of a pinky...

[tzjc24]

That laugh!

[MattTheSaiyan]

I wouldn't mind getting one of those old computers as a collectors item.

[mattxr2i]

@MattTheSaiyan Yeah. As a colectors item it might be worth something lol. Wow. Sad thing is that I remember when 4.1MB was alot and 386 was the top of the line... Yeah, I'm old :-(

[lordtalon69]

Holy crap. I think I will "Ring" them right now!

[MisterSynyster]

Hardly surprising, as its stone dead!

[pufixas]

this video should be called:

Compaq vs fish

[thisishellagay]

Twenty two pounds? Thats my desk!

[durge666]

Twenty two pounds? That's my desktop...

"So, if you're looking for a powerful portable computer that doesn't smell, we suggest you buy Compaq portable two."

[Dachi1991]

"fish on the other side can't remember a thing" roflmao so true!

[XTheFadedLineX]

wow 4.1 Megabytes...

[torque234]

ha ha i'm watching this my modern day compaq laptop

[YoshiProgrammer]

But... Is the Compaq edible?

[MrSiickness13]

omg lol 0:50 i laffed so hard XD

[Ashley5ash]

Greatest laugh ever...

[EclipseMoonXIV]

The computing power of machines doubles every 18 months; i.e., it's an exponential growth.

However, we're nearing the end of the silicon age; silicon computers are going to reach their peak very soon (sometime in the next 20 years), and we're going to have to start looking even smaller; they've already come up with a QUANTUM computer that can do basic addition with small numbers, woo!

[MrDevlance]

Talk about over reacting laughs...

[blooxpert]

Holy jesus! 4.1 megabytes!! thats so much! lol

[blithium]

Only 22 pounds?!!? o.o

WITCHCRAFT!

[Thushan44]

dont think u cant eat a computer

[YetAnotherBadYT]

They don't make adverts like this anymore...

[Paloliman]

LOL Cleese is a genius! :)

[surfsidet0m]

Even at the time it was more classed by users, as Luggable, or "portable"

[thestingray1983]

Portable.. Wow the defenition of portable have changed a lot since then :)

[clintredux]

There's something fishy about the logos of this commercial, but still, i am hooked.

[George15B]

4.1mb!!!!!

[robinamarie007]

0:50 I see what you did there :D

[hattrickster33]

it actually runs windows 7

[richardmaudsley77]

Shame a second hand amiga was a shitload smaller, faster, and generally better anyway. Find a tv and job done.

[VintageReviewsJr]

Unfortunately, It wasn't PC compatible and therefore useless for businesses.

[richardmaudsley77]

How was this a disadvantage? There were already superior spreadsheet, word processing and desktop publishing programs avalible on other platforms that cost far less. Remember up until about 1995 PCs were actually total shite. After 1995 they were bareable and 2001 they were "good".

[Djhg2000]

Because it wouldn't run any proprietary IBM software.

[richardmaudsley77]

Actually there were plenty of PC emulators.

But that isn't the point. The amiga software was better at everything anyone could ever use a computer FOR and some that people didn't realise was possible yet.

[Djhg2000]

Correction; because it wouldn't OFFICIALLY run any proprietary IBM software.

It's not really a technical issue; in the business world, a computer does what it's promised to do. Nothing more, nothing less.

If it was some happy geek (like me :P), he wouldn't care about what it was supposed to do, he would care about what it actually did. In this case your point would be perfectly valid, but I don't really think geeks where one of the primary target markets for the Portable II anyway.

[richardmaudsley77]

So basically it boils down to management being to incompitent to actually pick the GOOD system to standardise on. What a surprise.

[Djhg2000]

You got it ;)

[VintageReviewsJr]

I'm not saying it's a disadvantage! The crowd does, since, after all, that was one of the reasons why it got unpopular and pretty much useless.

[richardmaudsley77]

i'd say an amiga is pretty useful today. the games market isn't there any more, but productivity wise it's still got life.

[Shall5000]

HAHAHA EPIC!

[vesleengen]

wonder if it can run Crysis....

[Djhg2000]

Technically, yes actually, if you emulate everything.

You would need a really big HDD (both for the game itself and the emulated RAM) attached to the serial port through another, modern computer.

Would literally take years to render the main menu, take a picture with your phone, upload to flicker and get called an idiot. Most of the time would be spent on rendering and flaming though.

[hellstudios]

LOL. only weighs 22 pounds! back in the day computer technicians were body builders!

[Djhg2000]

Not too bad for desktop performance...

[LynrdSkynrd69]

@hellstudios er, 22lbs really isn't that much mate...

really.

large desktops today are between 15 and 20lbs. (i realize that this was meant to be portable, but still... 22lbs is pretty light)

[hellstudios]

@LynrdSkynrd69 for a portable it is.

[CloakedOUT]

the funny thing is in 20 years there guna show dell commercials and say hahahah 1tb of memory and 4gb of ram PSHHHH i have 60 gb of ram and over 50tb and its smaller

[eran5005]

The funny thing is, you really underestimated the differences - a hard disc with 1Tb is 250,000 times larger than a 4Mb one (approximately) - that means in 20 years were supposed to have hard discs of about 2.5x10^15 (two point five times ten to the power of fifteen) Mb - 2.5 Petabyte

Wow, that was some serious geek talk, sorry about that :P

[Djhg2000]

Once again math saves the day ;)

[thekingace360]

id buy the fish

[basserase]

Keep in mind that the fish is pretty old now too.

[DisneyPrincess39]

lol,it's so funny how he spaces out!

[volcolartist]

its a joke about you having a small dick...

[volcolartist]

making up for something?

[Pharanoax]

that computer =4.1 mb , my computer = 298 gb

[volcolartist]

my comp = 1 tb

[mrernie]

well done.

(yours pretty average by todays standards anyway, so don't brag lol)

[Adhemar05]

dammit, why don't we have commercials like this these times? It would be hilarious if they all were like this XD

[t3po7re54]

4.1 megs, I have 8 gigs of ram...

[dawggg101]

ha i have 12!

[WoWhistorian]

DDR3?

[Doomessenger4654]

I wonder if John Titor has seen this.

[TheRitual24]

lmfao memory of 4.1megabites :D

my memeory of 220gigabites :D

[Lockpeople]

But how much can YOUR dead fish remember?

[xarlysx]

lol stone dead.

22lbs

Got to love old computers

[14Kristian41]

4.1 MB.... I can fit an entire song on it, OMFG!!! :O

[GolemShadowsun]

4.1MB?? u will never get them full XD

[SegaMegadriveMic]

I rather choose the Compaq over the fish.

[86COLE]

a computer that weighs 22 lbs, ain't the future great.

[DaManCallahan]

22lbs...

[Gelertsrock]

What's up with that guys laugh? xD This guy's hillarious

[JoshyNapalm]

OMG, 4.1 megabytes, that's ALOT, lol.

[anonymous6366]

lol thats what i thought too

[xrockthe40ozx]

The fish took all his money.

[dogboy31894]

But can you eat the Compaq?

[formerutuber]

@dogboy31894 so, don't eat them

[inctheo]

@dogboy31894 yes you can, but it doesn't give you that omega-3 stuff like the fish does, it just gives you the runs

[GordonFreeMANness]

@dogboy31894 You can't eat that fish either, really.

[diego91090]

@dogboy31894

Yes.

[Lockpeople]

what's that he said at 0:50 ?

[craniumkid22]

"I expect he would give you a megabite!"

[Lomotilian]

@craniumkid22 Thank you! I absolutely detest reading through the comments, but figured someone else didn't have their Beltone on while listening and surely must have asked the same thing.

[skiies23]

Stone dead.

[ComradePepper]

ill go with the fish

[PowerQuebecois]

0:48 loll

[Gameboykd]

4.1mb?

OMGHAXORCRACKERSMAKER!!!

[QuoVadisNation]

Whoa, whoa, whao. 4.1 megabytes? Slow down, space man!

[dodgydogman]

Was that a coughing fit or a laugh?

[quathar]

Was that a comment, or a random spewing of words?

[dodgydogman]

Wow.. Good job with that comment. You really showed me! Il never make a simple joke again, im sorry if I offended you and your dyslexic brain.

[quathar]

Wow... Good job with that joke, then. You really missed the mark!

But the "dyslexic brain" part shows promise, although it doesn't really make any sense.

[dodgydogman]

That didnt make any sense.

[TirOrah]

LOL: "The fish, on the other hand, can't remember a thing! Hardly surprising really, because it's stone dead."

Yup, that's one mighty comparison. XD Go John Cleese!

[MaskedMan66]

Might one say it's an ex-fish?

[xdegenerate18]

I'm on one of these. You'll receive this comment approximately three days after I've sent it.

[higashi001]

a computer and screen in one. what a familiar idea...

[gypsycafe]

22lbs! That is incredible.

[durnnurd]

4.1 mega bytes!!!! Beats my Gigs!

[KahunaOmega]

Hey, it beats the fish. lol

[Teesdale007]

"if you are looking for a powerful portable computer that does not smell"!!!! :):):):)\

John Cleese Rules!

[EdTheGringo]

i would take the fish

[poopskinTheLiar]

"It'll give you a mega-bite, uh...

*mini-seizure*"

God, i love retrocomputing.

[diegodaudt]

4.1MB? Wow

[cagdassalur]

4.1 mb lol

thank god im living the 21th century :D

[SharkyArthur]

21st......... sorry

[WistfulGeek]

I can't stop laughing!!

[InvisibleAutoMail]

His laugh has me in stitches.

[JaymzLea]

John Cleese is the man.

[silentsniperrr]

the laughing is the best part

[suprememoblin]

LOL!

I quite can't figure out what he says before he starts laughing, something about taking a megabite?

[BlinkerBoyEd]

I expect it'd give ya a mega-bite though.

[MastaRikta]

4.1 Megabytes!??!??!?!? DAYUM, SON!!!

[moffe247]

Yeah! only 22 lbs! Now I can take my computer on mountain-hikes and bike-rides!

[av0ka]

4.1 mb of memory LOL!!! :D retro!

[ReeceAndCody]

lulz

[grtdthmetal]

just remember you can fit a 22 lb computer with you in your passenger seat or in a train!

[ecj314]

It's amazing how far computers have come! A $5jump drive can give you 64 MB-about 16 times more! It's amazing.

[soapy05]

It's amazing how far compu---jumpdrives have come! A $5jump drive can give you 2 GB -about 32768 times more! It's amazing.

[F3YR3]

2 GB is only 2400 MB, which is only 585.4 times as much as the quoted 4.1 MB.

[theknez6]

2048 MB, more preciselly.

[F3YR3]

Odd that I said 2400 MB. However, contrary to common belief, one Gigabyte is usually (including in hardware storage) exactly 1000 Megabyte, (10 to the power of notation). One Gibibit however is 1024 Mebibit.

Microsoft uses the 2 to the power of... notation for file size though, so it's a bit confusing. This means that while your hard disk may be for instance 80 Gigabyte, it can only store seventy odd Microsoft Gigabytes.

[iLLusionalWave]

Actually, the "odd" Microsoft bytes are mathematically the "right" ones, as the one gigabyte, is just two to the power of ten, originating from the fact that computer systems use binom system (1000101110110...). So, the "gigabyte" is a unit wich is just represented in a different form of numbering system, in this case, powers of ten. The bot are correct, but in a matter of fact, the binom is used in memory, and, as also a marketing trick, the 10^ byte is used in harddrives...

[soapy05]

...yea i must have been smoking something when i typed that...

[ChibiBarako]

Oh my goodness! I think the desktop I'm working on now is smaller . . . Any American fans remember Cleese's Kronenborg Beer or Callard & Bowser spots?

[arinlares]

well, can't argue with his logic...

[noofnoof3112]

TAKE A MEGA BITE lol

[bentonfraser88]

holyhell 4.1 mbs

[fishistheice]

So, if you're looking for a powerful portable computer that doesn't smell......lolol

[faithfulwolf]

thats realy funny!

[oarias44107]

Lol! I remember those "luggable's" back in the day. As I look at my brand new MSI Wind netbook today, I am so happy that I'm living in 2008 and not 1983 anymore

[juanecheyt]

Alright..... here we can see the difference between a real comedy genius and the "humor" that comes from publicity creatives......

Apple / pc ads are really stupid compared to this.

[qlight]

I ate the fish and bought the portable 9 Million the next year. Sorry Sir John, we can't always win...

[Thoran666]

The Portable 2 however can run all IBMs most popular software 30% faster than IBM can. Ha Ha Ha.

[DaVinciChianti]

dang that is one old computer, wat year?