Unexpectedly long-lasting tech

[Tan3l6]

Cedar SC-502 - 25 years old calculator. 

Don't recall changing batteries, still some times using it.

[LloydLynx]

My Hallicrafters SX-110 tube radio. Made in the 1960s and still pulling in signals better then my modern shortwave radio.

[Mark Kaine]

I guess Fujitsu (no Siemens) Ergo Pro X with a first gen Pentium. I havent used it in 2 years or so but it still worked perfectly fine then, i suppose it still does.

 

Btw should I replace the thermal paste? Did they even have that back then? Thats the most baffling thing to me that it doesnt overheat … PC never felt warm even…

[Automobili3XF]

TP Link wi-fi adapter i sometimes use for repairs on PCs, it has a Realtek soc that's supposed to die in a year or two, it was first used daily for 3 years in my mom's PC, now it been 4 years with me sticking it into random computers to have an internet connection, still works like new.

[AMD A10-9600P]

Nowhere near as impressive as others here, but my Logitech gaming mouse. It's outlasted two laptops and is still working flawlessly with my current gaming desktop. I originally got it in 2014 with an HP laptop, and used it with my 2016 HP laptop, and now my 2020 desktop.

 

My first HP laptop has also lasted surprisingly well, having been used for school last year after my 2016 laptop packed in. It's done better than my brand new ZenBook, which went in for repair only a month or so after I got it (still a lovely machine though, I just hope it comes back fixed and in one piece!).

[CerealExperimentsLain]

On 6/21/2021 at 9:28 AM, akio123008 said:

Haha I like how this thread is full of people going "I've been using X for like 5-10 whole years!". Like how is that even surprising?

The fact that people consider 8 years 'old', and are surprised if something lasts more than 6, reveals enough about the quality of today's electronics.

When someone considers a sound bar lasting for 7 years to be 'unexpectedly long', it's really telling about what consumers expect from their purchases. =X