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Past trains of thought for buying technology

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I remember that I did way too much research when it came to settling on a CD player vs a cassette deck with Dolby-S. The conevenience was there for listening but there were no recording capabilities out yet for CDs.
 
Originally posted by: JMapleton
This intel proc has mmx technology, gimmie!!!!!
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What was it....166mhz MMZ or 200mhz vanilla😛 I couldn't decide😛
Then the PPro came out and confused all of us n00bs.

"OMG..It's HUGE! It MUST be fast!"
 
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: JMapleton
This intel proc has mmx technology, gimmie!!!!!
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What was it....166mhz MMZ or 200mhz vanilla😛 I couldn't decide😛
Then the PPro came out and confused all of us n00bs.

"OMG..It's HUGE! It MUST be fast!"
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😀 Yeah, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out what those "voodoo" video card things were for.
 
I remember buying a modem and deciding if it's worth the extra $50 bucks to upgrade from 28.8k to 33.6k lol


on that note, I also thought about buying an iomega zip drive, zomg 100mb on a disk, that's unheard of, that's like 80 floppies.
 
I was cleaning up my files a couple weeks ago, and found a receipt from '90 or '91 were I had paid $800 for a 30meg hard drive! :shocked:
 
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: nwfsnake
High School, '78, car audio: AM/FM/8-track or AM/FM/Cassette...

Chose Cassette, for the Win!
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Good choice.

I unfortuantely chose the celeron 333mhz instead of the 300a
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Yeah, I went with a PII350 before I knew about the capabilities of the 300A.
And I played Quake II all the way to the end before I got 3D acceleration working with my Intel i740!
 
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: JMapleton
This intel proc has mmx technology, gimmie!!!!!
Click to expand...

What was it....166mhz MMZ or 200mhz vanilla😛 I couldn't decide😛
Then the PPro came out and confused all of us n00bs.

"OMG..It's HUGE! It MUST be fast!"
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In the early 90's I bought an expensive diver's watch with depth sensor, then it never got used for anything more than surfing.
 
I just HAD to have double sided double density 5.25" floppies for my Radio Shack Model 4 .... Don't get me started on what I paid for the 5 meg hard drive .. zomg
 
Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
In the early 90's I bought an expensive diver's watch with depth sensor, then it never got used for anything more than surfing.
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I have one of those -Citizen Aqualand ProMaster. Been about 95 feet with it.

 
Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
In the early 90's I bought an expensive diver's watch with depth sensor, then it never got used for anything more than surfing.
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My uncle bought me a similar $300 watch for christmas after I joined the Army. I kind of frowned when I opened the box because I didn't think that it was cool and I knew I wouldn't need/use it.

So instead of wasting his $300, I returned it and got gym membership for a year.
 
Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
In the early 90's I bought an expensive diver's watch with depth sensor, then it never got used for anything more than surfing.
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Dude, what's MORE than surfing???
 
Originally posted by: rbV5
Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
In the early 90's I bought an expensive diver's watch with depth sensor, then it never got used for anything more than surfing.
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Dude, what's MORE than surfing???
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😀 Too true, it is just that I was never more than maybe 15ft down while getting worked in hurricane swells. 😛 Damned thing was big too.

Originally posted by: Rubycon
I have one of those -Citizen Aqualand ProMaster. Been about 95 feet with it.
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That's the one, I'm stoked to see someone uses it appropriately. :beer:

Originally posted by: TallBill My uncle bought me a similar $300 watch for christmas after I joined the Army. I kind of frowned when I opened the box because I didn't think that it was cool and I knew I wouldn't need/use it.

So instead of wasting his $300, I returned it and got gym membership for a year.
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:thumbsup: Money much better spent. But you are a level headed dude from all I've read, so no surprise, that.

 
I remember buying a 64mb geforce2 mx400 and wondering why the other geforce2s with less ram cost more. It had the most ram so it was the fastest!
 
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