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  • JuggernautXUG
    Confirmed User
    • Jul 2005
    • 165
    #1

    The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time

    http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/artic...72,pg,8,00.asp
    they didn't hold any punches back on this list!

    1. America Online (1989-2006)
    2. RealNetworks RealPlayer (1999)
    3. Syncronys SoftRAM (1995)
    4. Microsoft Windows Millennium (2000)
    5. Sony BMG Music CDs (2005)
    6. Disney The Lion King CD-ROM (1994)
    7. Microsoft Bob (1995)
    8. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (2001)
    9. Pressplay and Musicnet (2002)
    10. dBASE IV (1988)
    11. Priceline Groceries and Gas (2000)
    12. PointCast (1996)
    13. IBM PCjr. (1984)
    14. Gateway 2000 10th Anniversary PC (1995)
    15. Iomega Zip Drive (1998)
    16. Comet Cursor (1997)
    17. Apple Macintosh Portable (1989)
    18. IBM Deskstar 75GXP (2000)
    19. OQO Model 1 (2004)
    20. CueCat (2000)
    21. Eyetop Wearable DVD Player (2004)
    22. Apple Pippin @World (1996)
    23. Free PCs (1999)
    24. DigiScents iSmell (2001)
    25. Sharp RD3D Notebook (2004)
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    • practiceTITOISM
      Confirmed User
      • May 2005
      • 441
      #2
      Originally posted by JuggernautXUG
      1. America Online (1989-2006)
      That made my day!

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        • JuggernautXUG
          Confirmed User
          • Jul 2005
          • 165
          #3
          the only good thing to come from AOL was when they were sent out of floppy discs and you got a free floppy disc! :lol:
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            • MrKinkade
              Confirmed User
              • Nov 2005
              • 619
              #4
              whats funny is I bought that 2000 gateway with windows millinium I was in hell big time


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                • JuggernautXUG
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jul 2005
                  • 165
                  #5
                  I had a few of those flops, mainly the zip drive..... oh how it was supposed to make things easier, but it blows when you have a backed up hardrive and you cant get it back....
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                    • Bird
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jan 2005
                      • 4365
                      #6
                      sony minidisk
                      ICQ:268731675

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                        • SgtStrider
                          Confirmed User
                          • Oct 2005
                          • 1196
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Bird
                          sony minidisk
                          your right, he forgot that one

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                            • Elli
                              Reach for those stars!
                              • Apr 2003
                              • 17991
                              #8
                              Clippy isn't on the list?

                              Let's see, I had a laptop bundled with Windows ME and installed 2000 on it as soon as humanly possible. It was a p.o.s otherwise.

                              I paid for RealProducer in 1999 to do all my site's videos. Now I can barely convert those old things up to WMV and they look like crap and that's if their audio works.

                              IE 6 is largely unused. Firefox can't log into my government's Epass system, so that's about the only thing I use IE for. Well, that and testing sites.

                              And yep, I had zip drives AND the Sparq drive. Go me.
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                                • tony299
                                  lurker
                                  • Aug 2002
                                  • 57021
                                  #9
                                  they hit the nail on the head

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                                    • yellofello
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Oct 2002
                                      • 183
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Bird
                                      sony minidisk
                                      i actually didn't find the MD that bad. yeah mp3 players were around but most of them were 32/64mb and you couldn't upgrade the memory not to mention that they all looked like ass back then
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                                        • shiloh451
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Mar 2006
                                          • 146
                                          #11
                                          What about Lotus 3.0 and Agenda
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                                            • OG LennyT
                                              Wall Street Pimp
                                              • Jun 2003
                                              • 14345
                                              #12
                                              Millenium did suck asscrack LOL

                                              great list
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                                                • sweetgirl2006
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • May 2006
                                                  • 1194
                                                  #13
                                                  nice thanks for sharing.



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                                                    • gecko
                                                      ******
                                                      • Jun 2002
                                                      • 21846
                                                      #14
                                                      Most of those I can relate
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                                                        • teg0
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Jan 2006
                                                          • 4204
                                                          #15
                                                          RealNetworks RealPlayer (1999)

                                                          It was out way before 1999. I remember using it to listen to streaming radio stations back in 1996.

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                                                            • darnit
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Jul 2001
                                                              • 2439
                                                              #16
                                                              Apple Newton?

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                                                                • A-Bomb
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Dec 2004
                                                                  • 680
                                                                  #17
                                                                  I admit, I owned a Coleco Adam computer. I even belonged to an Adam Users group. I replaced it with a Mac portable, then a Gateway with AOL access. I now outsource all my technology buying decisions.

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                                                                    • Vitasoy
                                                                      GFY HALL OF FAME DAMMIT!!!
                                                                      • Oct 2003
                                                                      • 58202
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by teg0
                                                                      RealNetworks RealPlayer (1999)

                                                                      It was out way before 1999. I remember using it to listen to streaming radio stations back in 1996.
                                                                      They where shitty back then, but boy have they improved.


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                                                                        • hova
                                                                          Traffillionaire
                                                                          • Jan 2002
                                                                          • 22430
                                                                          #19
                                                                          funny list
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                                                                            • bhutocracy
                                                                              Not making A Comeback
                                                                              • Dec 2001
                                                                              • 10218
                                                                              #20
                                                                              ha.. fucking realplayer.. serves them rights.. zip disks weren't bad though.. they definately filled a niche at the time - the only problem was that they were usurped by cheap burners and usb drives, can't help that.

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                                                                                • mOrrI
                                                                                  It's over there...
                                                                                  • Nov 2004
                                                                                  • 4208
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Nice List
                                                                                  i think that should be made every month

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                                                                                    • Rui
                                                                                      web
                                                                                      • Dec 2001
                                                                                      • 9533
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      What is "15. Iomega Zip Drive (1998)" doing there....biased people to say the least

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                                                                                        • JuggernautXUG
                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                          • Jul 2005
                                                                                          • 165
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          Originally posted by mOrrI
                                                                                          Nice List
                                                                                          i think that should be made every month
                                                                                          maybe not every month but deffinatly a yearly review of the best and worst inventions.
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