This is sort of the anti @dstrauss thread given how often he changes out equipment
But seriously though, I have two things. One is a 2nd gen iPod Shuffle (the square one) that I use nearly daily when jogging. It does one thing and does it very well which is play music with minimal weight and distraction, and has genuine buttons which is handy when for example running in cold weather wearing gloves
Second is a 27 inch Dell Ultrasharp 4k. It was the first relatively affordable (for the time) 4k display on the market and while itâs a bit on the dim side and barely even meets the SRGB colorspace it OTOH has exceptional to this day uniformity and linearity (though I think I just lucked into an especially good sample. (And many did not get the results I did)
It is now serving as the display for the âfamily roomâ computer which for various work reasons, changes frequently. And it lives on in updated form (sort of) as gaming monitor to this day in the dell line. Dell G3223Q Review - RTINGS.com
I still occasionally use a Fujitsu Stylistic ST-4110 when I need to scan something using an old Canon LIDE scanner, or when I need to control a CNC machine outside (itâs run by a Raspberry Pi 4 and I use VNC to connect to and control that).
Love these kinds of threads. For me itâs my Lenovo X220t. Itâs a bit of a tank, but so many keys! So many status indicator LEDs! Such a great matte display! Plus a fingerpring reader that always works! And with two SSDs in it, it has plenty of space and it is remarkably zippy. Still use it weekly, dedicated to the occasional media download.
My oldest pieces of tech still in use are my old HP Note 8 BT keyboard, currently paired to my Boox Nova 3 Color Reader and my JBL Flip 4 Speakers that get daily use around the house. Of course my newer tech is also relatively old.
An iPod Mini (2nd gen). You can stand it upright. Yes, the music hasnât been updated on it in quite a few years - a clear sign that Iâm getting older.
I should put a CompactFlash card and install RockBox on it, but it still works as it is.
I have one of the square Shuffles (3rd gen?) as well, but the charger is somewhere⌠and I use some Sony wireless earbuds with built in storage for exercise.
Other than that⌠I still have a Fujitsu EMR stylus, but the offset is terrible, so the Samsung âProâ S Pen or something from the Galaxy Note 4/Edge years.
Yes, I miss the various status lights that used to be standard fare on the better laptops. Ironically it used to be the low end systems that went without. But being able to see your HDD light blink with drive activity or the WIFI indicator pulse as it sent or received traffic was a quick useful way for example to see if a paused or unresponsive app was just busy reading/writing data or if the system was hung up.
Reps from the various OEMs have told us that customers prefer less blinking lights in favor of a âcleanerâ look but Iâm not in that camp. As with many âfashionâ things with PCâ, Apple sort of led the way with the Air which was among the first eschew the various LEDs on a typical windows PC.
And the more recent Surface systems have at most a power/charging LED and thatâs it.
The continued appeal of older iPods is still a thing, especially among those who have multiple devices anyway. I think a core part of the appeal is the simplicity and single use focus of the devices.
And that definitely is part of the appeal of Kindles as well as they mostly just focus on being a good reading device. And for me, Iâm a prisoner in notification hell on my more general use devices.
Something has to give due to the cost of my tech habit. Plus I am kind of a Luddite except for my computer/tablet/phone setup. No Alexa, no smarthome stuffânot even a smart appliance.
I also really donât like all the sensors in modern carsâŚlol.
Nice, same here. Still have a shrink wrapped Google ⌠Nest? that I got for free somewhere. Even Siri is set up to require a button press to activate.
I am also a sort of Luddite. I own quite good and new desktops and tablets, but thatâs all; no smarthome stuff either.
Until it died one month ago, my phone still was a 18 year old Nokia 3100. I thought of buying a smartphone, but It was eventually replaced by a brand new Nokia/HMD 3310 (2017). If, on the go, I need to be connected to the Internet, I almost always bring in my backpack a Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 with a 4G SIM card.
Now, that my old Nokia passed away, my oldest still active tech device is a Wacom Cintiq 12 WX I use as a second screen on my desk.
EDIT: Almost as old as my Cintiq, I still keep alive a HP PhotSmart B110 printer. In fact, I donât need it because I also own two newer devices: a HP OfficeJet Pro 7740, with an interesting A3 scanner; and a brand new Epson ET-8500 for photo printing. But, because it still works, I donât want to bury the elderly B110. For this reason, every week I print two or three pages with it; Iâve read that this is a good way of taking care of inkjet printers.
This wouldnât classify as regularly using, but Iâve still held onto my MS 950XL. With the notion of converting it from windows mobile to WOA and having a pockable windows device.
Iphone SE 2016: use it exclusively for banking app. I teether it from my Note when I need to use it, otherwise it has no sim and is disconnected from everything else.
Asus Note 8: while I retired it from being my main companion computer, I still use it often to play old games. It was of perfect size, many old games doesnât work on Win 10 but work great on 8.1, and I could reduce storage size taken on my new companion PC (Raytrektab). Iâm having it on a tablet arm next to my bed to play some games and watch video at night.