???? – 2001retired
LaserDisc
“Twelve inches of glory: too big to fail, too big to fit in the den.”
“Twelve inches of glory: too big to fail, too big to fit in the den.”
“First console online, first console off our shelves too soon.”
“160 million homes, one DVD tray, zero regrets.”
“A handle, a monochrome glow, and enough speed to feel modern for a while.”
“The table talk goes quiet, but the ambassador's seat is still saved.”
“It dial-up'd so consoles could broadband.”
“The big cat that taught the Mac to purr on Unix bones.”
“One fast cat, gone ahead to the great keynote in the sky.”
“The first place your whole music collection fit in someone else's hard drive”
“Small screen, big joystick, heart of gold — outlived by everyone who played it.”
“Retro on purpose, beloved by accident, gone on its own schedule.”
“It never let its windows overlap, but it opened one for everyone else.”
“It let your windows overlap, and the desktop was never the same.”
“No new looks, just better memory — the quiet cousin who fixed the plumbing.”
“Ten million icons clicked. Rest well, old friend.”
“Start me up one last time.”
“Named for a speedway, and it earned it — fast, steady, gone at the checkered flag.”
“The quiet workhorse that kept the servers humming while Windows 95 stole the spotlight”