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I like the idea of restoring old computers but I don't know. I also don't want to use loud potato computer that much.
At least they look cool.
>>0x000003
> imagine
"Honey, it still works. We can explore variations of y = x^2 to plot parabolas."
"It takes up all the space in the living room. You're getting that thing out of here today!"
"NOOOOOOOOO"
>>0x000004
> "Honey, it still works. We can explore variations of y = x^2 to plot parabolas."
> "It takes up all the space in the living room. You're getting that thing out of here today!"
> "NOOOOOOOOO"
this is exactly my mom whenever i bring home a new pc i find in the trash but still works
>>0x000005
> this is exactly my mom whenever i bring home a new pc i find in the trash but still works
ye haha, it happened to / happens to all of us.
I'd love to take the shell of an old CRT and put in a flat 4:3 monitor, build a modern PC in an matching case, get an old keyboard and mouse, and just have a deliciously retro battle station.
I've been using the same computer for 10 years (pic not related). It's one of those tempered glass cases that was popular in 2016. I've never dusted the inside of it once. It's bascially a dust cloud disaster zone in there. I'm afraid that if I opened it up, the eldritch horrors that would come out would occupy my house and never leave.
What is my point?
Having tempered glass and sleek black computers you can see inside to all the over designed parts... It's just a window into the dust horrors. Computers should be gray, the color of dust, and you should never see inside of them until you open them up.
The only reason to keep old computers is to run old software that doesn't work the same on modern machines. Otherwise, old computers are generally much less efficient, using way more energy to do far less
> only reason to keep old computers
there's a damned good reason if you're a kid and you never know if your computer breaks how will you get another one.
also keeping your own old computers and getting a bunch of other peoples old computers is different imo
but overall I agree, the fascination with old computers is really superficial. it would be different if people were restoring them for museum reasons, but it's more like teens just want to be cool using windows xp and having their whole family hacked because of it.
>>0x00000a
> there's a damned good reason if you're a kid and you never know if your computer breaks how will you get another one.
Easy. You fix the one you broke. This is a rite of passage for families who let their kids use computers
