Ask Slashdot: What Tech Products Were Built To Last? 702
itwbennett writes: "When you think about tech products these days, you probably think 'refresh cycle' more than 'built to last.' But there are plenty of tech products that put up with hard, daily use year after year. Here's a few to get you started: Logitech MX510 mouse, Brother black & white laser printer, Casio G-Shock watch, Alvin Draf-Tec Retrac mechanical pencil, Sony Dream Machine alarm clock. What's your longest-lasting, hardest-working device?"
My toilet (Score:5, Funny)
It's gotten nothing but shit every day for 30 years and it still works just as well as when I first got it.
Re:Atari 800 (Score:5, Funny)
Its not easy to get JoeWalsh out of bed in the morning. I assume it is because he goes to parties.... sometimes until 4.
Re:Atari 800 (Score:5, Funny)
"my scsi-3 bus is fast and its wide,
I lost my R-term and now it won't drive."
Re:Atari 800 (Score:5, Funny)
I have a firewall
So I won't get jacked
My password's weak
So I still got hacked
Re:Model M Keyboard FTW (Score:3, Funny)
November 6, 1989 is the date on the sticker on the back of mine.
I found it in a thrift shop while killing time walking around in a small downtown area waiting for an appointment. It was in a pile of used crappy bubble keyboards. I paid either $5 or $10 for it -- can't remember which. I should have asked if they had any artwork or old vases too.
Re:LaserJet II and LaserJet 3 (Score:5, Funny)
You'll probably still use them after they catch fire though.
We had one at work, the damn thing smelled like a fucking two-cylinder engine puking fumes when it printed even though the prints were fine.
Re:My toilet (Score:3, Funny)
Let me guess, you piss in the sink?
Re:My toilet (Score:5, Funny)
Works better when you hook it up to your home water supply.
Re:Egarland's law (Score:5, Funny)
I think you're confused.
egarland's law states that only pompous windbags have their names associated with obvious phenomenon that everyone has always known.
Re:Atari 800 (Score:5, Funny)
So got me an office
With a fat cat-6 pipe
Send me an email
Maybe I'll skype.
Re:MacBook Air 13 Inch (Score:5, Funny)
A computer that has run for three years. That's so cute!