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[–] [email protected] 67 points 11 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Absolutely, I would also argue the same for the Hilux

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Really wish they sold the Hilux in the USA

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Interesting

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Unless you're driving a Volkswagen Gulf

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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?)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I like that it still has the mouse clit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

keeb klit, nav nipple, GUI Gooch...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

the Fn shouldn't be there at all, just add more buttons

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Often possible but no.

Thinkpads now having sticky Fn keys by default is hillarious though, people just dont use Fn keys (and I have to admit all I use is F5 and F11)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

there are some games (Minecraft) that use the F buttons too so I find it annoying having to swap all the time

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

RIP old Top Gear. That episode was awesome.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

Enjoy part 2!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Thank you for the correction!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

ThinkPads with 4:3 displays ♥️

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Opening beer bottles is so hard with these modern phones.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is how I identify now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Old shitbox? I think that's me too

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

I fucking love headphones with replaceable Ear thingies

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

That thinkpad doesn't deserve this hate

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Hahaha not those Thinkpads

[–] Vuraniute 1 points 11 months ago

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

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