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There's a definite pleasure in using old, well-designed pieces of technology that were state-of-the-art in their time and have managed to remain competitive wit
by ctkrohn 18y ago
There's a definite pleasure in using old, well-designed pieces of technology that were state-of-the-art in their time and have managed to remain competitive with newer equipment. I love my record player, I still use a high-quality CRT, I ride a steel bike, and I print documents with a mid-90s HP LaserJet. Many of you would cite LISP, a 50-year old language, as a perfect example of this phenomenon.
Windows 95, however, really doesn't strike me as one of those things.
- serhei 18y agoWell, there is a reason why it sold six kazillion copies back in the day. Unless you think the reason was that it was hyped to high heaven in a gigantastic advertising avalanche.
- nailer 18y agoMan, mid 90s HP Lasetjet. Maybe a Laserjet 4. Two hundred bucks on eBay, ink isn't overpriced, and you can beat the living shit out of it with a baseball bat and it will still function.