ITT: technology you once thought looked cool

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>>60501767
oh..... oh my.

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>>60501767
I once thought alienware shit is coolest shit ever.

I m scared to post it here,maybe someone will find out this about me and laught IRL.

It was in windows-xp times when ricing was exclusive to linux retards. So riced win-xp was the coolest shit ever for us win-winners.

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>>60501816
rx7 design is timeless family

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>>60501767
I once wanted to have my low-end build in 3 of these x9 core e-atx cases

By once wanted, I mean 1 year ago,now I have 30$ case and I could not be more happy

My current case z9 neo and there is space to build my system 3times.

>>60501838
>rainmeter threads on Newgrounds
clocks, clocks everywhere

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>>60501816
>mfw i saw a red rx7 a few days ago
first time, some cars are even more gorgeous in person.

Rocketdock. I can't believe I bought that shit.

>>60502063
I still use it.

>>60501816
they are still cool
https://youtu.be/5NZmUkA5rGQ

>>60502730
>destroying a car
>cool

>>60503608
>got an iPod nano in grade 7
>only apple product I ever owned

iTunes just ruined it for me.

>>60501767
What is that case called?

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>>60501767

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>>60501767
gotta admit I was pretty stoked about this back in the day

>>60504155
It's an Acer Aspire G "Predator" but as far as I know it was never a standalone case, just an encasing for one of their lines of prebuilts.

WANNA PRAY GAME?

>>60504245
Looks interesting, shame they don't release it as a standalone.

[spoiler]razer[/spoiler]

>>60501816
Are you saying it doesn't look good anymore?

>>60501838
>tfw used to use Stardock WindowBlinds to dress up my Windows XP back in the early 2000s

>>60501816
You take that back you fucker.

>>60504744
Oh shit I remember that!
I also remember having some kind of weird cracked version which gave me tons of bullshit. I had a Hitman theme going once.

>>60504744
Rocketdock was the shit

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>>60504698
No. I'm actually genuinely sad that popup lights are no longer a thing. The industry wants us to forget them but they're so pretty

>>60504772
no.

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Nah, still think it looks cool.

>>60504879
They mess with aerodynamics it is as simple as that.

>>60501767
dude that does look cool
thats fuckin sick bruh

does the front panel hinge around for a reason or just to look hella gamer?

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>>60504928
but they look cool.

>>60504879
how the hell are they pretty you retard

random square body lines in the hood when folded down? no

clashing body lines when popped up? no

novelty meme shit, they look bad and are prone to breaking simply because it's another unnecessary moving part

>>60501972
let me get this straight.

You used to want to build your low end computer system in 3 separate cases, but ended up building it in a case big enough to hold three low end systems. and you are satisfied with your decision

If this is all correct I don't understand what you're saying

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>>60501816

>>60504954
I just bought an 1970 opel gt.

>>60504841
I like this but also see it being a bad thing. Still cool though

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>>60505019
>stop liking what I don't like
God you're retarded. You're almost as stupid as the man in the white house.

>>60504955
>prone to breaking simply because it's another unnecessary moving part
That's what I said when I learned of headlights that adjust up and down based on hills when driving

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>>60504955
>because it's another unnecessary moving part

Personally I like moving parts in technology. Makes it more interesting and makes it feel more interactive. Everything has to be a piece of unibody metal nowadays. Not sure if it's even THAT more reliable. How often do you really have moving parts break before anything else?

>>60505151
What is the name of this laptop

>>60505191
Thinkpad 701C

>>60505151
The overhanging buttons trigger me more than the movement.

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>>60505151
>mfw this thing is expensive as fuck because it's a vintage collector's piece

>>60504954
NANI?

>>60506507
My high school computer teacher had one as a decoration in his classroom.

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>>60501972
>tfw you will never have the ridiculous kind of disposable income to just tinker and build PC's like this all day and sell them at cost or whatever on ebay just because you love building PCs

RGB lighting used to be cool, but now it just goes through the rainbow and looks gay as hell

>>60504955
>reddit spacing

fuck off retard

>>60504841
Because if someone steals your wallet, they're also getting a $500 device people rely on for communication! Top-level safety!

Real talk, why the hell did this shit ever become a thing?

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>>60510382
It looks elegant, "smart", and cool, but we all realize how fucking stupid it is hence the original point of the post.

>>60504841
I feel like the phone part should either be on the outside or have a separate cover flap, so you're not awkwardly exposing your ids and shit when you need to talk on the phone.

It would still be stupid though.

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>>60505151
I'm too high for this.

>>60508973
Yeah, gnome shell is kinda lame.

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These things. Cool in theory, but shit in practice

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we've all been teens, right?
this was my desktop

>>60504224
Royale Noir remixed was top tier, best xp theme ever made

>>60504955
>personal taste
>not same opinion as mine
XD UR SO RETARDED

>>60501838

Ayyy

>>60505040
Fuck I want a 200SX

>>60515047
The car in that video is an American market 240SX with a KA24DE.

>>60515070
I saw that video, but isn't the american 240SX the same as the 200SX in the European market ?

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tiny riced mech keyboards. so expensive and not more practical than fullsized.

>>60515196
Aside from one big difference, yes. The big difference is the engine. WHile everywhere else got an SR20DET powered S13, America didn't get a turbo due to insurance reasons. Instead, American market cars got a n/A 2.4L KA24 engine shared with Nissan pick up trucks. Turbos meant high insurance rates at the time. 1989-1990 models used an SOHC KA24E making 140 HP, 1991-1996 models used a DOHC KA24DE making 155 HP. No higher performance model was offered.
The engine in American models is completely unrelated to what every other country got.

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>>60515437
Oh thanks.
Once I get one of these bad boys, I'll swap the engine with a RB25DET or a V8 anyway.
But first I need to get a 240/280Z.
Probably the best looking car ever built, aside from the Toyota GT3000, but it's wayyy too expensive.

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>>60515509
>has no idea about cars
>Once I get one of these bad boys, I'll swap the engine with a RB25DET or a V8 anyway.

>>60515563
What's wrong with swapping ?

>>60515509
In America, an RB swap isn't wise due to the unavailability of parts. That's why LS V8 swaps are so common in America. The LS V8s are literally EVERYWHERE. They might as well grow on trees. You can't go down any street without finding at least one or 2 vehicles with one. This is mainly because of the popularity of pickup trucks in America. 4.8L, 5.3L, and 6.0L versions are incredibly popular in GM trucks. You can pick up a 300 HP 4.8L V8 from a Chevy Silverado for under $500 from a junkard, mount it to a transmission from a Camaro or Firebird (a T56 is generally 1.5k), and then swap kits are fairly cheap. LS swaps in general can cost less than 3k. It's why it's the most popular performance engine in America. As a bonus, parts are literally everywhere for those engines. Meanwhile, you'd have to wait weeks for SR20DET or RB specific parts, versus a 5-15 minute drive to the local auto parts store.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H8ItG5SK9o

TL,DR; the V8 is the way to go.

>>60515594
I live in Yurop anyway so even if the V8 is more common, it doesn't grow on trees.
But yeah, V8 seems like a better idea.

>>60515630
In your case, I would look into swapping in a Nissan VQ35DE V6 from a Nissan 350Z Sports car. There's swap kits for that too.
There are also swap kits for Nissan's VK56 V8 but I think those are American market only. Correct me if I'm wrong.

>>60515581
>when I'll get in programming I'm gonna make my own linux distro
Here, this is basically what you just said, before learning how to run learn how to walk.

>>60515809
also besides ridiculous cost and time you have to put into engine swap, you must mention how it completely fucks up weight balance of a car, especially with some V8 piece of shit.

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>>60515594
Also, most of LS are lighter than 4-cylinders

LS1 is lighter than the 1.8L Miata if I recall well

More torque, same RPM range and lighter, what more to ask?

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i still sort of like it

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>>60516103
reliability and quality

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>>60516056
>you must mention how it completely fucks up weight balance of a car, especially with some V8 piece of shit.
This depends on the engine in question. In many cases, an aluminum LS V8 doesn't weigh much more than the I4 it's replacing. An RB swap or a 2JZ swap will fuck up the weight balance more than an LS swap.

>>60516103
All hail our lord and saviour.

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>>60516145
riiiight. Because Nissan is a paragon of reliability. This was pulled from an R35 GTR. go meme-spew somewhere else.

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>>60516188
certainly better than Corvette

>>60516208
>defending a company that uses CVTs

>>60516208
C7R's engine is not the one used in production models but the 5.5L "LS" - try again GT-R fanboy

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>>60516392
Meant to post this:

>>60516415
I really hope you're not implying this isn't cool.

>>60516454
It was cool. Then the iPhone came out.

>>60516480
>applecuck

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>>60516304
production model is not much better
im not a gtr fanboy, i just think gm is absolute dogshit. gm products dont even exist outside USA, shit cars that are not relevant today.

>>60516508
>le dae miss the 90s gen xer

>>60516508
not the same guy, but I get what he meant:
the iPhone started the smartphone movement, be it iPhones, Androids, Windows Phones (RIP) or anything else, which made pretty much any other type o mobile phone look outdated

>>60505040

kawaii as fuck

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>>60516527
As someone who builds Vintage Stock Cars I can say what are a fucking ignorant

Find me better than a 350 SBC, you won't

My current project, 1966 AMC Rambler on a Ford frame with a SBC 358CI, taken 1 month ago now at the paintshop

Keep talking shit boy

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>>60516527
>gm products dont even exist outside USA
Opel
Vauxhall
Holden
late 90s to 2010 Saab

Those are still GM retard. and America does export Cadillacs and Chevrolets.

>>60516835
>Opel
>Vauxhall
french nao

>>60517937
only as of a few weeks ago. The cars are still all GM though.

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>>60512796
They are cool as shit to learn about but the practicality of it in everyday life shows when you see it in real life
>burns oil by design so have to check oil/fill every other gas fill up
>apex seals like to blow necessitating an entire engine rebuild
>worse gas mileage than V8's with 3 times the displacement and double the power

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>>60501838
I would simply like to interject for one short while. What you're alluding to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I simply the other day began to call it, GNU + Linux. Linux isn't an operating setup unto itself, but rather another free component of a completely operational GNU setup made practical by the GNU core libraries, shell tools and essential setup components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Quite a few computer owners use a changed version of the GNU setup daily, without realizing. By a strange series of situations, the version of GNU which is widely utilized these days is often called "Linux", and many of its owners are not aware that it is practically the GNU setup, created by GNU.

There truly is a Linux, and this population do have it installed, but it is but a part of the setup they use. Linux is the core: the part of the setup that distributes the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The core is a necessary part of an operating setup, but useless by itself; it is only operational in the structure of a whole operating setup. Linux is normally utilized in combination with the GNU operating setup: the whole setup is practically GNU with the addition of Linux, or GNU/Linux. All of the supposed "Linux" distros are really distros of GNU/Linux.

>>60515222
I know you can use them regularly, but I've always thought they were just for collectors since a lot of people would post pictures of like 10 of them.

>>60516835
almost nobody buys them since they gained general motors seal of quality

/o/ fags get out

>>60519017
>since they gained general motors seal of quality
except Opel has been GM owned since the 1920's.

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>>60519027
no. cars are technology technically.

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>>60501767
Everything that has LED's

>>60519877
Like smart phones?

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>>60519877
>indicators on everything

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>>60501767
I actually go out of my way to get plain PCB ram purely for the aesthetic of not having disgusting gaming shit in my computer.

>>60519877
>Motherboard contains LED display for error codes

>Get that SHIT out of my computer.

It's not healthy to have cheeto grease stuck in your assflaps. Bacteria can eat that, you know.

>>60520315
>plain PCB ram
Like, without a heat spreader?

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>>60501767

this

i bought it in 2008 or 2009. looks ugly as fuck to me now

i realize how shitty a design it is

>>60520455
Had a cousin that bought one. Played my first game of homeworld on it. Good shit.

Holy fuck its aged like [spoiler]old [/spoiler]milk.

>>60520315
what do you do when gaming RAM is cheaper?

I picked up an 4x8GB ripjaw kit because on sale it was less than kingston value RAM which was dominating at the time.

For example: F3-1600C9-8GXM Vs. KVR16N11/8

>>60520315
>the cringe on those adjectives
>rotational velocidensity

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I would pay a lot of money for one of these with a very basic linux running on it. Should look like a normal phone from the other side.
Kinda like a ThinkPad Nano

>>60520556
I pay extra money. It's the difference between buying a cheapass car covered in flame decals and disgusting custom body work, and paying a little more for a vanilla car.

It's a purely aesthetic choice.

>>60520421

Like, without a heat spreader. If your RAM is failing from heat in the current year, try not to place your computer into the dusty cobwebs of Dracula's Castle next time.

>>60519027
This
You have your containment board

>>60501816
Bring back pop ups
Fuck safety regs

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>>60501954

Hhhnnnggg that blue is perfect

>>60504928

That's not as big a factor as pedestrian safety. That's the real reason why we don't have them anymore

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I thought this case was cool as fuck, until I got to use it.

cheap fucking garbage.

>>60516103

It isn't lighter, is just that the Flyin Miata kit maintains the correct weight distribution because the diff is heavier also. If that's what you're thinking of

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>>60520653
Pardon, but I'd simply like to interject for one moment. What you're alluding to as Linux, is really, GNU/Linux, or as I have recently taken to calling it, GNU + Linux. Linux isn't an OS on its own, but really another free piece of a fully operational GNU system fashioned into something proper by the GNU core libraries, terminal tools and vital system components completing a full OS as defined by POSIX.

A sizeable amount of computer holders use a altered edition of the original system daily, but do not know it. By a unseen turn of events, the edition of GNU which is broadly applied today is often called "Linux", and a substantial number of its holders are not aware that it is practically the GNU system, created by GNU.

There really is a Linux, and this population are indeed using it, but it is simply a portion of the system they use. Linux is the core: the part of the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The core is an essential part of an OS, but cannot work on its own; it is only operational in the structure of a complete OS. Linux is normally applied in combination with the GNU OS: the whole system is practically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All of the "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

>>60516658

I love me some AMC. If I'm ever rich I want to throw a 2JZ in an Eagle with some fat all terrains for laughs

Any more pics of your Rambler?

>>60520977
TIL
Thanks man

>>60516415

Apparently there was a clip you could take off the sliding mechanism, so when the owner went to open the phone again it would fly off

>>60516188
Datsun was the shit

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>>60521362
literal shit

>>60504744
Oh fuck, I used that shit too. I remember posting screenshots of it on /g/ in like 2005.

>>60504985
You have to stay there.

>>60516188
I unironically work in a factory that produces Nissan parts and we just shut down that line due to someone letting slip in a conference call of a quality problem we've known about for over a month and done nothing about.

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Watercooling full loops

Air is fine

>>60504841
The "Rob me" starter pack

>>60520315
dude, balistix tracer was (dunno if they still make it) pretty cool. it changed the pattern of how the LEDs flashed based on how the memory was being accessed, so it would put on little shows when booting up and doing certain tasks. better than plain old fan LEDs if you have a windowed case.

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everything steampunk actually

>>60512868
cool

>>60523240
The steam punk meme got dragged into the ground by normies

And next on the list is cyberpunk and the GiTS movie is already fucked it up

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>>60518606
I'm terribly sorry for interjecting your interjection, but what you just called GNU/Linux is, in fact, just Linux, or as I've just now taken to calling it, Just.Linux. Linux apparently does happen to be a whole operating system unto itself and comprises a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Most computer users who run the entire Linux system every day already realize it. Through a peculiar turn of events, I was misled into calling the system "GNU/Linux", and until now, I was unaware that it is basically the Linux system, developed by the Linux project.

There really isn't a GNU/Linux, and I really wasn't using it; it is an extraneous misrepresentation of the system that's being used. Linux is the operating system: the entire system made useful by its included corelibs, shell utilities, and other vital system components. The kernel is already an integral part of the Linux operating system, never confined useless by itself; it functions coherently within the context of the complete Linux operating system. Linux is never used in combination with GNU accessories: the whole system is basically Linux without any GNU added, or Just.Linux. All the so-called "GNU/Linux" distributions are really just distributions of Linux.

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>>60504224
Im pretty overhype over this

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>>60523240
Im way over steampunk, I'm way into archeotech now.

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>>60521012
>I want to throw a 2JZ in an Eagle with some fat all terrains
anon please allow me to commend your excellent taste

>>60521012
>2JZ
why would you want that overweight pos? Just get an SBC

>>60525970

Ty

>>60528157

To be an improvement, not a reinvention. Original motor was a I6 so 2JZ, RB2X/3X or Ford Barra seems logical

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>>60528209
>Original motor was a I6 so 2JZ, RB2X/3X or Ford Barra seems logical
why not Vortec 4200? Often overlooked and was on Ward's 10 best engines list multiple times.

>>60520957
Fuck, really? I was planning on getting the mini version of it, and reviews looked promising.

>>60501816
oh god it's become sentient!