Sony, 1973

[neuralclone.livejournal.com]

"But Grandad, I wanted an iPod!"




From National Geographic, April 1973

Comments

[misstia]

i STILL want one of these!!!

[my-hypocrisy.livejournal.com]

That makes me sad. I wish that things were still designed and built to last, rather than to be replaced in a year or two.

[chicklet-girl.livejournal.com]

"But Grandad, I wanted an iPod!"

"Nope! You'll cart this around, and you'll like it!"

[woodburner.livejournal.com]

What in the world would have made them think people would still be using those three generations later? ...Unless they meant that in the sense of an antique, which, I mean, I have an antique record player and all, but.

[gemcitytiffany.livejournal.com]

Your grandson will think it's super cool. Your great grandson will think it's just old and stupid as hell.

As I recently heard:
"Well, we didn't have CDs when I was a kid, we listened to tapes though."

"Tapes... like... the sticky kind??"
*facepalm*

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

Your comment to this made me laugh so hard, and I needed a laugh. I'm just imagining some kid opening the box on his birthday and seeing an antiquated (if kinda cool) tape deck. 'Er...thanks?'

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

You could just imagine the equivalent now, as you hand over a treasured iPod, kept through the decades, to your grandchildren. They wouldn't even know what an mp3 was...

Great ad.

[layelld.livejournal.com]

A Reel to Reel machine! I've never had one but I want one.

I'm into retro tech.

I have a Stylophone, and a Casio VL-1 keyboard. I'm just sorry I gave away my C64 system years ago.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

OMG I haven't laughed so hard in a while.

[donnalee-kiss.livejournal.com]

I just found out the phone I bought for $100 last year is selling for $1 on ebay. The span for obsolescence keeps getting shorter and shorter.