Video: Home Shopping Network Sells Me a Gateway

Okay, so not really. I was watching TV and saw a HSN bit for a really shitty Acer laptop and had to find something similar on YouTube to show you. Favorite quote:

“But what’s so impressive about this computer is that dual-core technology that allows your processor to really operate very smooth and have great transitions.”

Right, because if I don’t have this processor, I have to go back to crappy PowerPoint ‘95 transitions.

And then some of the software that comes with it:

  • PC File Transfer for Dummies Kit
  • Typing Instructor
  • Willmaker Plus

Hey! And then:

  • Mozilla Thunderbird
  • Mozilla Sunbird

I thought I saw those for free on them internets! Oh, you say that those are “pirates”? Okay, I’ll take your word for it.

“Maybe you have a son or daughter going to college, or maybe even a niece or nephew. I mean, they’ll need something like this to take with them on campus at some of the larger universities, where they have, you know, some of the very ‘hot spots’.

Hot spots? Now those just sound dangerous and sinful to me.

“I really appreciate the sacrifice that some us have made to have a computer at home. Yeah, it’s fun to get on the internet, it’s fun to read some of those blogs…I was online last week looking at video footage.”

And you were on the internet last week? That recently? Well that’s just wasteful.

Anyways, here’s the video: