21:21 Omg, never expected you to find and own a copy of the Nanami Madoka Windows disc! That's way rare to see nowadays, so hope you make a dedicated video to it as it's part of a product series that Microsoft made in Japan, they even made an anime commercial based off internet explorer. Seriously, never expected this and was the first thing that caught my attention. Windows ME and 2000 also have anime versions but idk if you can find those on the web.
Oh yeah, OS-tans. Almost every piece of software had one, although they were mostly Fan made, The Windows 7, and I think also the Windows 8 one were the only official ones.
21:21 that's nanami madobe, the windows 7-tan. Because anime is so popular in Japan, Microsoft released anime-versions of windows with custom themes and other exclusive stuff.
The original inspiration for this marketing campaign came from the popularity of a fan-made internet comic "OS-tan". It was all about turning different operating systems to anime girls. From what I've read, it was quite popular in Japan.
Well you do have to get the discs with her sisters. Azure, the 8 Twins, 10, and the youngest 11. There is also the Taiwan made Silverlight girl and the IE/ Edge girl who fought off the evil chrome robots in her premere film.
@@MichaelMJD Is there any chance you could upload the Xbox demo disc? I'm part of an original xbox archiving community and I know myself and them would love a copy of it.
That Nanami Madobe disc got me excited for this vid and I hope you do the dedicated video for it and other OS-tans in the future. Would also love to see the Microsoft cards being played, just to see what designs they used for the cards.
Speaking of which, I have been looking for such stuff since 2015 and I remember finding a Turkish site selling Windows 7 DSP Ultimate (which is of course the Japanese version of Windows 7 Ultimate including Nanami Madobe themes) installation CDs from second hand. I hope they're still being sold and not sold out because I'm planning on buying one as soon as possible.
Wow, that's a lot of beta stuff! Did you know that some beta versions of Microsoft Plus! 95 are up for sale on eBay as auctions right now? As an archivist, I wish I could obtain them, but I'd rather save up my money on other things at this point. Maybe you could purchase and review them unless you already have them preserved somewhere.
Wow! That was a LOT of beta software! And of course as always, great video man. I remember you had like 54k (if I remember correctly) subs when I subbed to you, now you got 230k? Wow your channel grew a lot lol.
I’m definitely subscribing for that Nanami video. I always wanted one back in the day (being a huge weeb myself) but I never found a way to actually get one, specially since I live in Costa Rica, and importing stuff from Japan back in the day was very difficult.
Wow Micheal! I love watching your videos and can't wait for you to release the next one :P Seeing that you released a video just made my day! Its been a good 11 years, keep it up!
When I've seen 21:05, I was already hyped since I know who she is. Yes, she is Nanami Madobe, the Windows 7 mascot, who has her own dedicated Facebook page, which a Microsoft employee runs (or used to run) of course!
21:17 OMG It's 7-tan! Mild spoilers for that future video incoming! She was a huge deal in Japan for her soft-moe personality and as one of the few official "OS-tans" or "Operating System Persona", literal characters themed on an OS. She was part of a huge marketing campaign from Microsoft to sell Windows 7 in Japan, launched in part due to people staying on Windows 95/98 even after Vista already came and went (This is also why over HALF of Touhou's phase one games were built for 98). The campaign was largely successful, but there wasn't as much merchandise tied to it as the usual "Full Immersion" style of Japanese marketing entails, so just having that disc is pretty big deal.
Really happy to see some stuff related to OS-Tans, yeah it might sound weeb and all but it was a very interesting way of doing promotions of Microsoft related stuff in japan and it has a very interesting backstory with all the different versions of windows and even Mac and Linux being represented by some anime gals. Much of things like 95-Tan being a very traditional, kinda housewife that carries a katana everywhere she goes because she was involved in the Mac vs Windows war and she always thinks a Mac could suddendly strike from the shadows like some kind of war PTSD. Me-Tan being a very clumsy maid and often freezing and zoning out all of the sudden representing the infamous moment that cemented the reputation of Windows Me being a "BSOD incompatible mess" 2K-Tan being the proffesional looking and often too focused on financial and other proffesional aspects but being bad at anything that isnt buisness, and XP-Tan being the "super powerful OS-Tan" where most of the time she goes around eating rice all the time in a way mocking the infamous "Windows XP eats all your resources all time" and also not being a very organized OS and most of the time forgetting to cleaning stuff for you.
Would be great to see some MSDN stuff again. Been a while since I looked at those discs myself and would be great to see someone else dive into them (for the first time?) :)
Those Port Replicators were Killer. My first IT job in Na$hville, all the Field Guys for the HVAC company had them at their desks when they came in to clean up what they did for the day with the CAD/CAM drawings. I had one at home for days I VNC'd in cough cough, I had one with a Built in 2.5" HHD bay for Backup or Dual Boot. HELLO P4ht GAMING STATION!
ah, Nanami Madobe, the Windows 7 anime mascot. She had her own desktop theme and browser. Pretty cool idea - they should have done it again for Windows 10.
Love the way you just got hyper excited. Really, you got ACTUALLY hyper excited haha, it is quite understable. Great video man! I'm very interested in Xbox demo CD and that anime stuff, so please, make a video of both when you can!
The anime girl is Nanami Madobe. She was the official mascot for Windows 7 in Japan. The name is a pun, since mado means window, and nana means seven in Japanese.
Crazy to think this old, obscure Windows stuff is even still out there. Watching videos about 90's-2000's software and hardware has become somewhat of a passion of mine. Everyone has been so fixated on 80's stuff over the past decade that 90's and 2000's stuff got pushed to the wayside. It seems that's slowly starting to change now though. I was into the whole 80's retrowave thing myself back in the early 2010's, but it's been done for so long now that it's kinda stale and corny imo, so I've found myself drawn more to 90's and 2000's nostalgia over the past 6 years.
Doctor: Windows 7 Mania Office disc with Madone Nanami on it isn't real, she can't hurt you *Windows 7 Mania Office disc with Madone Nanami on it:* 21:12
I still have the windows vista anytime upgrade disc Believe it or not sitting in my dresser drawer… i used it back in the day to upgrade from business to ultimate… I really can’t remember how it worked I should experiment with it sometime
Is there any chance you could upload the Xbox demo disc? I'm part of an original xbox archiving community and I know myself and them would love a copy of it.
There is another dock that would work with that Dell, which is much bigger/heavier, and includes an internal PSU, as well as a PCI slot, and optical drive slot; it's a beast!
OMG! That is Madobe Nanami, the official Windows 7 mascot. Sigh, Windows 11 was released on October last year, and as of today, there are no official mascot for Windows 11.
23:18 hey Michael MJD, I'm ready hoping you would make video related that anime cd, especially it's Windows 7 too, I just can't wait man when I see anime girl windows 7.. I really want you to make video about it.. please
I'm a receptionist for a healthcare tech centre in England. I recently got some Fallout stickers. Sad person that I am, I stuck the Property of Vault-Tec sticker onto my gaming laptop...and wrote on an Asset Number to complete the mock office PC look. I am VERY VERY sad.
MJD if your reading this then if you want you can all beta pre release CDs get all isos and put them online on the internet on the internet archive (In the beginning of this comment i sayed if you want and not like you have to do it you can its your option)
What usb floppy drive would you recommend because I've hade a dos PC for about 2 years now and I haven't been able to find dos of free dos floppy disks and I have over 300 floppy disks from when my dad used to work for a company that required floppy disks about 21 to 22 years ago
Dude the same problem i have to the celeron n3350 is not supported for windows 11 but you can install like a new windows not to upgrade from windows 10 just download windows 11 from microsoft and boot from usb :)
I actually think that I have an iso-file somwhere on my pc of that same "Win 7 anime disc" Not the original disc though, but the same content. The blue-haired girl's name is Madobe Nanami, and can be seen in this short japanese Win 7 commercial with english subtitles. /watch?v=XBq-FFM5VhM Great content as usual Michael.
MJD saying "that's so cool" for 24 minutes is exactly the wholesome content I subscribed for, haha
21:21
Omg, never expected you to find and own a copy of the Nanami Madoka Windows disc!
That's way rare to see nowadays, so hope you make a dedicated video to it as it's part of a product series that Microsoft made in Japan, they even made an anime commercial based off internet explorer. Seriously, never expected this and was the first thing that caught my attention. Windows ME and 2000 also have anime versions but idk if you can find those on the web.
Just a little correction over here.
Her last name is Madobe, not Madoka.
But yeah, similar thoughts in my mind. :)
Oh yeah, OS-tans. Almost every piece of software had one, although they were mostly Fan made, The Windows 7, and I think also the Windows 8 one were the only official ones.
@@pastedtomato, correction: Windows 10 one, Madobe Touko, is also an official mascot in Madobe family. :)
Japan has anime girls that represent Windows OS's
@@1Soniccool Nana Mizuki....O____________________O
21:21 that's nanami madobe, the windows 7-tan. Because anime is so popular in Japan, Microsoft released anime-versions of windows with custom themes and other exclusive stuff.
A full video on this topic is planned : )
For Windows Azure her sister Cloudia received a figure bundled with Visual studio sold by Microsoft at Comicket it was bundled with the Xbox sdk
The original inspiration for this marketing campaign came from the popularity of a fan-made internet comic "OS-tan". It was all about turning different operating systems to anime girls. From what I've read, it was quite popular in Japan.
Well you do have to get the discs with her sisters.
Azure, the 8 Twins, 10, and the youngest 11. There is also the Taiwan made Silverlight girl and the IE/ Edge girl who fought off the evil chrome robots in her premere film.
@@MichaelMJD Is there any chance you could upload the Xbox demo disc? I'm part of an original xbox archiving community and I know myself and them would love a copy of it.
That Nanami Madobe disc got me excited for this vid and I hope you do the dedicated video for it and other OS-tans in the future. Would also love to see the Microsoft cards being played, just to see what designs they used for the cards.
This just made my day after a rough day today. Thank you as always MJD! Awesome stuff!!!
very zilch
Just when I'm browsing UA-cam what to watch a new MJD video pops-up! You sir, just made my evening! 👍🏻
I can't believe that you now have a Madobe Nanami disk set omg
Me too xd
Yeah just commented that OMG hope he makes a video about it
NO, NO!! THE WEEBS ARE HERE MICHAEL WHAT HAVE YOU DONE 😭
w h a t
@@prestonak i am here since 2020 so... xd and welcome to Internet
Never thought I'd see the Nanami Madobe Windows CD,
I have literally spent 10 years looking for that CD.
whats on that disk?
Speaking of which, I have been looking for such stuff since 2015 and I remember finding a Turkish site selling Windows 7 DSP Ultimate (which is of course the Japanese version of Windows 7 Ultimate including Nanami Madobe themes) installation CDs from second hand. I hope they're still being sold and not sold out because I'm planning on buying one as soon as possible.
@@bloomingch If they do still have it, you're Probably gonna pay a pretty penny these were quite rare even Back then.
@@ShinetoZeroX I know and I started saving up at the time I saw it about 5 years ago already.
Fact: I'm still a student tied to my pocket money. :/
Correction to the info I gave, not all Windows 7 DSP editions include Nanami Madobe themes. There's a limited set of copies of them for this.
Wow, that's a lot of beta stuff! Did you know that some beta versions of Microsoft Plus! 95 are up for sale on eBay as auctions right now? As an archivist, I wish I could obtain them, but I'd rather save up my money on other things at this point. Maybe you could purchase and review them unless you already have them preserved somewhere.
Wow! That was a LOT of beta software! And of course as always, great video man. I remember you had like 54k (if I remember correctly) subs when I subbed to you, now you got 230k? Wow your channel grew a lot lol.
Thanks so much for sticking around!
Beta versions of Microsoft software is always interesting as you see the development cycle before a operating system is released.
22:55 the text on that disc translates to Japanese Language Prerelease Version, dated November of 1999.
9:43 his brain literally did a hard reset. 😂😂
I’m definitely subscribing for that Nanami video. I always wanted one back in the day (being a huge weeb myself) but I never found a way to actually get one, specially since I live in Costa Rica, and importing stuff from Japan back in the day was very difficult.
Wow Micheal! I love watching your videos and can't wait for you to release the next one :P Seeing that you released a video just made my day! Its been a good 11 years, keep it up!
When I've seen 21:05, I was already hyped since I know who she is. Yes, she is Nanami Madobe, the Windows 7 mascot, who has her own dedicated Facebook page, which a Microsoft employee runs (or used to run) of course!
wait what? windows 7 mascot?
@@thepikachugamer Yeah, Windows has Japanese mascot since Windows 7, the latest is Madobe Touko (Windows 10 mascot)
Oh my god, I actually thought OS-tan was just a fan art thing up until now. I would actually like to hear a video on it
21:17 OMG It's 7-tan! Mild spoilers for that future video incoming!
She was a huge deal in Japan for her soft-moe personality and as one of the few official "OS-tans" or "Operating System Persona", literal characters themed on an OS. She was part of a huge marketing campaign from Microsoft to sell Windows 7 in Japan, launched in part due to people staying on Windows 95/98 even after Vista already came and went (This is also why over HALF of Touhou's phase one games were built for 98). The campaign was largely successful, but there wasn't as much merchandise tied to it as the usual "Full Immersion" style of Japanese marketing entails, so just having that disc is pretty big deal.
Does someone mentioned Touhou?
@@HyperVanilo 2hu 2kool.
That items for sure are difficult to find, all very cool, great video as always Michael
Can't wait for the future videos, especially regarding that Windows 7 OS-Tan disc 😁
That was nice going through that stuf with you. Thanks!
I'm really simp for Nanami Nadobe since Windows 7 release. I wish i see the installation for it soon!
5:44 Hey, did I just technically videobomb this? 😂 And oh, I’m super jealous of the Windows 95 stuff!
Really happy to see some stuff related to OS-Tans, yeah it might sound weeb and all but it was a very interesting way of doing promotions of Microsoft related stuff in japan and it has a very interesting backstory with all the different versions of windows and even Mac and Linux being represented by some anime gals.
Much of things like 95-Tan being a very traditional, kinda housewife that carries a katana everywhere she goes because she was involved in the Mac vs Windows war and she always thinks a Mac could suddendly strike from the shadows like some kind of war PTSD.
Me-Tan being a very clumsy maid and often freezing and zoning out all of the sudden representing the infamous moment that cemented the reputation of Windows Me being a "BSOD incompatible mess"
2K-Tan being the proffesional looking and often too focused on financial and other proffesional aspects but being bad at anything that isnt buisness, and XP-Tan being the "super powerful OS-Tan" where most of the time she goes around eating rice all the time in a way mocking the infamous "Windows XP eats all your resources all time" and also not being a very organized OS and most of the time forgetting to cleaning stuff for you.
Those stickers look so good! I also love The Nostalgia Mall's channel. Both of you make great content.
Would be great to see some MSDN stuff again. Been a while since I looked at those discs myself and would be great to see someone else dive into them (for the first time?) :)
I may still have one of those Dell D610 docking stations kicking around. I do have a couple of power adapters for the laptop.
Those Port Replicators were Killer.
My first IT job in Na$hville, all the Field Guys for the HVAC company had them at their desks when they came in to clean up what they did for the day with the CAD/CAM drawings.
I had one at home for days I VNC'd in cough cough, I had one with a Built in 2.5" HHD bay for Backup or Dual Boot.
HELLO P4ht GAMING STATION!
ah, Nanami Madobe, the Windows 7 anime mascot. She had her own desktop theme and browser. Pretty cool idea - they should have done it again for Windows 10.
They have already made one for windows 10.
Windows 10 has Madobe Tooko, its own anime mascot. There is a desktop theme for it floating around which even includes system notification sounds.
@@bippaasama cool, i totally missed her. i'll have to check it out.
yaay new MJD video!!! exciting as always keep it up Michael 😄♥♥♥
Love the way you just got hyper excited. Really, you got ACTUALLY hyper excited haha, it is quite understable. Great video man! I'm very interested in Xbox demo CD and that anime stuff, so please, make a video of both when you can!
21:15
sauce: legends of the multi-universe. just showcases some music, videos, stats, and photos. can't wait for the video to come out.
It's always cool seeing prerelease media!
The anime girl is Nanami Madobe. She was the official mascot for Windows 7 in Japan. The name is a pun, since mado means window, and nana means seven in Japanese.
20:14 is codename whistler personal edition, beta 1 from january 2001
Really looking forward to the Nanami Madobe disc video
same, been spending the entire day looking for a iso, still have nothing. really hoping this stuff gets properly preserved
Crazy to think this old, obscure Windows stuff is even still out there. Watching videos about 90's-2000's software and hardware has become somewhat of a passion of mine. Everyone has been so fixated on 80's stuff over the past decade that 90's and 2000's stuff got pushed to the wayside. It seems that's slowly starting to change now though. I was into the whole 80's retrowave thing myself back in the early 2010's, but it's been done for so long now that it's kinda stale and corny imo, so I've found myself drawn more to 90's and 2000's nostalgia over the past 6 years.
Just found this video - can tell I'm a bit behind on my UA-cam channels! Thanks for the shoutout and hope you enjoy the Dell Latitude dock :)
Doctor: Windows 7 Mania Office disc with Madone Nanami on it isn't real, she can't hurt you
*Windows 7 Mania Office disc with Madone Nanami on it:* 21:12
I still have the windows vista anytime upgrade disc Believe it or not sitting in my dresser drawer… i used it back in the day to upgrade from business to ultimate… I really can’t remember how it worked I should experiment with it sometime
I'm a "Mug Collector" and i love computer stuff.
At 6:25 see that Mug right there?
I. NEED. IT.
Amazing, what a cliffhanger haha. Love it
As soon as I saw Madobe Nanami in thumbnail, I immediately click this video. That's a crazy amount of beta discs
oooh Nanairo Generator disc, that is a pretty neat song. Such a cool theme for windows 7
21:31 michael mjd lore
Came here for the OS-tan disc, really looking forward to that video.
Same lol
21:12 OMG It's Nanami
The Windows 95 pin reminds of the type of things that customer associates/salespeople would wear on their uniforms.
11:03 I remember I used to have one of those, I still have the disc but lost the case
Thank you for putting caption so early!
Give us that Madobe Nanami disc set video next Michael. Please😂
Congrats for the series!
I have the Windos 7 for refurbished PC Slovak disk, it was laying in a drover where I work, and I just took it home
so michael is going to create a Windows OS-tan dedicated video
Yeah I guess, I’ll be waiting for it.
This video is, you guessed it, really really cool.
21:10 Ooo... That's the anime I love 3 years ago.
2:41 I feel you. I have that possessor too and I want windows 11.
Came for the anime in the background, uploader says it will be for a separate video.
_I am satisfied with this._
22:50 the text on the disc says "Japanese language Pre-release version November 1999".
Is there any chance you could upload the Xbox demo disc? I'm part of an original xbox archiving community and I know myself and them would love a copy of it.
21:27 *sees CV* I RECOGNIZED THAT KANA ANYWHERE.
That anime esque disk definitely needs to get ripped onto the internet archive after filming
Yeah, same for my thoughts. I’ll be waiting.
Can we please blow this channel up .. so many fun easy to watch videos 🤟🏼🤟🏼
You showed the serial for WXP on the back of the Dell laptop
MJD is finally gonna install Windows 11 on the Mars Rover!!
21:15 I have no idea why, but I just want this.
It's because we ALL do.
@@chunkemonke777 thank you for commenting
@Daniel Andrade thank you for explaining
4:03 Same with my Latitude D630.BTW, running Windows 11 mod
This is gonna make good videos.
Yes
20:23 one of them is professional and one of them are personal
Just a suggestion, can you take a look at browser toolbars? The history and all that? thanks
Me: Looks On Internet Archive For Windows 7 Mania Office Windows-Chan
There is another dock that would work with that Dell, which is much bigger/heavier, and includes an internal PSU, as well as a PCI slot, and optical drive slot; it's a beast!
Whoever did the subtitles needs to take a YAJ tour (because of the "indistinct" part at 16:38. Michael clearly says "Yahoo Auctions Japan")
Thanks for the heads up! Yeah I paid to get subtitles made for this video. Will make the change!
2:01 the fact that the Windows 11 relesed on my Birthday is not a Concidence 😅
I'm still using a pc I built way back in 2011 :) since it still works, I have no intention to update or change it :) it runs Linuxc like crazy :)
What do you use your pc for?
You've got a surprising pack! Really nice pretty cool
Oh dang, Stephen!? I recognize him from Cheat Engine and debugging tutorials. Helpful content!
we used to have Beta 1 for windows vista at my job, I hate it that I didn't take more stuff when the office closed
21:11 oh lord
I actually experienced the Win95 demo cd via emulation and the music sounded like:
"Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-dodo-dododo"
its the life having people send you things a lot
"Emerald" is actually the codename for Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2. Just wanted to point that out.
i never clicked so fast on a Michael MJD video with Madobe Nanami in the thumbnail
11:00, Wow! I have that disk, Ive never seen people with one.
It feels so weird to me that they actually produced win95 sampler CDs for win3.1
those playing cards... I WANT THEM
4:19 I need one of those. Guess I'll find one on eBay.
OMG! That is Madobe Nanami, the official Windows 7 mascot. Sigh, Windows 11 was released on October last year, and as of today, there are no official mascot for Windows 11.
23:18 hey Michael MJD, I'm ready hoping you would make video related that anime cd, especially it's Windows 7 too, I just can't wait man when I see anime girl windows 7.. I really want you to make video about it.. please
Ya, I really want it also lol
I'm a receptionist for a healthcare tech centre in England. I recently got some Fallout stickers. Sad person that I am, I stuck the Property of Vault-Tec sticker onto my gaming laptop...and wrote on an Asset Number to complete the mock office PC look.
I am VERY VERY sad.
20:20 not sure if this was already picked up but they don't both say "professional" one says "personal" kthanxbye
MJD if your reading this then if you want you can all beta pre release CDs get all isos and put them online on the internet on the internet archive (In the beginning of this comment i sayed if you want and not like you have to do it you can its your option)
thats a big amount of Beta software
will you dump them on Internet Archive or anything
Most likely he wont, which is unfortunate. He wont release them to the public…
@@ongakuwotabeta damn
What usb floppy drive would you recommend because I've hade a dos PC for about 2 years now and I haven't been able to find dos of free dos floppy disks and I have over 300 floppy disks from when my dad used to work for a company that required floppy disks about 21 to 22 years ago
I think he was in San Franciso for the COMPAQ portable? Maybe he went to collect a motherboard?
I have discovered that the latitude d610 can actually run the 32 but version of windows 10, my d610 was a thrift store find.
Would be cool to see that windows XP beta disc, as well as the windows 7 refurbisher
Dude the same problem i have to the celeron n3350 is not supported for windows 11 but you can install like a new windows not to upgrade from windows 10 just download windows 11 from microsoft and boot from usb :)
I actually think that I have an iso-file somwhere on my pc of that same "Win 7 anime disc" Not the original disc though, but the same content. The blue-haired girl's name is Madobe Nanami, and can be seen in this short japanese Win 7 commercial with english subtitles. /watch?v=XBq-FFM5VhM Great content as usual Michael.
really? please preserve it if possible
Oh man, the Windows 7 OS-tan is here!