I know some people still swear by their old iPods or film cameras. For me it’s a 15 year old Western Digital external HDD. Do you have any older gadgets or tech that you refuse to let go of?

  • mechoman444@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I have this old PC I made back in 2014. It’s an AMD build can’t remember the processor, I use it as a multimedia pc hooked up to myain tv in the living room for watching movies shows and streaming, so the specs are low.

    I recently updated to a AMD 5500 because the hardware was loosing support so it was time a for a whole new platform. I used the old case and video card from the 2014 build.

    When I put the old video card into the new 5500 build I had a really hard time getting drivers for it for Linux Mint and I couldn’t figure out why.

    It took me a while but that card I swapped over was a freaking Nvidia 8400 from like 2007. That card worked for 18 mfing years!

    Then it dawned on me. When I build that computer in 2014 I put that 8400 in there as a place holder until I would have gotten a more up to date card… I just forgot and it’s been working diligently since then… I mean wow.