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Old 05-26-2006, 07:15 PM   #1
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Default The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time

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Old 05-26-2006, 09:58 PM   #2
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AOL!! I still remember formating their floppies for other use. After the switch to CD-ROM...fuck them, they really are up to no use :fist:
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Old 05-26-2006, 10:06 PM   #3
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LOL... they were great. I still remember reading the previews of many of those products and were awesome until you used them
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Old 05-26-2006, 10:53 PM   #4
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nintendos virtual boy deserved a spot in there
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Old 05-26-2006, 10:57 PM   #5
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IMO wasn't that bad, but the games selection didn't help a lot, and it was a little bit overpriced.
if you still think that, the atari jaguar would need to be first
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Old 05-27-2006, 02:10 AM   #6
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#1,2,4 definitely deserve their places! though Windows ME should be bumped up to number 3 at least, I had nothing but horrible experiences with that BSOD'ing piece of shit.
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Old 05-27-2006, 02:16 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by 5vz-fe
AOL!! I still remember formating their floppies for other use. After the switch to CD-ROM...fuck them, they really are up to no use :fist:
Haha. . . likewise. Now I used their CD cases as protectors when I give a CD to a friend .
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Old 05-27-2006, 02:29 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by racer_f50
#1,2,4 definitely deserve their places! though Windows ME should be bumped up to number 3 at least, I had nothing but horrible experiences with that BSOD'ing piece of shit.
Hell yeah. The explorer crashed every other hour on that POS OS.

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Apple Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (1997): Learning nothing from Gateway 2000's fiasco a couple of year's earlier with its 10th Anniversary PC, Apple in 1997 released a specially designed bronze-colored Mac to celebrate its 20th year of making computers. This one came with a Bose sound system and leather palm rests, but it also had a weak processor, no network card, and a slow CD-ROM drive (because a faster one couldn't be mounted vertically in its special case). To participate in the celebration, Mac lovers had to plunk down $7500--three times what the same computer cost in a different case. It may qualify as the priciest case mod of all time. Steve Jobs might have bought one; we doubt whether many others did.
Who the hell pays $7500 for a computer? That's like a car! or many cars! albeit used ones.
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Old 05-27-2006, 04:25 AM   #9
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just read that 5 hours ago and damn it was funny. And true.
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Originally Posted by HeilSvenska
not on the top 25
Apple Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (1997): Learning nothing from Gateway 2000's fiasco a couple of year's earlier with its 10th Anniversary PC, Apple in 1997 released a specially designed bronze-colored Mac to celebrate its 20th year of making computers. This one came with a Bose sound system and leather palm rests, but it also had a weak processor, no network card, and a slow CD-ROM drive (because a faster one couldn't be mounted vertically in its special case). To participate in the celebration, Mac lovers had to plunk down $7500--three times what the same computer cost in a different case. It may qualify as the priciest case mod of all time. Steve Jobs might have bought one; we doubt whether many others did.
Who the hell pays $7500 for a computer? That's like a car! or many cars! albeit used ones.
http://www.voodoopc.com/default.aspx some people pay 13,000+
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Old 05-27-2006, 11:48 AM   #11
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I guess paying a lot for super high tech computer is understandable, but that $7500 Mac was $7500 only because it was 20th anniversary editon.

By the way
Those classic Voodoo color names are awesome.
Autobahn White, Monza Olive, Infineon Red, Imola Orange...
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Old 05-27-2006, 12:25 PM   #12
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I so agree with AOL, RealPlayer and Windows Millenium. Ugh.
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