1966: Prediction of the Home Computer

July 25, 2011 · by Espen André Øverdahl

We came across this amazing video (from the Opera Portal news blog) from 1966 which predicts how computers will look like in 1999 - and how it will dramatically change everyone's life. Unlike most videos that speculate on flying cars, hoverboards, robots and dinosaurs, this video went for the shopping angle, online banking and a way to send letters electronically all over the world!!

Video on YouTube

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TamilMonday, July 25, 2011 12:28:37 PM
Correct.
griffithorMonday, July 25, 2011 1:53:24 PM
Waa his desk is computerfull! XD
Charles SchlossMonday, July 25, 2011 2:16:43 PM
Yep right on pretty much, tho they were not close on the look
Artur „Jurgi” JurgawkaMonday, July 25, 2011 2:29:25 PM
I've seen this already. Amazing.
I ℒℴѵℯ such an oldschool style. Some day our visions will be funny too.
d4rkn1ghtMonday, July 25, 2011 4:46:40 PM
slackwrdaveMonday, July 25, 2011 5:27:07 PM
The wife shops, the husband pays the bills.

They didn't mention hubby's (or wifey's) "alone time" with the machine.
AsiresMonday, July 25, 2011 6:04:22 PM
Things changes much faster than humans.
Sami SerolaMonday, July 25, 2011 6:19:41 PM
Amazingly accurate prediction
Nathan RodriguezMonday, July 25, 2011 6:49:47 PM
Retro-future...
Phillip Robert O'ConnerMonday, July 25, 2011 8:52:59 PM
It Amazing How Computer in 1966 is So Retro and That Today Computers is Still Do The Same Things but Better and More Efferent.And The Ever-Changing Web.
deson5Tuesday, July 26, 2011 6:00:48 AM
well,I'm wondering what browsers did he expect. opera?
amielyn amilasanTuesday, July 26, 2011 7:59:36 AM
wow...amazing...
HenryTuesday, July 26, 2011 9:28:28 AM
Classic! i'm with slackwrdave! Man pays!
deson5
well, I'm wondering what browsers did he expect. opera?
ZodiusTuesday, July 26, 2011 7:36:42 PM
Wow, they guessed the future pretty well!!! (i.e. even in the future husband still has to pay all the bills )
BelaTuesday, July 26, 2011 7:37:45 PM
Originally posted by slackwrdave:

The wife shops, the husband pays the bills.

They didn't mention hubby's (or wifey's) "alone time" with the machine.

lol, hilarious! I love the disapproving husband. This is how I look now when I monitor mint and my husband's spur-of-the-moment woot-off purchases.
avinash nongmaithemWednesday, July 27, 2011 12:56:58 PM
i m using opera meni 6.1 on my nokia 5220 xm. The opera is say application error. Why
أبوبكرعبدالله مى كنواThursday, July 28, 2011 7:41:02 AM
يإخوان المسلمين والمسلمت.شهررمضان كريم
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crgotitFriday, July 29, 2011 8:26:04 PM
I love the perception of the all the computer noise in the back ground.
Pipat KiattikamonratThursday, August 4, 2011 9:03:19 AM
The knowledge to do it.