Why are old computers so soothing to look at?

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even computer chairs were better back then

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They hark to a time when computers were the domains of people who actually cared about how they operated

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Who here uses a 10+ old computer daily? Model? I use a X200 and it's just fine, but I am curious to know how low-spec I can go and still be productive.

Because back then we were users, not products

They remind us of a better day when we may still have had hope for humanity.....

ughh. want

What went right?

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15 years old.
Thinkpad G40

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They are a light beige, which was supposed to make it fit into an office environment better.
In Germany, computers were required to be this color.

tl;dr because they had to

STUFFED TO THE BRIM

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Some German study determined that beige computers were the most likely to blend into an office environment and the German government put in a requirement that all computers must be beige. That is why so many computers were beige back in the day. It turns out the beige appearance is kindof soothing. Black towers and laptops came into fashion because companies wanted to make a bold marketing statement or something like that.

*social media hipsters teleport behind you*
*convert your classic pc into a "sleeper" to play games and stream gameplay on yt*
heh, nothing personel, gramps

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is this yours
how long did it take to get all this and make it
how much did it cost
can you post a list of specs

true utilitarianism

because you're an underage who never endured using them

sadly I just found this in some local ads a couple weeks ago.
only thing I remember from that ad is that it was used as some video editing machine but that's also quite obvious

My first PC was a 286 machine from 84 and while it had some problems here and there and was horribly underpowered when I got it, I still have fond memories.
Maybe you're just being a contrarian faggot.

japanese had the best styling on their pcs

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Because you have nostalgia or you're underage and never had to use one.

it's the beige

>Comparing keyboards to PCs

Here's my battlestation from 2003/2004.

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nothing is stopping you from putting your PC in an old case and using an old keyboard and sreen.
i have a trinitron like the one in the corner, but worse condition.

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what is a commodore


nice bait

>LANs used to look like this
>actually had a great purpose for sharing files since internet was complete garbage
wish i was 5-10 years older, the LAN photographs from my bro look so cool

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this is early- mid 2000's

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Because they remind you of a time when you were ignorant of the horrors of the world.

>>wish i was 5-10 years older
Wish I was 103+ years older. Fuck this millennium and century.
>ywn die in one of the most horrific wars in history

>le wrong generation
>le wish i was a ww2 soldier
you're dumb as fuck

No you fucking antisemite, I wish to be gassed to death.

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back in the 'nam your attention span and dophamine release was of a healthy human and it was a privilege and a joy getting new hardware and software. every piece of media content was a whole new world, unlike sitting in this pukebucket all day and being able to immediately grab completely whatever from your favorite filesharing platform with no interest.

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This is going in the right direction. The constant, high-speed, always-connected nature of the modern internet has not been good to our biology. And what's worse is that the web giants know this and cynically exploit it.

I think I stick around most of the time because I want to revisit or rediscover the kind of web I fell in love with, but that was many years ago now, so maybe I should just accept it's gone and become an old person who uses it just for banking and email.

They remind you of a time when software was made with care, and not something slapped together by clueless art students and the cheapest outsourced programmers. A time when motherboards lasted more than 4 years, and people did not replace their perfectly good phone with the newest model every year.

That's Infosys's CEO's desk.

Anything faster than a pentium pro is overkill IMO, though a k6-300 is cheaper

What do you count as being productive? Your job is just to surf Jow Forums in a console browser, right?

Browse Jow Forums in a graphical browser and watch videos in at least 720P comfortably. Not neet, tho.

>has not been good to our biology
Then we have to change it, through conditioning for those who are young, through meds and willpower for those who are old, and through technological implants when we'll be able to. Human animal is weak and has reached its peak performance. Information must flow.

>Information must flow.
But it's trash information, which is the entire point.

When battlestations were battlestations and not photo ops sponsored by Ikea.

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Oh and this is cool too. Very bold design.

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Have old ibm server from 1996 that I still use as server at home.

Everything besides mbo and cpu is upgraded tho.

As for daily I dont know, P4 with 3gb ram and modern gpu would be minimum for me. If no dedicated gpu then core duo.

cheeki breeki

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fuck, that looks so good

The guy on the left knows what he's doing. The "guy" on the right is clearly a submissive homosexual, and desperately trying to compensate for the tragic loss of his penis to a rough Dom.

Beefy tech holds more value to us.
An apple laptop or slim tech in general are just like mainstream cars in that they are consumer products and nothing more.
>Use until they break then purchase new..

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that's an extremely sexy-looking tower, but to be fair this is an exception, 99% of old computer hardware was very aesthetically challenged.

I used to use an asus eeepc 701 to take notes at uni, only problem was the 20 minute battery life, I should do a Li-Po conversion, it probably draws fuck all

My roadie is an Acer Aspire One AO522 (the Fusion one, not the even weaker Atom version). I even run VMs on it when I'm in a tight spot.

I ran debian 9 on it

By looking at old computers(or old technology or even old pictures in general) you are reminded of a past more optimistic time before your life turned to a hopeless nightmare
Your past you could never anticipate that your life and prospects would turn out that bad and no one warned you back then that you were walking on path leading to utter and certain destruction
Every morning you wake up hoping and the last 20+ years were a nightmare and you still have time to undo your mistakes
Your time is up though, it was always too late

>mfw I had this keyboard 15 years ago

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Very stupid question coming through:

What was/is the Japanese obsession with small laptops? Where does this stem from? Everywhere I go I see 90% of people lug around huge 15 inch laptops except in Japan.

it gotta match their dick size

>Dual-screen CRT monitors

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I had a 17" laptop as a desktop replacement when I first left my parents place. (New Zealand for context). I spilled coffee all over it and got a 13.3" laptop now and honestly its like changed my life. I can actually have a portable computer now.

oh my god

I want to go back

jej

I've been there, done that, and it was epic.

>wallpaper
that was the wallpaper on my HP 8755c ;_;

Extracted from a Win98 installer I have lying around. Enjoy.

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>Being this fucking stupid

They are both sides of the same shitty coin.

apple II uggo

I have ~55 min. the battery life. I wonder if with the following configuration it would work: Lipo 4S > Step Down to 12v > eeepc plug

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I have one like that, that's HP workstation keyboard. Horrible for actual typing.

Because they tend to be white.

hmm, you know mine used to run closer to 50c too, I wonder if the problem is deeper.

I don't have the machine with me right now, will have to wait till later in the year before I can go back and get it.

Well shit, I've actually got an old Mactintosh Plus lying around. Looks really aesthetic but really provides me nothing practical.

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Also got an original Xbone which I've modded numerous times, and quite honestly it just looks aesthetically pleasing.If not more than the Macintosh plus.

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Good times.

I find that sort of gear is great for teaching people under the age of 20 that IT'S NOT A FUCKING TOUCH SCREEN.

>I'm serious - everyone without public hair walks up to screens and hits them these days - best let them hit something that it doesn't cost if they break it

I only see retarded jungle niggers do that.

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Speaking of retarded jungle niggers, I've always wanted to buy pic related.

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The sony PSX always had me drooling like a little puppy when I was little.

HERE COMES ANOTHER CHALLENGER!

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Just so fucking Gay and ugly.

transparent gameboys were cool

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Because they were cozier times.

Never liked Gayboys, :

>Shitty fucking screen

>Clunky and borderline retarded in design

>Shitty battery life

Gayboys are fun to mod though.

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I dont remember floppy disks being so small, the slots look tiny. Is it a mini version?