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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 11 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

When I was young, older people thought the monitor was the computer and had no idea there was a chassi under the desk connected to it. :)

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Cort@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Have you ever seen the original Mac?

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 hours ago

Yes, but was never a mac dude.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

When I was young people thought the keyboard was the computer. And they were right.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 2 points 3 hours ago

Or commodore 64. Amiga 500. Schneider 6128. ZX spectrum. Just to name a few from my time.

[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 1 points 5 hours ago

Reminds me of that story where a company secretary thought the towers are just junk and asked the whole lot thrown out the entire office