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?
My ten year old desktop.
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.
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.
My home server has been running on a i7 960 with an Intel motherboard for many many years now.
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.
i have a fully functional Kodak Brownie, 100 years old… but it requires ancient 117 roll film.
Sony PCM-M10 field recorder Olympia Travel Typewriter Olympus mju2 point and shoot camera
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!
iPod classic. The fact that a 2009 device with a mini hard drive still works after dropping the thing like 100 times shows the absolutely ridiculously over engineered build quality on those things.
Same here, but my battery started to go out and puff up so I replaced it for a bigger one, put 1tb of ssd storage, a USB-C charger, and bluetooth. Now I don’t have to preload music from my +200gb library and I have room for a couple of movies :D
where did you source the USB -C mod?
How do you replace the internal storage with ssd storage? Is it easy? I was going to look into some more modern niche music players. I just really don’t want to use my phone. I love having the separate device.
My 2070gtx
Vinyl player.
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 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.
My thinkpad x220. One of the best laptops ever made
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
I don’t think that’s compatible with new 3ds xl? Maybe I’m wrong