Do you value older technology or electrical gadgets?
A digital camera that I bought on ebay arrived today. I was kind of disappointed that was not what I thought it would be. It uses a floppy disk for storage! and it must weigh 5 pound. I bought it for a macro feature and lens it has. I will say that I am amazed by the pictures it takes. It blows away my digital camera with newer technology. When I saw the images... I was thrilled with my purchase.
Since there are cameras that are taking as good pictures as with your camera, but still has does not use floppy disk, NO. I do not value old technology as something that should be implanted in the NEW!
I have found that some older technology is better as well. Some newer devices have lots of features but they are poorly constructed and they use the cheapest materials. Everything looks glossy on the outside but the electro-mechanical elements are trash and the products are flimsy and easily broken. Big companies have to compete to make things cheaper so they put "new" technology in wonderful boxes with colourful designs but if you really want to know if something is good you will have to test it. I have a recognition system protecting a room and that system was bought over 6 years ago. The company went bust but that old system does not fail and I am so impressed. I don't need service for the product because it was made by clever people. I suspect that they might of made the product too good and hence priced themselves out of the market since many people don't know how to tell the difference between low and high quality.
by David Stillwell 13 years ago
Of all the gadgets on your smart phone, which do you use the most?I am curious about all the bells and whistles that now come standard on technology...such as the smart phone. Camera, MP3/Music, navigation, etc, etc, etc. So who much of this technology that consumers demand do we actually use? I...
by Mary Wickison 12 years ago
When you are taking photos, do you use a tripod?Photo courtesy of Freedigitalphotos.net and Prozac1
by Petite Hubpages Fanatic 12 years ago
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by gramarye 14 years ago
I've just been cleaning out my shed and found old stuff such as the old big floppy disks, some really old sim city games, old dos manuals (3.2) I think?Does this sort of stuff have any value as collectibles?
by India Arnold 13 years ago
What do you think about the new cars that parallel park automatically for you?
by Sophie 14 years ago
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