/tech/ - Technology★

>MX518

my fucking nigger

>>830674

Bruh why is it so good. The finger contours are so comfortable.

I don't know who the hell these people are that need like 4000 DPI but 1800 is more than enough for me.

>>830678

Mine's nearing 15 year now. It definitely shows some signs of wear and age but I don't see it dying anytime soon either. I liked the coating on the G5 better but it didn't hold up as well. Probably my most used item in my whole life overall come to think of it. Keyboards have came and went, but my trusty MX518 has always been by my side.

>>830667 (OP)

I bought a new Intellimouse that came in a chinese print box, it's nice and simple for the price. Probably relatively cheap due to the RGB fetish and fashion conscience of modern computer users.

>>830686

>keyboards went

Are you on to ergo's yet? I want to try ergo boards

>>830667 (OP)

> I still use a Note 3 as my daily phone. I've had it over 3 years

Tsk, my Samsung Galaxy S2 is 6 years old.

My Thinkpad x200 is what, 9 years old? Even though I actually bought it only 6 months ago.

Well, obviously CRT & PDP in lieu of LCD, at least until somebody finally starts making gayman OLED monitors.

MIDI instruments, since compatibility runs back 3 decades, and functionality hasn't changed (if anything it's gotten more equal, since the actual synthesis is now done in software on your PC).

UPSs. Newer units seem to have wonkier hardware, while I've never had any of the old ones die on me, and I can keep getting new batteries as those wear out.

>>830709

>replacing keyboards

>ever

OEM keyboards are easily one of the main things that's been getting worse, and yet good ones will last forever. I'm still using an ancient Apple Extended II with an ADB adapter, for which the closest modern equivalent (Matias Tactile) costs hundreds of dollars new. I'm sure if I was a buckling spring fag, the situation would be even more slanted.

The only reason I'd ever get a new keyboard is if new features were introduced like analog keys or keycap screens, which of course they never will be.

>>830719

>keycap screens

Expand on this. Do you mean little LCDs on the keycaps so they can be customized?

>>830721

Yes, like the vaporware Optimus keyboard:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_Maximus_keyboard

Sadly, something like this wouldn't be very useful unless it was thoroughly supported by software.

>>830709

I have a Kinesis that's almost 20 years old. It has the old school DIN connector, so some years later had to get a DIN-to-PS/2 adaptor. Then later still had to get a PS/2-to-USB adaptor. Well at least now I can use this with anything from IBM XT to anything recent.

Also no fucking Windows keys and other bullshit. I hated how those got added to later Thinkpads.

>>830719

>for which the closest modern equivalent (Matias Tactile) costs hundreds of dollars new.

$150, straight from the manufacturer. Not cheap, but not hundreds.

>I'm sure if I was a buckling spring fag, the situation would be even more slanted.

Using one right now. Unicomp still makes them, and they're in fact a bit cheaper than Matias.

>Denon AVR-1912

I am still using a Denon AVR-1705. I got it on sale when it was new. The tech has not changed since then, except that modern hi-fi and home cinema amplifiers/receivers all have shitty phone amps for some reasons.

I am using "ancient" AKG K 601's and Sennheiser HD 201's, because they still work fine. I am also using an almost ten year old chink-pad, because it's still fine as an e-reader and nobody makes decent 10" tablets anymore.

>>830754

i think audio tech is logical exception, the improvements only happen incrementally in certain segments (balanced armature orthoplastic earphones, electrostatic headphones etc.)

those akg are pretty close to neutral, good choice on that. it's a shame the company had to lay off it's engineers and only sells cheap rehashes these days because they tried for way too long to keep from outsourcing

>>830674

Bought two of them on a flea market for a few bucks, I use one of them for my laptop, and the computer downstairs has one. Had to reshell my own one though, case worn down and got sticky.

My daily driver phone (since 2011!) has always been a Nokia N900, if my current one breaks i'll quit phones completely or just get a 6310i instead.

>>830795

Check out the librem 5 when it comes out

>>830826

galaxy s2 with replicant seems worthwile too, right?

although it seems to lag behind stock android quite a lot at this point, i wonder what that means regarding software compability and exploits

>>830826

I don't care about freedumbs, I care about the glorious keyboard this thing has, and Rockbox('s support for the Nokia BH-111 headset)

>>830728

make the keyboard self-programmable. one switch and one knob on the back to control programming.

activate switch on back to enter setup mode. hold down a key and use knob to scroll through available "faces."

>>830667 (OP)

Logitech Z-5500 5.1 speakers.

Bought mine in 2009 shortly before they discontinued. Follow-ups were vastly inferior. So popular I could probably put them on ebay now and get more than I paid for them.

Core2Duos and Quads are 10+ years old and still relevant. If you have 4GB RAM and good GPU from that time period, you're probably set for another 10 years. Come to think of it, I'd probably still be using my Q6600 had I not given it to someone else in need.

>>832821

Can a C2D even handle firefox and modern websites?

>>832896

why would someone browsing /tech/ use firefox?

>>832821

Also Xeons of the same generation cost next to nothing and can be easily adapted for use with regular LGA775 mobos. Chinks sell them with adapters preinstalled.

>>832896

< I need an i7 for faceberg

Even a Pen4 can handle everything as long as you block all the irrelevant shit.

I have to cycle through 20+ floppy drives at my job, it's getting increasing hard as the years go by to replace them when they fail.

>>832896

Yes, but you would want 2GB+ RAM. A 2GHz C2D is fast enough to play 1080p h.264, but it puts a strain on things because there's no hardware decoding acceleration. You could grab a shitty GTX 430 Fermi for that.

>>833353

3.5" floppy drives shouldn't be difficult to buy replacements for at all. Newegg still sells internals for $20 USD. You can get external USB floppy drives for slightly more.

>>833353

What the hell do you do?

i have a few of these.

Mice:

>Razer Boomslang CE 2007

the optical reissue of the best gayming mouse ever made, the Boomslang 2000.. for gayming purposes

>Logitech Trackman Marble USB

far, far superior to the newer trackballs they've released. On my work pc

>Microsoft Intellimouse (PS/2)

on my retro gaming rig. (insanely comfy and so, so beige)

Audio gear:

>Roku Soundbridge M2000.

Aluminum cylinder with a giant VFD, ethernet port and digital and analog out. No homekit, no airplay, no bluetooth. Plays music off any DLNA, UPNP or itunes compatible server, or internet streams either via the (still running but sadly largely unmaintained) directory or just plug your favorite stream urls into the presets by the web interface or by telnet. The best part is it's instant on. If you were previously listening to internet streaming, just hit the power button and the music starts playing within about 3-5 seconds. One new in box in case this dies and at least 3 smaller M1000 units also in storage.

>Squeezebox -

More sophisticated competitor to the soundbridge, I have a few of these. Open Sores server software, so people are still writing in new features. They can synchronize also so a cheap easy way for whole-house audio. Also have a nice smartphone app. Radio models have a battery good for 6-8 hours of playback and wifi too. The Boom radios have killer sound in a small package -- i have two of these new in box in case the current one ever dies.

>>832821

>Core2Duos and Quads are 10+ years old and still relevant. If you have 4GB RAM and good GPU from that time period, you're probably set for another 10 years. Come to think of it, I'd probably still be using my Q6600 had I not given it to someone else in need.

Unfortunately good boards are getting hard to come by, DDR2 is becoming insanely expensive from non-chink sources and even currently running hardware is getting finicky.

>Asus board dies, couldn't handle the high TDP xeon it was running anymore

>scour ebay

>lots of low end chink refurb shit for retard prices

>DFI Lanparty board for 100 bucks! WIN. high tdp capable and xeon supported too

get the board

>needs bios update (out of business but finally find it on some polish forum)

>flash successful (all on this shitty celeron)

>Transfer over xeon (no POST)... fuck

>transfer over slightly slower core 2 extreme (no post)

>put back shitty celeron, works 100%.

>grumble grumble, fine, whatever

>transfer over raid 5 array from previous intel board

>incompatible array

>wut?

>RST firmware is a full revision number behind the one the asus board came with despite the DFI bios being 2 years newer

>wimsbios.com

>modify new bios

>dont feel like booting into dos

>winflash.exe

>20...30...40...50...60...60...60.... for hours

>machine is frozen

>cycle power

>no post

>non-removable bios chip

threw the entire thing into the trash in disgust and bought an am4 board with an LSI ibm controller.

Main monitor for chans, text editing, and other screen reading is still my Sun Microsystems X7200A 1600x900 IPS monitor. I got it for 15$ when Hamilton Sundstrand were switching to OpenSuSe for their lab outside of Chicago.

Run a DNS-320L as a home NASbox. single core 32bit ARM but still works great with Debian.

posted from my X220