If you were sent 10-20 years back in time - would you care as much about tech/gadgets

[Nvidiaguy07]

I was thinking about this earlier today, if i were sent back to maybe the mid 90's, would i even care about new tech, knowing what i know now, and that future tech blows current tech out of the water?

Kinda hard to get excited about using windows 95'-98', im guessing i probably would just get what i needed at the time to run whatever apps i needed (probably just word processing), and would probably be much more interested in something else for the time being - like reading or something like that (books being one of the only things that age well - at the time most movies and TV were garbage)

Flash forward to the future, makes me question my passion for tech, and gadgets. 10-15 years from now, im going to look back on my excitement over the release of IVB, and kinda wonder why i cared so much. I try to read as much as possible now, but still find myself salivating over new tech, and anticipating newer technologies.

But just thinking back to 1995, id much rather spend my time reading than playing genesis/snes, browsing the web on a 56k connection, playing doom, etc. Even a few years later, just about every cell phone i owned up until my BB curve 8310 was a piece of garbage, and i should have never cared about getting something new.

 

[CZroe]

Absolutely. I still have a frickin' ton of GBA and GCN titles on my backlog and even a ton I missed in the '90s. I left so much unexplored on the PC that I'm tempted to build mid and late 90s spec computers to play them proper.

 

[God Mode]

I just want durable, small and fast. The 90's remind me of when products were made big and heavy for no reason other than pleasing old people that thought it meant quality.

 

[lxskllr]

I'd be more into tech, and I'd learn programming, and get into GNU/Linux sooner. I'm not much interested in gadgets, but I'm full onboard with PCs.

 

[gorcorps]

Fuck yeah! I'd have all the best tech ideas first then and be rich! RICH I TELL YOU!

 

[njdevilsfan87]

Yes because everything just seemed so much more interesting then. The internet was still a new frontier for all to explore. Being connected is just so mainstream (and taken for granted) now.

Oh, and if I was sent back 20 years (which would send me back to age 4) I would have saved up all the money I could and spent them on beanie babies, followed by the selling of those during their peak craze, and reinvested into a ton of generic word internet domains (through my parents of course). Then I'd have all the gadgets today!

But seriously, I grew up using a PC. I'm now hardwired to gadgets and technology. I can't function without it/them. I could care less if elders think this is sad, because to think one day I'll probably be old, stupid, and just completely out of sync with the rest of the world too...

 

[RossMAN]

Question: Would I be sent back in time with today's knowledge and memories?

If yes - forget gadgets, I would register domains such as business.com, iPhone.com, deals.com, blackfriday.com, bf.com, hotdeals.com, webhosting.com, webhostingdeals.com, wine.com, plus about 200 others. Of course this would be incomplete without the obligatory "PROFIT!!!" remark. Obviously I would have also invested in Amazon, Google, Facebook, Apple, etc.

If no - I'd probably piss away my teenage and 20's just like I already have.

 

[Nvidiaguy07]

Question: Would I be sent back in time with today's knowledge and memories?

If yes - forget gadgets, I would register domains such as business.com, iPhone.com, deals.com, blackfriday.com, bf.com, hotdeals.com, webhosting.com, webhostingdeals.com, wine.com, plus about 200 others. Of course this would be incomplete without the obligatory "PROFIT!!!" remark. Obviously I would have also invested in Amazon, Google, Facebook, Apple, etc.

If no - I'd probably piss away my teenage and 20's just like I already have.

hmmm shoulda reprhased it and put it this way, makes it a little clearer.

If some sort of magical EMP blast went off, destroyed all tech that is less than 15-20 years old, and also set back our abilities to develop this tech the same amount (so tech wont accerate any faster because we already know what works and what doesnt), then how would you feel about it?

So your still in present day, but all tech is set back that amount of time. you still have all your memories and experiences obviously. So would you even bother with games and crap like that?

 

[RocksteadyDotNet]

Meh, the point if kinda moot.

If I went back in time 20 years I'd be so fucking rich, from forward knowlodge and whatnot, that I doubt I'd give a fuck about tech at all.

Goddammit, the amount of cocaine I would do...

 

[RossMAN]

hmmm shoulda reprhased it and put it this way, makes it a little clearer.

If some sort of magical EMP blast went off, destroyed all tech that is less than 15-20 years old, and also set back our abilities to develop this tech the same amount (so tech wont accerate any faster because we already know what works and what doesnt), then how would you feel about it?

So your still in present day, but all tech is set back that amount of time. you still have all your memories and experiences obviously. So would you even bother with games and crap like that?

To an extent yes. I would have spent significantly less time neffing on AT, researching gadgets, spending $$$$ on shitloads of stuff I barely use. Instead I would make better use of my time in this new fangled "real world" with family, friends and pissing off Best Buy employees.

So yeah 50%, clear as mud?

 

[Pardus]

Send me back to 1990 so i can buy 10,000 shares of apple and google.

 

[LagunaX]

Send me back to 1990 so i can buy 10,000 shares of apple and google.

Yeah that but back then you still had to actually buy porno mags instead of hi speed HD porn LOL!

 

[RossMAN]

Send me back to 1990 so i can buy 10,000 shares of apple and google.

Back in 2008 Citi stock dropped to $1 and today it's hovering around $35.

Would have been easy money

 

[LagunaX]

Back in 2008 Citi stock dropped to $1 and today it's hovering around $35.

Would have been easy money

Nah you forget it did a reverse 10:1 split so the $1 which was a high around $24 couple years ago is only worth $3.50 now.

 

[RossMAN]

Nah you forget it did a reverse 10:1 split so the $1 which was a high around $24 couple years ago is only worth $3.50 now.

Oops minor detail.

 

[Arachnotronic]

Oops minor detail.

Huge detail!

 

[Harrod]

Back in 2008 Citi stock dropped to $1 and today it's hovering around $35.

Would have been easy money

I think that I would go with monster energy if we are going to play this game, 74,603.14%

http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=...n;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined;

 

[RossMAN]

I think that I would go with monster energy if we are going to play this game, 74,603.14%

http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=...n;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined;

Anyone have a good deal on a time machine?

 

[God Mode]

The super wealthy tech leaders we all know today are time travelers from Anandtech 2112.

 

[RossMAN]

The super wealthy tech leaders we all know today are time travelers from Anandtech 2112.

Wouldn't it be awesome if our descendants are still neffing it up here in 100 years?

Even better if they inherit our usernames, keeping the original join date and post count.

Hooray for "offline for forum maintenance" in the years 2012 - 2112 :whiste:

 

[RavenSEAL]

I'd invent the iphone, that's for sure.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Yes because everything just seemed so much more interesting then. The internet was still a new frontier for all to explore. Being connected is just so mainstream (and taken for granted) now.

You have to be kidding me. What an asshole.

 

[Doppel]

Absolutely. I still have a frickin' ton of GBA and GCN titles on my backlog and even a ton I missed in the '90s. I left so much unexplored on the PC that I'm tempted to build mid and late 90s spec computers to play them proper.

Good gawd, please don't, there must be something else to do with your life more productive than that.

I seem to be in the minority and understand the OP's question. Answer is yes still excited, because win 98 was still better than 95, for example.

You have to be kidding me. What an asshole.

Why so mad?

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I probably cared more about computers 10+ years ago than I do today. If you didn't live through the computer revolution spanning from the late 70s to the mid 90s or so, you really missed out.

Out of curiosity OP, how old are you?

 

[IndyColtsFan]

You have to be kidding me. What an asshole.

Except he is right and as usual, you're trolling.