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Author:  pcernie [ Sat Aug 29, 2015 5:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Best stuff you ever bought
In no particular order... started because I was waiting for an eBay auction to end lol

Titano Tower Fan (so good I bought two)
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Sony Playstation
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Worms
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Lenovo Yoga tablet (still one of the best tablets around)
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Acer Aspire Netbook (awesome little machine)
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Dell XPS 13 (took years for a challenger to the above Acer on my terms)
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Nikon Coolpix L820
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Duracell 15 minute charger (great for cameras and kids toys)
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Babyliss ear, eyebrows and nose trimmer (£8 delivered, buy it!)
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30w LED, only draws 7
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Panasonic 5 CD Changer (with 'used once in a blue moon' tape deck!)
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Lego Tumbler
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Lego Batmobile Ultimate yada yada yada
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Sony Xperia Pro (because I'd cry if I had to Whatsapp with a touchscreen)
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Fablon-type material (because there's a small window above my door and the morons switch lights on at all hours)
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Sony wireless headphones (kills moron noise)
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Sndisk Sansa Fuze MP3 player (battery lasts for over a month even today, SD slot)
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Almost all of the above is still in use :D
Author:  pcernie [ Sun Aug 30, 2015 9:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Best stuff you ever bought
Kindle Voyage (laughably dear, but that flush screen and weight difference are key to my happiness with it)
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Razorpit (honestly, you could make your own, but sharp razor goodness for months on end)
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LG 20X external DVD writer (between a netbook, crappy laptop drive and an Ultrabook, this thing has seen some use)
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Amazon Fire Stick (sideloading FTW...)
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Storage boxes (forcing me to be organised for my own good. Pens, blank CDs, mini tool kit...)
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Author:  big_D [ Mon Aug 31, 2015 3:54 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Best stuff you ever bought
Difficult... From a technology poing of view, probably my Amiga A1200 (and the A500 + A590 HD before it). I wish I still had them. AmigaDOS, Apple Mac System and MS-DOS/Windows in a single box and full multi tasking, at a time when the Mac was still task-switching and the PC only had co-operative multi-tasking under Windows... Being able to copy and paste between a Mac application and Windows in 1988? Jobs and Gates only really managed that with OS X and Virtual PC over a decade later.
Author:  ProfessorF [ Mon Aug 31, 2015 8:31 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Best stuff you ever bought
big_D wrote:
Being able to copy and paste between a Mac application and Windows in 1988? Jobs and Gates only really managed that with OS X and Virtual PC over a decade later.


Not really, my first computer was a '93 LC 630 DOS Compatible, which not only allowed shared folders between the Mac OS and Windows 3.11, but a shared clipboard and a TV card that you could capture from into Quicktime. I used to cut my own fan music videos with it. :)
In fact, you could fast switch between the environments too.
Author:  big_D [ Mon Aug 31, 2015 8:52 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Best stuff you ever bought
ProfessorF wrote:
big_D wrote:
Being able to copy and paste between a Mac application and Windows in 1988? Jobs and Gates only really managed that with OS X and Virtual PC over a decade later.


Not really, my first computer was a '93 LC 630 DOS Compatible, which not only allowed shared folders between the Mac OS and Windows 3.11, but a shared clipboard and a TV card that you could capture from into Quicktime. I used to cut my own fan music videos with it. :)
In fact, you could fast switch between the environments too.

Yes, but that had a complete x86 PC on a daughter board inside, ISTR. The Amiga did it all in software emulation.
Author:  ProfessorF [ Mon Aug 31, 2015 8:57 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Best stuff you ever bought
big_D wrote:
Yes, but that had a complete x86 PC on a daughter board inside, ISTR. The Amiga did it all in software emulation.


That is true.
Author:  paulzolo [ Mon Aug 31, 2015 2:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Best stuff you ever bought
big_D wrote:
ProfessorF wrote:
big_D wrote:
Being able to copy and paste between a Mac application and Windows in 1988? Jobs and Gates only really managed that with OS X and Virtual PC over a decade later.


Not really, my first computer was a '93 LC 630 DOS Compatible, which not only allowed shared folders between the Mac OS and Windows 3.11, but a shared clipboard and a TV card that you could capture from into Quicktime. I used to cut my own fan music videos with it. :)
In fact, you could fast switch between the environments too.

Yes, but that had a complete x86 PC on a daughter board inside, ISTR. The Amiga did it all in software emulation.


Acorn's RISC PCs could have a x86 in the second processor slot, providing it was on the proper card. You could run Windows and RISC OS at the same time. There was even software that could translate Windows calls to RISC OS calls, in an attempt (which apparently worked, but was very slow) to make Windows apps seem more native.
Author:  big_D [ Wed Sep 02, 2015 3:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Best stuff you ever bought
'91 VW Passat 2.0CL

I got nearly 60mpg over 150,000 miles out of it (2L petrol engine), it was completely reliable, comfortable and cost me next to nothing in servicing and repairs.
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