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What's the most outdated piece of technology you still use today?

posted 4 years ago by robocat893 (15923)
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I have a nine year old HP laptop computer that runs as well today as it did when I first purchased it. I don't need a powerful computer because I use it mostly to surf the net, listen to music, watch YouTube videos and copy video and audio media to my phone.

I also bought a Logitech wireless mouse eight years ago and it works great too. I've only had to replace the battery in the mouse once a couple years ago.

What about you? Whats the oldest piece of technology you still use today?

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[–] Who (5146) 4 years ago

I still read some books on my old Kindle tablet

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[–] DarkHorse (297) 4 years ago

I have a wallkman from the 80's as in the cassette type, I still sometimes use it. My laptop is also about 10 years old and is starting to become unusable for many new programs etc.

And I am still using an Apple I4S smartphone also not compatible with many new apps.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21470) 4 years ago

One of my daughters bought a Walkman off eBay recently for around 50 dollars. So be sure to hang on to yours.

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[–] DarkHorse (297) 4 years ago

I will. I am pretty old school. If something still works you keep it. I have noticed the new attitude is replace it every time a new model or new tech comes out.

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[–] moviechatterer (15643) 4 years ago

My main car is 30 years old.
It has a Kenwood stereo which was the first ever to play mp3s from a cd , which its still doing!

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21470) 4 years ago

What type of car do you have?

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[–] moviechatterer (15643) 4 years ago

a mk3 Toyota Supra , made out of the best bits of 2 mk3 supras i had :)

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21470) 4 years ago

Awesome!

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[–] BullSchmidt (3189) 4 years ago

> My main car is 30 years old.

Cool! Up until recently I drove a 2002 model Chrysler. I had fun doing my own maintenance on it, which I felt comfortable doing; I figured the car's value had dropped so low that if I screwed up something it wouldn't be much of a loss. I finally ended up buying a new car (new for me, actually a used 2016 model) when it developed a mechanical problem I couldn't fix myself, and it would have cost more than the value of the car for a mechanic to fix it.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21470) 4 years ago

There is something rewarding about keeping old vehicles on top top shape. My daily driver is a 1998.

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[–] BullSchmidt (3189) 4 years ago

My old car was hardly in top shape. It was in decent but mediocre shape when I got it, but I got it basically for $1 plus a couple of favors. It had a few problems I had to work around or live with. Its computer had become a little flaky and sometimes gave false alarms, "check engine immediately." I had to learn how to get it to display the specific error codes and check whether the problem was real or not.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21470) 4 years ago

I know what you mean about the dreaded check engine light, and rather or not it means pull over now or you can live with it. 😀

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[–] BullSchmidt (3189) 4 years ago

With mine it was always one of the codes that indicated a pressure problem in the fuel system, as if the gas cap was loose. It might have been that sensor rather than the computer that had gone bad. Once I verified that it was that sort of code I didn't worry about it, I just unhooked the battery at the first opportunity to reboot the computer. When I reconnected the battery the code was gone and stayed gone, so I knew it was a false alarm.

I would have been absolutely clueless on everything under the hood, but I got the Chilton and the Haynes repair manuals. They spell out everything, step by step, so even a newbie like me could do things. It was a little frustrating that 95% of the information in the two books was the same, so I was paying for that stuff twice, but there was enough different information in the two that I thought it was necessary to have both.

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[–] moviechatterer (15643) 4 years ago

had to read that twice - first time round i thought your newer car had died lol
Its all a juggling act of all those factors :)
lots of pluses with a newer one , but depreciation to worry about

with an older one you have to know when to stop pouring good money after bad sometimes :)

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[–] BullSchmidt (3189) 4 years ago

> had to read that twice - first time round i thought your newer car had died lol

Oh, I see -- yeah, sloppy syntax.

> with an older one you have to know when to stop pouring good money after bad sometimes :)

And know when it's not worth the money at all to address a problem. I wrote above about the flaky computer. That was something I could easily live with, so I never did anything about it. For about a year after I got that car, I was hearing, seeing, and feeling new weird squeaks, groans, alarms and such as the seasons changed. I had to learn which ones mattered and which ones didn't.

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[–] CKid (3842) 4 years ago

Two cups connected by a piece of string for communication.

I read actual books rather than books on any type of electronic media.

I travel by car rather than stepping into the transporter room.
"Scotty, you can take your transporter and shove it where the sun don't shine."

And when I travel by car, like several others here, I mostly listen to music from cds that I have burned.
Hey, at least I'm no longer using 8-track tapes! ;-)

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[–] NilesStandish (3) 4 years ago

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[–] diezman (2099) 4 years ago

I have a VHS player that I use from time to time.

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[–] R_Kane (15828) 4 years ago

Old tech: The wheel. Fire. We haven’t made anything better. “Old” DOES NOT mean “outdated.” Any tech that functions is contemporary.

Choose words carefully. Words matter more than most folks realize.

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[–] CreosoteXmp37 (292) 4 years ago

A still have and use a landline telephone ( though I have a cell too )

Prefer DVDs / Blue Rays over streaming. ( less fussy and glitch prone in pausing, rewinding or fast forwarding )

I still have and enjoy music on CDs.

Preferred method of internet browsing and gaming is on a desktop PC.

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