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The "Windows XP Box" (2003)

227 points · 55 comments · doubletwoyou

  1. Dwedit · · focus · HN ↗
    Back when software came in boxes.
    1. egeozcan · · focus · HN ↗
      I'll never forget the day I bought (made my parents buy) Age of Empires 2 and its blue box.

      More like, "back when software came in physical media".

      Putting the CD in the drive, the installation starts, and that wow effect starting the game, the hard disk clicking like crazy.

    2. leokennis · · focus · HN ↗
      I got my first real Pentium

      Bought it at the local PC shop

      Played Rollercoaster Tycoon, CD-ROM straight from it's huge box, on it 'til my fingers bled

      Was the summer of '99

      1. rickdeckard · · focus · HN ↗
        Here's me, puzzling to which part of "Summer of 69" I should hum this to work best...
        1. leokennis · · focus · HN ↗
          As you probably guessed, I'm in IT and not in the fine arts ;-)
          1. rickdeckard · · focus · HN ↗
            Not a critique on your "fine arts", I attributed the struggle more to myself ;-)
      2. deadlyllama · · focus · HN ↗
        Please accept this revision:

          I got my first real Pentium
  Bought it at the local shop
  Played Quake till my fingers ached
  Was the summer of '99

  Me and some guys from school
  Had a LAN and we played real hard
  Jonny lost, the network failed
  Should've upgraded our thinnet

  Oh, when I look back now
  Ninety-eight was more fun than XP
  And if I had the choice
  My kids wouldn't be stuck with chromebooks
  I really miss my old PC
        ...
        1. poody · · focus · HN ↗
          OMG... So good...
        2. klaussilveira · · focus · HN ↗
          This is why I come here every day. Bravo.
    3. Jysix · · focus · HN ↗
      Loved my Combat Flight Simulator 2 box with like a 150 pages book with presentation, history and pictures of all planes Crimson Skies with comics inside etc
      1. sixothree · · focus · HN ↗
        I still have my box for Falcon F4. It's another tome that explains far too much.
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