"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
03/21/2016 at 22:11 • Filed to: None
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"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
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Both are shells of their former selves, but technically still “ exist ”.
(apologies for the graphical errors. I had to splice some poorly scanned images together to get the full advertisement)
C62030
> Boxer_4
03/21/2016 at 22:13 |
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Yeah, but Saab was good.
CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
> C62030
03/21/2016 at 22:15 |
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I never had enough experience with Gateway but damn Acer did make them shittier.
Nibby
> Boxer_4
03/21/2016 at 22:17 |
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Gateway 2000s were the shit in the 90s!
and these keyboards
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gateway-20…
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Boxer_4
> C62030
03/21/2016 at 22:21 |
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Eh, post-2002 Gateways weren’t great, but the ‘90s Gateway 2000s were awesome!
jimz
> C62030
03/21/2016 at 22:22 |
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for what?
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Boxer_4
> CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
03/21/2016 at 22:25 |
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Acer actually made them better, believe it or not. Gateway’s purchase of eMachines in 2004, combined with letting eMachines run the show, is what ruined their reputation.
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Boxer_4
03/21/2016 at 22:29 |
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They were sold to old people?
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Boxer_4
03/21/2016 at 22:31 |
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Had one of these. It was awesome. Had one of the first CD drives in town.
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C62030
> jimz
03/21/2016 at 22:37 |
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Waffle-iron air vents that were supposed to look plane-ish but didn’t.
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Boxer_4
> Nibby
03/21/2016 at 22:41 |
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I actually picked up a lot of 3 recently for ~$30.
Two of the keyboards had broken and missing parts, but they were able to be combined into one functional keyboard. All three needed serious cleaning.
I split the cost with a friend of mine, so we both ended up with an AnyKey for ~$15, and also a stash of spare parts.
They are nice keyboards, but I still prefer the Keytronic EP3435XTAT for overall feel.
That’s the background I have on my tower! I have a copy of all of those off of an old Gateway 2000 CD.
jvirgs drives a Subaru
> Boxer_4
03/21/2016 at 22:41 |
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My family’s first home computer was a Gateway 2000 running Windows 95.
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Boxer_4
> jvirgs drives a Subaru
03/21/2016 at 22:42 |
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Desktop or tower?
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jvirgs drives a Subaru
> Boxer_4
03/21/2016 at 22:46 |
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Tower. That thing was massive
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Boxer_4
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
03/21/2016 at 22:46 |
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The newer ones, definitely. In fact, I have one from 2007 that I still use on occasion, which was purchased by my grandparents.
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Boxer_4
03/21/2016 at 22:49 |
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See... That’s exactly what I meant. People who still own them bought/were given them from their grandparents.
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Boxer_4
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
03/21/2016 at 23:02 |
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That definitely goes for the newer ones, but that’s not my experience with the older (‘90s) stuff.
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Nibby
> Boxer_4
03/21/2016 at 23:14 |
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Man that’s awesome. Always wanted to have one of those keyboards again like we had 20 years ago.