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where was this line? I was around when 95 came out and don't remember that much excitement. Also in this case people are parting with a $1k for years just to sa
by SonicSoul 11y ago
where was this line? I was around when 95 came out and don't remember that much excitement. Also in this case people are parting with a $1k for years just to save a place in line. Has that happened for any car before? that's what's unprecedented.
- tsunamifury 11y agoThats pretty standard in the upper-end of car purchasing, Ferrari, new models from BMW or Mercedes. All dealers hold waitlists -- its just likely you've never purchased a model that has one. Also Windows had huge lines... the iconic photo: http://i.imgur.com/oc2EDhE.jpg?fb http://i.imgur.com/oc2EDhE.jpg?fb
- SonicSoul 11y agowow. thanks for that. I must have blocked it out of my memory. and the comments on that photo are hilarious
- rconti 11y agoIt was fantastic. I was living just south of Redmond at the time. There was news coverage about it. Ballmer and Gates were driving around town in a Ballmer's Porsche blasting "start me up" (the theme for the Win95 launch), congratulating shoppers.
- SonicSoul 11y agohaha! oh I wish there was footage of this.
- mikeash 11y agoFerrari production is single-digit thousands at most, they can't have anything like this sort of demand.
- apo 11y ago>where was this line? There are some pictures of the lines here: http://mashable.com/2015/08/24/windows-95-launch/ http://mashable.com/2015/08/24/windows-95-launch/