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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by mahin@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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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[-] Libb@jlai.lu 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
  • My fountain pen (and ballpoint too), paper notebook and print books: no login required, no tracking, no sub (and no constant need to upgrade to the newest version: some of my fountain pens are older than I'm (I'm 50+ ;)
  • My DVDs and CDs: no login required, no tracking, no sub.
[-] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago

I still use CRTs on occasion.

[-] kubok@fedia.io 4 points 3 months ago

I love my double edge razor.s.

[-] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Old Casio watch. Works well on the same battery.

I have an old iPod I use when I go for walks or work.

[-] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

I left my Casio poolside in autumn and found it in spring. It was fine and on time. I’m still using it.

[-] SaintWacko@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 months ago

Pebble Time Steel, Surface Pro 3, and Kindle Voyage

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[-] richieadler@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

My Sony PRS-T1 ebook reader. Still working fine and without rooting (I will updated its software before learning that rooting it required a prior version).

[-] Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

A stereo amplifier taken from a home sound system stack that was... Probably made the 80s? Or else made in the 90s with an already outdated style, IDK.

It's not name brand, it's dual stereo instead of surround sound, it doesn't have any labels about how many amps it can pump out, but as long as I'm in an apartment, it doesn't get turned up past halfway.

I like that it has multiple inputs, bass/mid/treble knobs, and that the thing just works.

Edited to remove a guess at how many amps it has

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

I am famous for my love of my air fryer. Also, I had my main camera, a polaroid camera, gifted to me by my grandfather (who got it special from the higher-ups of Kodak back when I resided close to Rochester), and I don't ever see myself giving it up.

[-] gogosempai@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

Does my PC with GTX 1660 count lol? No fancy ray tracing, no DLSS, no 4k, simple 1080p 60 fps gaming.

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's an absolute battery hog, so I don't use it as often as I want to, but I got an old 90s Sony Discman some time last year. It came with some amazing 90s over the head in ear wited Sony headphones that works real good as well.

Just looked at the Discman and it was manufactured in '92 in Japan, model D-111, and I think it's real cool. I also checked the headphones and they're MDR-W08 in-ear headphones. Absolutely love both of them together, despite the fact the CD player is the biggest battery hog I've ever seen.

Hell, I got a CD for a game that came out a few years back and my Discman can handle it perfectly okay. I would have expected something to change in audio file formats that would have made this harder to do, so that is really cool K can play it so easily.

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[-] Strider@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

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.

[-] SVcross@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

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.

[-] ViscloReader@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

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.

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[-] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

My thinkpad x220. One of the best laptops ever made

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I don't actually use these much, but I love using them whenever I get a chance:

CRT monitors

iPod Classic

OG GameBoy

DSi XL

I actually had rockbox on the iPod but had to take it off because I'm more concerned with how it feels to use than the actual functionality; and rockbox kinda fucked it up.

Edit: I kinda unironically wish dial-up would come back, but as a novelty that ends up blowing up into an actual, community-driven internet. A) gives me fuzzy feelings for when I was a kid at my grandparents house before they ate the MAGA brainrot, and B) might force people to learn how to optimize their shitty websites or get left behind on the corpo-web.

[-] Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

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.

[-] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

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

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I'm deep into the keyboard rabbit hole, but my oldest (currently working) ones are a 1998 IBM Model M and a weird military keyboard from the mid-90s.

[-] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

My favorite keyboard is a 1995 ish Leading Edge DC2214 I have, but its switches started going bad so I'm using the dell until I get around to repairing it. It's so nice though, it has alps white switches and n key rollover unlike the 2 key rollover the dell has in some places. It's also just such a nice shape and nice color.

https://deskthority.net/wiki/Leading_Edge_DC-2214

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[-] Matriks404@lemmy.world 2 points 3 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.

[-] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 2 points 3 months ago

My iPhone mini.

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