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?
Baskets and wheels.
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.
I love my double edge razor.s.
My 2005 Peugeot 206. Although it’s always at risk of stalling during heavy rainfall. And my wired headphones that are reliable all the time even though they get stuck in weird places sometimes.
Tech that still works, I’ll continue to use it till it dies. Then I’ll try to revive it, and if I can’t, then I’ll upgrade. My main PC is over 10 years old.
My modded 3ds + modded Wii U system I have a very large library of games that I can run on both systems + I got a lot of controllers for local-couch sessions.
My 3ds top screen broke and it’s such a brutal repair job that I have been avoiding for 2 years now
It’s not as bad as people make it out to be. It’s a bit tricky, sure, but just be patient and careful and it’ll be fine.
Specifically a ‘new’ 3ds xl, and I’m having trouble finding a replacement screen for less than $100 and at that price it hardly seems worth it. But these are the most desireable models so maybe it is
Mine is also a N3DSXL. SNES model, specifically, so I feel your pain there. That said, I just found a top screen on Amazon for $30. Are you in a location where things like this aren’t easy to get?
Can you link that? I’m in Canada so likely can’t order from there but I was checking aliexpress and ebay and 100 seems to be average
Edit: wrong unit
I don’t think that’s compatible with new 3ds xl? Maybe I’m wrong
What modifications can be done on wii u? I have one and would like to use all games that i can get without paying i also have homebrew on it.
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.
My 2070gtx
Mines still chugging along in my nephews PC.
Define “outdated”.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of “can’t upgrade anymore because it’s at the limit of what the motherboard itself can handle”, I don’t consider it outdated because it can still comfortably do what I want it to do.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.
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.
Few years ago I did a full rebuild of a top-of-the-line tube radio from 1958 and use it daily in my living room. My stereo tube amp is from 1963 or 1964. Both sound astonishing.
My binoculars are from WW II - era. I had to realign the prisms when I got them but the optics are about as good as you can get.
I also use an iPod Nano 2Gen almost daily, I think I bought it in 2008 and the original battery can still hold enough charge for 4-5 hours of continous play. Incredible device with a neat perfect UI. The physical jogwheel can be operated through pocket fabric, so I can switch songs or adjust volume while running without even having to remove the iPod from my pocket.
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.
i have a fully functional Kodak Brownie, 100 years old… but it requires ancient 117 roll film.
Vinyl player.
My ten year old desktop.
