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Two 2000's tech things I'm shocked still exist
(lemmy.world)
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PCMag - I used to physically walk into a store and buy that magazine to read about computers…before the internet was so clean and fast it made for a better news and media experience. I’m pretty sure PCMag has been around since they included AOL cds with an isssue.
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Woot! Lol…why? Woot was always stupid. The deals were never good. There is no need for it.
Both of these give me a lot of nostalgia for the early 2000’s. Playing games on Yahoo messenger. GameCube, PS2, OG Xbox.
Shocked they still exist, let alone have the funds to be running Facebook ads.
I mean a lot of the shit was refurb or overstock always. I bought a refurb Zune off Woot in 2007ish. The thing still works as a music player and is kinda awesome in form and UI.
Unfortunately I never got one of the "Bag of Crap" before they sold out, which I feel was half the charm of the site.
I bought a refurbished screen with built in VNC client or something from woot. Sweet! Set up VNC on my server, get home, fire up the screen, and it asks for DOJ login. 😳 Full stop.
Never plugged that into a network again.
Every PC I've ever purchased over the last 30 years has been a refurb.
I've never understood why people have issues with refurb machines.