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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 02:00 PM Original message |
The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time (CONFESS!!!! Which did you own?) |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Weeee weeee weeee weeee |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. same here....now I have a feeling as to what I have missed |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Still have a Zip drive. nt |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Me too. |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 01:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Yeah, they weren't bad at all |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, I had AOL until a couple of years ago |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. I still have a cue cat packed away somewhere and a zip drive... |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. It was the Click of Death that got the Zip drive on the list |
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elana i am (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. i used zip drives where i used to work |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. You're right |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. IE 6, |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I had a relative that bought her computer on one of those CompuServ Deals - a crappy one |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. It was the only service available here back in the days except for AOL. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. zip drive |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
35. I still have an external Zip drive. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. I have IE6 because it came with windoze. I don't use it. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. Windows Me |
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hibbing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Me too had Me |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
32. ME was the worst... directly led to my first Linux box as I could never get ME |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. Had AOL for about a week when I got my first PC |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. don't 8 tracks rate in there somewhere or is this all about the computers? |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. 1. & 2. Oh, the shame. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. I think I still have |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. AOL is the only one I can think of |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. Where to begin? |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. I had AOL when it was mostly 8 bit and Geoworks users. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. I had AOL, ME, and a Zip drive |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. None of them. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. My ZIP drive was awesome, and a real life saver at the time!! Syquest was the shit one. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. You'd think PC World would make that distinction. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. 5.Sony BMG Music CDs (2005) |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
27. I had quite a few: |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
28. Yeah, had AOL for a while |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
29. I was doing good, until I got to "Zip Drive" |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
33. Microsoft Bob... lol. n/t |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. OMG you used BOB |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. No, but I used to work retailing used software. |
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pulledpork (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 02:23 AM Response to Reply #33 |
50. That was Melinda Gates' baby |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
36. Prodigy. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. I had Prodigy as a kid. It was awesome for its time. |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
37. Don't forget Windows 95, 98, Vista |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
38. Where's the Packard Bell Navigator? |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
40. Relatively few. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
41. I briefly had AOL |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. self-delete |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
43. No Vista? Seriesly? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
44. AOL, IE, zipdrive |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
45. AOL, IE6, Windows ME. Liked AOL early in the 'net age. n/t |
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pulledpork (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
48. What's the story behind the Sony BMG CD's? |
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denbot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
49. In my day those Zip drives were the cat's meow! |
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