I don't think it is that simple. For example, take a look at the Connections Museum in Seattle: despite most of the technology being 50-100 years old, a decent

I don't think it is that simple. For example, take a look at the Connections Museum in Seattle: despite most of the technology being 50-100 years old, a decent bunch of their volunteers are in their 20s! Some people just love the technology itself for what it is. And honestly, I don't think there's a lot to be nostalgic about with semi-modern tech. The hardware is a bit faster now, but looks and works the same as a machine from 15 years ago. Windows Vista is almost 20 years old by now, and is functionally virtually identical to Windows 11: some stuff got moved around and the whole UI got a dash of paint, that's about it. Games like GTA, CoD and FIFA got flashier graphics, yet are identical gameplay-wise. Want to play something novel like Portal? Just install it on your 2024-era machine via Steam. People aren't going to be nostalgic about 2000s or 2010s era computing for the same reason very few people are nostalgic about toasters. There's definitely nostalgia around MP3 players, iPods, or early smartphones, though! Those were still novel, had a lot of variation, and were genuinely world-changing to people.