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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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[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Most of my peripherals honestly, my monitors are all 10-20 years old, my keyboard is a like 30 year old Dell AT101W, I only replaced my old Logitech G35 headphones when they literally fell to pieces

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[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 2 points 4 months ago

My iPhone mini.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

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

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months 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 4 months 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.

[–] Antaeus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Vinyl player.

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago (5 children)
[–] kugel7c@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago

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

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[–] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months 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 4 months ago

My ten year old desktop.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago
[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Baskets and wheels.

[–] nicerdicer@feddit.org 1 points 4 months ago

I have an old flatbed scanner that I occasionally use. I bought it in 2003 or 2004. For scanning I use an old 2010 Macbook Pro still running on MacOS X 10.6.8. The scanner software ist written for Power PC, and MacOS X is the last OS that can execute the software. The scanner still works perfectly fine. Some time ago I found out that there is third party software availiable that probably runs on recent macOS installations, but since I refuse to pay for it, I transfer the scanned documents with a thumb drive onto my M1 Macbook Pro. I tried to connect my recent Macbook Pro with my 2010 Macbook Pro via Bluetooth, but I couldn't get them to transfer files between them, although they detect each other in the Bluetooth settings. I suspect that it is a compatibility issue, as there is a huge age gap between both operating systems (∼ 15 years)

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