Best Buy flyer from 1996

**mattz** · 09-20-2011, 03:10 PM

haha that's pretty cool, I like the old school tv

**D Ghost** · 09-20-2011, 03:14 PM

Nice find!

**The Ghost** · 09-20-2011, 03:19 PM

Remember all that like it was yesterday. The CD section towards the bottom is particularly great

**alias** · 09-20-2011, 03:20 PM

That is cool. Time flies.

**nm_** · 09-20-2011, 03:20 PM

nice find reddit :D

**TMM_John** · 09-20-2011, 03:22 PM

Originally posted by nm_

nice find reddit :D

I'm not a reddit reader/user, GFY is a freaky enough community for me.

I don't spend all day scouring the internet for random things, so yes, I saw it somewhere, but no it wasn't reddit. My apologies to you for sharing it here after seeing it. Next time I'll only post it if I find it in my basement and scan it in myself.

**dig420** · 09-20-2011, 03:23 PM

Originally posted by TMM_John

Come step back in time...

http://gregarious24.imgur.com/best_b...september_1996

shit that's not back in time... when I first got hooked on the internet, there was no such thing as a web and if you had a USR 56k modem you were screamingly fast lol

**nm_** · 09-20-2011, 03:26 PM

Originally posted by TMM_John

I'm not a reddit reader/user, GFY is a freaky enough community for me.

I don't spend all day scouring the internet for random things, so yes, I saw it somewhere, but no it wasn't reddit. My apologies to you for sharing it here after seeing it. Next time I'll only post it if I find it in my basement and scan it in myself.

my apologies, wasn't trying to come off as a dick. just thought you might be a fellow redditor ;]

**TMM_John** · 09-20-2011, 03:28 PM

Originally posted by nm_

my apologies, wasn't trying to come off as a dick. just thought you might be a fellow redditor ;]

LOL, sarcasm on my part sometimes comes off the wrong way in text, I was kidding around. Tried to indicate it with the

but it doesn't always work

One of our programmers is a reddit addict (goes to meetups & such) and I give him quite a hard time about it, so it may have just been reflexive on my part

**Sly** · 09-20-2011, 03:28 PM

4 MB upgrade, LOL. Love it.

**GAMEFINEST** · 09-20-2011, 03:28 PM

those printers...and computer prices..lol

**woj** · 09-20-2011, 03:29 PM

nice find

**SexKey Scott** · 09-20-2011, 03:32 PM

Print Shop III, nice I need to make a banner for a party!

**jollyperv** · 09-20-2011, 03:34 PM

Fucking pagers!

**d-null** · 09-20-2011, 03:35 PM

a sobering thought is that in 15 short years we are going to look at a Best Buy flyer from today and think today's products look so primitive

**Rochard** · 09-20-2011, 03:38 PM

Ah, the good old days. When you could build a computer for $200 and sell it for $1k.

**Miz_Wright** · 09-20-2011, 03:47 PM

The Macarena!

**kane** · 09-20-2011, 03:49 PM

Originally posted by Rochard

Ah, the good old days. When you could build a computer for $200 and sell it for $1k.

I have a friend that made some nice money doing that. He would order parts from the Computer Shopper magazine then build a computer and sell it for three times his cost. He made it into a nice little side business.

**bronco67** · 09-20-2011, 03:56 PM

I remember that game Hexen...it sucked donkey balls.

**crockett** · 09-20-2011, 04:00 PM

Heh don't see too many of those "no payments for a year offers these days".

Guess that's a history lesson into the reasons the economy is like it is today. Every other store was doing the same back then too.

**FlexxAeon** · 09-20-2011, 04:09 PM

those laptops look like BRICKS haha

"easier viewing with Large 11.3" display!"

**Elli** · 09-20-2011, 04:12 PM

haha that's a great find!

**Chris** · 09-20-2011, 04:26 PM

wow best buy has not changed the logo or look of their ad

thats crazy

**Mutt** · 09-20-2011, 04:39 PM

3GB hard drive for 400 dollars.

amazing that the price of a desktop computer never goes down - a good PC was 1999 back then and it's the same price today for one. and the Apple PowerPC was 2399 in 96 and today an iMac is the same price.

**kane** · 09-20-2011, 05:15 PM

Originally posted by Mutt

3GB hard drive for 400 dollars.

amazing that the price of a desktop computer never goes down - a good PC was 1999 back then and it's the same price today for one. and the Apple PowerPC was 2399 in 96 and today an iMac is the same price.

yeah, oddly prices are around the same you just get a whole lot more bang for your buck now.

Back in 1989-90 I worked at Radio Shack and we sold a 20MB hard drive that was actually a hard card for $600.

**porno jew** · 09-20-2011, 05:17 PM

tried to upvote but the realized i wasn't on reddit.

**Young** · 09-20-2011, 05:18 PM

Originally posted by porno jew

tried to upvote but the realized i wasn't on reddit.

I came in here to say exactly this.

But then I noticed it was mentioned above.

**anexsia** · 09-20-2011, 05:24 PM

Originally posted by Mutt

3GB hard drive for 400 dollars.

amazing that the price of a desktop computer never goes down - a good PC was 1999 back then and it's the same price today for one. and the Apple PowerPC was 2399 in 96 and today an iMac is the same price.

Not sure where you shop, but you can put together a high-end PC for $1,000 nowadays.

**bigpappa17934** · 09-20-2011, 05:28 PM

Gotta say that my favorite part of the Ad is the Sony Tape Deck!!! And did anyone happen to notice the cost of the "make you own home page" software?!!! WOW!! lol. Those were the days! Oh look!!! You can get a Sony 8mm handy cam for $800!! The sad thing is that I have seen some people actually still shooting content with that camera!!

**bigpappa17934** · 09-20-2011, 05:29 PM

Also, what ever happened to Sega in the gaming world?

**tony286** · 09-20-2011, 05:34 PM

my wife had that Packard bell and I killed it trying to fix it. It was early in my playing with hardware days. lol

**96ukssob** · 09-20-2011, 05:36 PM

haha thats crazy. insane how much technology has changed in 15 years

Best Buy flyer from 1996

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