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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?

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[–] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

My home server has been running on a i7 960 with an Intel motherboard for many many years now.

[–] vector@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Sony PCM-M10 field recorder Olympia Travel Typewriter Olympus mju2 point and shoot camera

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 month ago

My iPhone mini.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

My two favorite classics Ade my GBA (tho its nodded now) and my Sony WM-EX631 cassette Walkman.

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (5 children)
[–] kugel7c@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

It does my brother in overkill at the time but somehow in retrospect completely worth it GPU.

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[–] Antaeus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Vinyl player.

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I haven't used iPods for like 25 years now, but I always liked that you could instantaneously switch songs, and on modern streaming apps I sometimes need to wait for like a second, because it does god knows what in the meantime.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] agelord@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

My ten year old desktop.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Define "outdated".

My main workstation desktop that I use for most of my heavy lifting was bought in 2016. In the years since, however, it's been maxed out on the RAM that the motherboard can support, the ssds, the video cards, etc... So while it's now hit that bottleneck of "can't upgrade anymore because it's at the limit of what the motherboard itself can handle", I don't consider it outdated because it can still comfortably do what I want it to do.

A close second would by my Lumix G7 mirrorless camera. Old, yes. But still works perfectly fine. Records in 4K and still produces a better result than smartphone cameras because it uses actual proper lenses rather than digital software trickery. With mirrorless and DSLRs, the lenses are far more important than the frame (to a certain extent), so I don't see a need to upgrade that anytime soon.

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