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I am quite sure this was shown in one of the MS PDCs ? I am quite sure I saw it there -- I couldn't put my finger on which year. Doubt it ever was a real ad, but one of these parodies they used to do.

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It's from the Windows 95 launch video. https://youtu.be/_JzfROUDsK0?t=263

of course this was an internal company joke. Microsoft don't have ads. it doesn't sell to consumers.

all windows sales in history were by strong arming OEM to preload it and pass the cost.

Then what exactly do they sell in those Microsoft stores?

I was curious, because I had thought that all Microsoft stores had closed.

it appears that there is still at least one Microsoft store (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/locations) in the United States, but I think that might be it.

I guess the non-satirical answer would be "experiences"

> Then what exactly do they sell in those Microsoft stores?

Vacuum cleaners that doesn't suck. /s

Especially in the 80s and 90s Microsoft sold tons to consumers, and advertised to them too. The OEM model didn't come later. And even then, it wasn't quite as black/white and still sold (and advertised) to consumers. "All windows sales in history were by strong arming OEM" is just making stuff up.

It is difficult to imagine in this day and age when nobody gives a shit about computers or what they run on but people really did stand in line to buy windows 95 and 98.

Why would it be difficult to imagine? People stand in line to buy iPhones.

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