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[-] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 67 points 9 months ago

That Nokia was never a shitbox though. That was an excellent product when it launched and you’ll have a hard time finding owners who disliked it. Heck, you’re liable to get an earful for disparaging it, and rightfully ao.

[-] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 11 points 9 months ago

Absolutely, I would also argue the same for the Hilux

[-] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

Really wish they sold the Hilux in the USA

[-] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

They did from 1972-1995. They just called it the pickup and styled a few things different, but otherwise it's the exact same glorious truck.

[-] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Interesting

[-] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

If you're badass enough that they named a war after you, you're doing something right as a vehicle builder for sure.

[-] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 4 points 9 months ago

Unless you're driving a Volkswagen Gulf

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I prefer the slightly newer 3410. It has a better button layout and added features such as web browser, picture editor and downloadable games (my grandma somehow has the long-lost first ever 3D Java game Munkiki's Castles on hers, which has been in daily use for 20 years). However, they are so similar that their later revisions only differed by the button placement and firmware (see Janus Cycle's video).

[-] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Yowza, that man certainly violated that 3310 in ways it's going to remember. That's a neat piece of hardware for sure.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago

Funny how he flashed the firmware and struggled with the incompatible button layout rather than getting a cheap second-hand 3410, even a broken one would do (are there any broken ones, though?)

[-] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Well clearly, it's not about having a working 3410, but rather to show the progression of the 3310 hardware.

[-] drathvedro@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

you’ll have a hard time finding owners who disliked it

Well hello there. It's been more than 20 years, but I remember the keyboard on that thing being complete garbage. It was mushy, yet knee-dialing all the time with no automatic locking. And keyboard lock was some stupid unwieldy two-hand combination. The UI was extremely clunky too with only one button and two arrows pointing who knows where, and those arrows keys tended to get sticky over time. Also it was overly heavy and bulky, with a terribly attached back cover giving it a false sense of robustness - it shattered in pieces just like any other phone of that era. I think it was rather power hungry, too, I'm not sure, but I definitely did change the battery a couple of times. Overall, though, not a terrible phone by any means, but it was neither the most advanced nor the cheapest option, just the most widely marketed one right around the time when mobile phones started booming and ended up as a lot of people's first one.

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[-] frickineh@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

A few years back, I found my old ThinkPad that I bought used in about 2000 and it still worked, homemade Hayden Christensen background and all. I was so upset by evidence of 16 year old me being horny for Anakin that I almost threw it against the wall, but it probably still would've worked.

[-] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

I love those thinkpads so much. Perfect hybrid of functionality and physical buttons.

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago

I like that it still has the mouse clit

[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago

Same thing here. There's2 things I do on a new thinkpad even before installing Linux on it

  1. Swap fn/left Ctrl
  2. Disable touchpad

The nipple mouse is just perfect for when you don't have access to a proper mouse, and disabling touchpad in bios just eliminates all the annoyances with touchpad such as your palm ruining the day when typing

[-] swag_money@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

keeb klit, nav nipple, GUI Gooch...

[-] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

one thing I don't get is why the proper mouse buttons are above the mousepad

[-] Deuces@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

They're for the clit mouse. The bottom of the touchpad still has a physical click option

[-] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 5 points 9 months ago
[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 9 months ago

Some call it trackpoint. It's the red button in the middle of your keyboard

[-] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 2 points 9 months ago

does anyone actually use that though? it's super impractical

[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago

Yeah there's some amount of people who like it, including me. Wouldn't use it over a proper mouse, but surely over a trackpad

[-] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

Not impractical, you just don’t have enough experience with them yet :)

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago

This is just the better way, just as its better to swap Fn and Ctrl

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[-] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 18 points 9 months ago

RIP old Top Gear. That episode was awesome.

[-] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 7 points 9 months ago

If you recollect It as one episode I have great news for you, It was more than one episode.

Enjoy part 2!

[-] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

Thank you for the correction!

[-] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

I feel like the death of H264 is the only thing that will make me retire my T60 ThinkPad.

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago

ThinkPads with 4:3 displays ♥️

[-] ichmagrum@feddit.de 2 points 9 months ago

4:3 was always the superior format unless you watch videos in fullscreen!

[-] Whey_Isolate@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 9 months ago

Still rocking a salvaged IBM X61 here! Got me through high school and it’s getting me through college. Makes an excellent no-distractions writing machine, sometimes I also use it as a second display for reference images when I’m doing art

[-] assplode@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago

Yup, my only laptop is a 10+ year old ThinkPad. Does everything I need it to do perfectly

[-] Littleborat@feddit.de 8 points 9 months ago

Opening beer bottles is so hard with these modern phones.

[-] ichmagrum@feddit.de 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I love it when I can still repair or modify a piece of gear. The large physical size and relative simplicity of older gear makes a big difference for that, especially for home users. And then there's the whole thing where a lot of newer stuff is just glued together, so you can't even access the insides without expert knowledge.

Back when I was making chip music, the original Game Boy was all the rage, despite the shitty display.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

This is how I identify now.

[-] mossy_@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Old shitbox? I think that's me too

[-] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 7 points 9 months ago

I fucking love headphones with replaceable Ear thingies

[-] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 6 points 9 months ago

Why redo the bottom caption with the same text except in slightly more broken English?

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

That thinkpad doesn't deserve this hate

[-] testuserpleaseupvote@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Pedant here. 3G networks are being decommissioned in a lot of countries, turning Nokias in dedicated Snake game consoles.

[-] nehal3m@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 months ago

The original 3310 never supported 3G to begin with, these were GSM phones.

[-] Dekkia@this.doesnotcut.it 8 points 9 months ago

The phone doesn't support 3G. Why are you spreading FUD?

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago

Hahaha not those Thinkpads

[-] Grey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago

Don't those old nokia's no longer work because carriers have turned off everything below 4G?

[-] Vuraniute@thelemmy.club 1 points 9 months ago

my turbo-x laptop (rebranded clevo) from 2009 works to this day

[-] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Yes, I totally agree with that. I have two of them (no, not the house and the guy).

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