BBC documentary history of computers part 9.

[shebotnov]

part 10 ?

[shebotnov]

i like how windows ripped off apples OS. Great job.

[SirVaular]

@shebotnov well since apples stole it from xerox....

and microsoft offered it to everyone not only the people who bought a apple .

you could get a pc for less then half the price of a apple.

[shebotnov]

@SirVaular I have the PC. It doesnt run Lion OSX. But I also have macbookpro and you cant buy same laptop for half the price. I saw those ugly asian plastic monsters, I deserve better.

[1funnygame]

is there any more modern examples of this documentary? because this seems outdated.

[1funnygame]

no part 10?

[tight4soundz]

They should play this kind of stuff in more High Schools. This would spark the minds of many MANY teens and their creativity would skyrocket.

[TheBoringProphet]

Mathew, don't let'em hold you back son... don't let'em hold you back

[jmitterii2]

At 7:36 especially at 8:40 if you aren't moved by that you can't be.

[kozmon0t]

If you're under 20, you can thank the Apple Macintosh for your inability to type. That and cell phones.

But you wanna know a secret? Windows and icons may be easier, but terminals and typing are faster by far.

If you can type, that is.

[MarbeeAtlas]

Awesome upload,Thanks

[amfikz]

yeah, apple is for stupid people that the point- don't be angry on me ;)

[itsmewallis]

@amfikz Freddiew uses a mac is he stupid? i dont think so!

[snuckles108]

Now I have something to tell people that you can't have an internet without a computer

[macynthzanzano1974]

Thanks for your effort in uploading this kind of video. It helps me a lot ...

[hrbear]

I enjoyed the documentary, although I expected it to be more detailed at the last phase (processors, Intel, AMD, Cyrix, 386,486, Pentium, Athlon) also the first OSes such as DOS, Windows, Unix, OS/2. These would be very very interesting.

[godscuttingyoudown]

forget about all these stupid dates and facts the only facts you need to know about computers

1. 1969 was one of the first transmission of a file pornographic in nature between Stanford and UCLA

2. 1985 ASCII art of nekkid women file was widely circulated

3. alt.sex was created 3rd April, 1988

4. 1993 college students for the first time could download porn pics of the web

5. 1994 Jef's Nude of the month

6. 2007 (i think) 2 girls one cup

[peemarc]

Amazing that Microsoft and Bill Gates don't rate a mention at all in the whole documentary, except for a small scene showing Windows on the screen. (never mind, hate PCs anyway)

[Alking89]

It is quite a beauty to see this documentary. One appreciates computers even more, especially if you are studying them ^^

[1985Ferris]

Thank you very much for uploading such a smashing documentary :) I'll use it for teaching my English applied to computing students. Greetings from El Salvador...The english accent is the best :)

[spinoza1111]

What idiot boy Kapor neglects: using the "confusing symbols" a competent programmer can automate the entry of the commands using scripts, in essence her own, or the end user's own, environment. We wouldn't have had to put up with Windows.

[rustygates]

@spinoza1111 Without Windows I can tell you now that the PC industry would be nowhere near as large as it is today. What do you have against windows anyway? And why the hell would you even consider solely using command line interfaces? The general public would never have jumped onto the PC bandwagon nearly as much without windows.

[spinoza1111]

@rustygates The "general public" never "jumped on the PC bandwagon". It was given a computer at work or bought a computer to accomplish a task. It was never told that above all, a computer is a machine for following instructions and for this reason was moronized and brutalized by several generations of unprincipled software creators.

[rustygates]

@spinoza1111 Are you saying that PC's would be better off without GUI's? If you are then i'm not sure what to think of you. I myself have never. I repeat. never had a problem with Windows and there has always been other software to replace it if you never liked it. Especially the Macs and the Apple OS. Theres also open source OS's like Linux...explain how exactly computers were "moronized and brutalized by generations of software creators" please.

[omar1bgd]

thanx a lot , i really liked it and thanx for the upload

[neuroza]

All parts of this documentary are messed up...

[GummoNZ]

Enjoyed the doco, thanks for uploading.

[smerlinbabylon]

@GummoNZ: I'm glad you enjoyed it, you're welcom!

[RSMVkids]

@GummoNZ TYSM :) Got alot of of knowdage and watched all parts ty!