I know some people still swear by their old iPods or film cameras. For me it’s a 15 year old Western Digital external HDD. Do you have any older gadgets or tech that you refuse to let go of?
Does my 1080Ti count?
It does my brother in overkill at the time but somehow in retrospect completely worth it GPU.
Yes, as does my DDR3 RAM that keeps randomly crashing my PC every few days (can’t upgrade RAM without replacing motherboard, CPU, case)
My 11yr old gaming rig. Started crashing frequently, but reinstalling Windows didn’t fix the issue.
Took out the RAM and graphics card, blow the slots clean with compressed air, reinserted them. Unplugged then replugged in every connector. PC now working again without crashing.
Mine is 13 years old. It just randomly powers off, and then it won’t turn back on even when you press the power button.
I learned through trial and error that I just have to unplug and re-seat the 2 RAM modules, then it will turn on again. It’s common enough that I just leave the side panel off so it’s like a 30 sec operation every 3-4 days.
Oh man, what a pain. Guess you have got in the habit of saving regularly.
My home server has been running on a i7 960 with an Intel motherboard for many many years now.
Oil lamps. They have the same appeal that’s behind the resurgent popularity of vinyl records. They’re hefty, kinesthetic items that feel good in the hand. There’s a little ritual that goes into using them. There’s the sensory appeal. I bought a Thomas & Williams miner’s lamp that was said to have been a prize that the original owner won in a regatta in the 1920’s. It’s all shiny brass, with a heavy, solid feel, and the parts fit together with such a satisfying precision. There’s feeling the heat of the flame, and the slight scent of kerosene that it emits.
(Although, I’m not sure that they’re outdated, since they’re still manufactured and sold as yacht lamps, and you can still get parts. Last month, I ordered a brand new glass chimney for it.)
Vinyl player.
I love my double edge razor.s.
Too much to list.
Stuff that was created to do something and does just that.
No fuss, no ads, no updates, no sudden change of terms, no phoning home.
Me, sweating as I look around my office.
- 3DConnexion SpaceExplorer
- DOS era Gravis controller
- Windows XP era Gravis controller
- Windows XP
- Fountain pens
- Mechanical watches
- Gameboy
- HP-41C calculator
- Old, chrome flashlights
I don’t really know where to stop this list. I love old stuff.
Dumb tv.
Pebble Time Steel, Surface Pro 3, and Kindle Voyage
Pebble Time Steel
Does any of the smartphone integration still work? Like notifications or viewing txt messages?
I used my Pebbles off and on until about a year or two ago. Yes, using the Rebble firmware it connects to your phone and you have good notifications. I miss the interface and alarm functionality, but they don’t have the ability to respond to push notifications from Google or OKTA.
Most stuff works as expected. Here’s a guide from 9to5Google
All of it! The only things that don’t work are some of the apps that relied on third party integrations
Baskets and wheels.
home appliances!! I would never want anything with app and screen, just buttons and dials for me please + I like owning my own media so HDDs full of stuff I accumulated trughout years
Original DS Lite.
I would pay hard money for someone to make essentially a 3DS successor PDA running Linux.
The potential is limitless.
Ayaneo made the Flip DS but besides being expensive apparently the battery life is a bit wanting- but at least these kinds of products are starting to be made!
my second monitor says 2009 on the back. still use it. like it more than my main 2016 one which is itself about to turn a decade old.
XMonad
I have this old PC I made back in 2014. It’s an AMD build can’t remember the processor, I use it as a multimedia pc hooked up to myain tv in the living room for watching movies shows and streaming, so the specs are low.
I recently updated to a AMD 5500 because the hardware was loosing support so it was time a for a whole new platform. I used the old case and video card from the 2014 build.
When I put the old video card into the new 5500 build I had a really hard time getting drivers for it for Linux Mint and I couldn’t figure out why.
It took me a while but that card I swapped over was a freaking Nvidia 8400 from like 2007. That card worked for 18 mfing years!
Then it dawned on me. When I build that computer in 2014 I put that 8400 in there as a place holder until I would have gotten a more up to date card… I just forgot and it’s been working diligently since then… I mean wow.
