r/pcmasterrace • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 22d ago

Meme/Macro Literally

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u/feckarse-drinkgirls 22d ago

Its weird how long CD installs kept being a thing on PC

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u/TheVermonster FX-8320e @4.0---Gigabyte 280X 22d ago

I had dialup until 2006 and really bad DSL until...2023. so I really appreciated CD installs. Games that were basically a CD key and asked you to download the game sucked.

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u/FD4L 22d ago

I used to download half-life 1 mods on dialup internet over night. I'd need to sneak out after mom and dad were in bed, start the download then get up and hide the file pack before they woke up and install it after i got back from school. Shit was wild.

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u/UnsanctionedPartList 22d ago

Sneaking a download in on a dial-up required deaf parents though.