Wife: Well, if you're so into miniaturisation, why do you keep using this old thing!?
YouTube Pedant: There's no need to replace something that isn't broken; after all, this is a classic.
Wife: No, it's not! It's a IIc!
YouTube Pedant: There's no need to replace something that isn't broken; after all, this is a classic.
Wife: No, it's not! It's a IIc!
— Techmoan Muppet sketch: Miniaturisation
You think your Commodore 64 is really neato.
What kind of chip you got in there? A Dorito?
You're using a 286? Don't make me laugh.
Your Windows boots up in what? A day and a half?
You can back up your whole hard drive on a floppy diskette.
You're the biggest joke on the internet.
What kind of chip you got in there? A Dorito?
You're using a 286? Don't make me laugh.
Your Windows boots up in what? A day and a half?
You can back up your whole hard drive on a floppy diskette.
You're the biggest joke on the internet.
— "Weird Al" Yankovic, "It's All About the Pentiums".
Newt did in fact own a small home computer, despite his boyhood experiences. In fact, he'd owned several. You always knew which ones he owned. They were desktop equivalents of the Wasabi. They were the ones which, for example, dropped to half-price just after he'd bought them. Or were launched in a blaze of publicity and disappeared into obscurity within a year. Or only worked at all if you stuck them in a fridge. Or, if by some fluke, they were basically good machines, Newt always got the few that were sold with the early, bug-infested version of the operating system.
"This episode has been brought to you by comfy dystopian gaming setups and Sseth's complete disregard for personal health and safety. Check it out, I like to call it "I Have No Case And I Must Scream". Or, alternatively, watch me short the power pins on my motherboard with a screwdriver in order to start my PC"
"Welcome to Windows 98. WHY ARE YOU STILL USING WINDOWS 98?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! STOP BUYING COMPUTERS FROM THRIFT STORES, MAN!!"
— Strong Bad, Homestar Runner
