Great thread! I was just thinking about this. I remember Windows XP being state of the art Every man and his dog appeared to be using it 10 years ago.
Yeah I miss XP tbh and Office 97-98 lol we were using them in the office up to I got made redundant in 07, lol glad I did an advanced ecdl last year...the ribbon..the ribbon was not needed :-)
I spent my teen years waiting for porn to download over dial up
That must have been torturous. Even waiting for websites to appear on the screen with a dial-up connection was painfully frustrating. I was so glad when even the 512K connection from BT was available to the public. I pity anyone who still has to use that terrible thing for surfing websites. I think if it is still used, it'll only be used for email though.
Yeah I miss XP tbh and Office 97-98 lol we were using them in the office up to I got made redundant in 07, lol glad I did an advanced ecdl last year...the ribbon..the ribbon was not needed :-)
I used XP and Office 2003 til 2010 when I moved to Mac. We skipped Vista as it's rubbish. I woudn't use XP now but I'm kinda nostalgic for it as I spent my teen years using it
I am currently sitting here in bed, posting this on a nice little light tablet that uses wi-fi
to connect to the web. In 2001, it would have to have been a relatively bulky laptop, with an extension lead, easy to trip over, trailing in here from the phone socket on the landing.
I used XP and Office 2003 til 2010 when I moved to Mac. We skipped Vista as it's rubbish. I woudn't use XP now but I'm kinda nostalgic for it as I spent my teen years using it
I wiped Vista off my laptop and replaced it with XP. Hated Vista. The laptop I have now runs Windows 7.
The launch of X Factor, and how we got so fed up of it being Xmas number one every year, we got Rage Against the machine to number one instead. Here DS posters predict how it will be shortly before the launch. (I didn't know Mel B was in the original lineup of judges, as you will see from reply 3 / 4 she got dropped in favor of Sharon Osbourne) http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=121121
In 2003, we had the last year when the Christmas number one was great fun. ( x factor ruined it from 2004 onwards) http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=100227
what did chart in winter 2003? http://youtu.be/O1iJNLkJwZc?t=41s
the christmas number one 2003 was Mad World, it knocked those 2 of the top spot. Bit of a depressing song for xmas though!
I went into my old Sainsbury's where I used to work whilst I was studying at Sixth Form. In this particular store if you enter from round the back you can see the canteen. It has not changed at all since I left. Anyway, towards the back is the designated smoking room. Yesterday the lights were turned out and it looked like you could not even enter it, so I have no idea what that particular room is used for now?
Scissor Sisters
Mika
Alesha Dixson
being a bad babysitter, getting 6 bucks an hour and having your boyfriend in the shower
Sean Kingston
Akon
Emma Bunton had a string of good solo songs, appeared on Neighbours, Ab Fab, and got a radio show.
Flo Rida
Iyaz (replay)
Jason Derulo
Basshunter
soulja boy
Tiao 'cruz
That must have been torturous. Even waiting for websites to appear on the screen with a dial-up connection was painfully frustrating. I was so glad when even the 512K connection from BT was available to the public. I pity anyone who still has to use that terrible thing for surfing websites. I think if it is still used, it'll only be used for email though.
I'm currently living in the Philippines and our internet connection speed is around 50-100 kbps... it's a bit tortuous, but once you get used to it - it works okay. Just don't expect Buzzfeed articles to load in the first 2 or 3 minutes of waiting..
I'd do anything for 512k internet right now.. I will definitely appreciate my 60mbps home broadband when I return next year!
I wiped Vista off my laptop and replaced it with XP. Hated Vista. The laptop I have now runs Windows 7.
I think a lot of people did that Windows 7 has gotta be one of the best OSes Microsoft has done. It's flawless for a Microsoft product Remember Windows 7 launch parties?
A lot of big / high profile celebrities died in 2009
Wendy Richards (Pauline Eastenders)
Patrick Swayze
Danny La Rue
Maggie Jones (Coronation Steet Blanche)
Michael Jackson
Jade Goody
Stephen Gately (Boyzone)
Bea Arthur
Farrah Fawcett
Big Brother was at its best during this period 2000 - 2009. Pete who had tourettes, Bombscares and secret rooms in Big Brother 4, and Nadia in Big Brother 5.
1 - When you had to put up with this to use the Internet.
2 - The graphics of the Nintendo GameCube and PS2 being considered state of the art.
3 - Manchester City would consider finishing 4th to be a dream rather than a nightmare.
Another thing I remember - when a picture or story went viral (never videos as they took too long to load) they were circulated by email rather than social networking!
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Yeah I miss XP tbh and Office 97-98 lol we were using them in the office up to I got made redundant in 07, lol glad I did an advanced ecdl last year...the ribbon..the ribbon was not needed :-)
That must have been torturous. Even waiting for websites to appear on the screen with a dial-up connection was painfully frustrating. I was so glad when even the 512K connection from BT was available to the public. I pity anyone who still has to use that terrible thing for surfing websites. I think if it is still used, it'll only be used for email though.
No smartphones and no camera phones until the second half of the decade-ish.
Most of the others have already been said.
I think there was a bigger changes between 1990 and 2002 than there was between 2003 to today.
I used XP and Office 2003 til 2010 when I moved to Mac. We skipped Vista as it's rubbish. I woudn't use XP now but I'm kinda nostalgic for it as I spent my teen years using it
to connect to the web. In 2001, it would have to have been a relatively bulky laptop, with an extension lead, easy to trip over, trailing in here from the phone socket on the landing.
I wiped Vista off my laptop and replaced it with XP. Hated Vista. The laptop I have now runs Windows 7.
this thread was started in 2008 and is still active today - last seen on page 2 of General discussion http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=960844
The launch of X Factor, and how we got so fed up of it being Xmas number one every year, we got Rage Against the machine to number one instead. Here DS posters predict how it will be shortly before the launch. (I didn't know Mel B was in the original lineup of judges, as you will see from reply 3 / 4 she got dropped in favor of Sharon Osbourne)
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=121121
In 2000 ITV broadcast its last episode of Home and Away, and these posters were excited about its 2001 launch on channel 5
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5543
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=9923
Nothing changes on Digital Spy, the first thread here is a raging debate on how paedophiles could use faceparty. The rating system was fun though
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=125662
In 2002, MSN messenger started supporting longer nicknames, we could hardly contain our excitement.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=38007
In 2003, we had the last year when the Christmas number one was great fun. ( x factor ruined it from 2004 onwards)
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=100227
what did chart in winter 2003?
http://youtu.be/O1iJNLkJwZc?t=41s
the christmas number one 2003 was Mad World, it knocked those 2 of the top spot. Bit of a depressing song for xmas though!
We thought minidisk was going to take off for a while
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=92299
we were spoilt for choice with walkmans in the early part of the 00's. i pod, cassette, cd, minidisk
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=49075
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=81504
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=136006 (I presume this was later known as the mp3 player)
This chap had a question which sadly, never got answered
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=16952
This person wanted to put a DVD onto VHS
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=16914
The quality of VHS recordings started to decline.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=89311
DVD rental by post? pre love film days? surley not
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=8628
Harry Potter was the big film franchise. Here, people discuss the first one before it comes out, and apparantly, its going to premier on BBC1 Xmas day
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=13320
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=25910
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=67711
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=90357
These are my favourite songs of the 00's
Lasgo - Something (early 00's had AMAZING dance tunes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C59YQ20mtnM
Divine Inspiration - The way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKS2XfsyqiE
Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrlhLaNClgw
Blu Cantrell - Breathe / Hit em up style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMOKlXfXn50
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfTC2o05OEw
Samantha Mumba - Always Come Back To Your Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzFFfV33zkQ
Check out these NOW! adverts - good tunes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bLvkvdS5TI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnI33a7uRas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXpnfi8UoRE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LsGUpScxyI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkfqK4V9EbE
Mika
Alesha Dixson
being a bad babysitter, getting 6 bucks an hour and having your boyfriend in the shower
Sean Kingston
Akon
Emma Bunton had a string of good solo songs, appeared on Neighbours, Ab Fab, and got a radio show.
Flo Rida
Iyaz (replay)
Jason Derulo
Basshunter
soulja boy
Tiao 'cruz
I'm currently living in the Philippines and our internet connection speed is around 50-100 kbps... it's a bit tortuous, but once you get used to it - it works okay. Just don't expect Buzzfeed articles to load in the first 2 or 3 minutes of waiting..
I'd do anything for 512k internet right now.. I will definitely appreciate my 60mbps home broadband when I return next year!
16.37% of users of a particular anti-virus program still do! - http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/virus/2014/16-37-per-cent-Users-Still-Run-Windows-XP-Kaspersky-Lab-Statistics-Say
You'll be pleased to hear they are all returning in March for the shows 30th anniversary.
Does anyone remember any stand out TV shows or TV characters?
Little Britian was HUGE for a while. Vicki Pollard, Only gay in the village and Lou and Andy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eguvGDsrGhw
I think a lot of people did that
Wendy Richards (Pauline Eastenders)
Patrick Swayze
Danny La Rue
Maggie Jones (Coronation Steet Blanche)
Michael Jackson
Jade Goody
Stephen Gately (Boyzone)
Bea Arthur
Farrah Fawcett
In 2002, the year Jade Goody made her TV debut on Big Brother 3, these posters thought she should see a psychologist.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=27520
Adele, a girl in the same series as big brother as JAde turned out to be rather 2 faced
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=25078
Big Brother was at its best during this period 2000 - 2009. Pete who had tourettes, Bombscares and secret rooms in Big Brother 4, and Nadia in Big Brother 5.
Who could forget these wonderful songs?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypcZu3CMxYA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJkt8UT8O8s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyPvlqBL1po
1 - When you had to put up with this to use the Internet.
2 - The graphics of the Nintendo GameCube and PS2 being considered state of the art.
3 - Manchester City would consider finishing 4th to be a dream rather than a nightmare.
I love the date at the top - "Friday, November 28, 114".
http://youtu.be/IAfK1pMUUBU?t=2m8s
http://youtu.be/H5vMdmajxFY
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=380202
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=405573 < the link to a funny Youtube vid in the first post surprisingly still works
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=434200 < Youtube gets Adverts
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=448457 < Will Youtube be the end of itunes?
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=472185 < Google buys Youtube
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=476372 < 2007 - the beginning of the end for Youtube?
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=494250 < this user doesn't know what Youtube is!
Breaking news - Youtube will soon be available on Mobile Phones
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=536430
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6347675.stm
Its August 2001 and Sky+ has launched
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=11268
But can you use an analogue dish with a digi box?
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=14436
Granada Breeze (not for long though)
BBC Choice & BBC Knowledge (not for long though)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D7wjwr0szw
BBC Choice closes down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d3maJ4f1EU
Did anybody watch "that gay show" on BBC choice? phwoar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0Pu8HQInQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_-isKzt4O4
Throw Electric Six, Cheeky Girls and Bob the Builder in, 2000's was the best decade ever for music!
I hope to God you're being sarcastic!
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3449
Will German porn channels launch on digital? (features a funny description of a porn scene)
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6539
Dreamcast vs Ps2 - which will have better graphics with the new Crazy taxi game?
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5853
Who will be top of the Console War at the end of 2002? (interesting that the 3 companies involved are still doing battle today)
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17194
Will Young comes out as gay
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=19571
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=19564
Will Comedy Central ever come to the UK? (most posters think it won't
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28326
Will Free to air digital TV succeed??
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=30075
Will Big Brother make it to a 4th series after all the editing of BB3?
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32326
Scot FM Went off air
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=15303
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=434365
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=11208
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=24055
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=313102
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=300251
Immigrants began taking over DS in 2001. But Blair promised to get tough on them in 2004, so it was okay
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=13651
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=122831
In 2002, we started the first ever 'daily mail' discussion
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=19448
In 2003, The Daily Mail were shocked to the core that TATU were riding high in the charts. All the things she said all the things she said, running through my head running thorough my head
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=50512
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=50343
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=51412
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yP4Nm86yk0
The Daily Mail headline generator started back in 2003
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=95663
Another thing I remember - when a picture or story went viral (never videos as they took too long to load) they were circulated by email rather than social networking!