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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 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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[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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.

[-] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

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

[-] Matriks404@lemmy.world 2 points 5 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.

[-] Don_alForno@feddit.org 1 points 5 months ago
[-] kugel7c@feddit.org 2 points 5 months ago

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

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Yes, as does my DDR3 RAM that keeps randomly crashing my PC every few days (can't upgrade RAM without replacing motherboard, CPU, case)

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago
[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 5 months ago

Mines still chugging along in my nephews PC.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 5 months ago

My LG V20. No current phone can replace the functionality of it. I'm dreading the day the apps I use for work stop working on it and I have to buy some POS modern phone and I can't do half the shit I currently do.

[-] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 1 points 5 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 1 points 5 months ago

Vinyl player.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago
[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] bl4kers@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago
  • Pebble Time Steel (2015)

    • Helps me use my phone less, timers/alarms/stopwatch, rings my phone when lost, sleep tracking
  • Galaxy Buds Plus (2020)

    • No frills, battery life is excellent due to no ANC, compact charging case
  • Soundfreaq Sound Spot (2013)

    • Easy to use, hook up two for stereo, sounds fine to my ear, found another recently for $20
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