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Two 2000's tech things I'm shocked still exist (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by mysoulishome to c/mildlyinteresting

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PCMag - I used to physically walk into a store and buy that magazine to read about computers…before the internet was so clean and fast it made for a better news and media experience. I’m pretty sure PCMag has been around since they included AOL cds with an isssue.
Woot! Lol…why? Woot was always stupid. The deals were never good. There is no need for it.

Both of these give me a lot of nostalgia for the early 2000’s. Playing games on Yahoo messenger. GameCube, PS2, OG Xbox.

Shocked they still exist, let alone have the funds to be running Facebook ads.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I mean a lot of the shit was refurb or overstock always. I bought a refurb Zune off Woot in 2007ish. The thing still works as a music player and is kinda awesome in form and UI.

Unfortunately I never got one of the "Bag of Crap" before they sold out, which I feel was half the charm of the site.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I bought a refurbished screen with built in VNC client or something from woot. Sweet! Set up VNC on my server, get home, fire up the screen, and it asks for DOJ login. 😳 Full stop.

Never plugged that into a network again.

[–] FlashMobOfOne 2 points 8 months ago

Every PC I've ever purchased over the last 30 years has been a refurb.

I've never understood why people have issues with refurb machines.