15 years ago these bulky things were the top of the line

>15 years ago these bulky things were the top of the line

15 years ago, functionality and robustness were more important than having razor-thin hipster craptops with barely any connection

Anyone else get a laptop like this as a kid? Back in like 2006 when laptops were still expensive you could always find these for $100 on Craigslist. I remember my dad got me one and I was so confused because it didn't have an Ethernet jack. Also my mom had heard some much dumb shit on the news she was convinced the previous owner had filled it with porn despite it being from a white Christian family

>laptop
>kid
what the fucc

>people born in 2000 can now post here legally

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My family had a laptop in 1999, I was 13.

I got my first laptop in 2000 when I was 9 years old

Oldfag please chill out on every little Discovery you make
Although im sure your probably not an oldfag

can't find laptops like that anymore.
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

t.retro dude

back then each manufacturer made their own designs. you could really tell a dell from an hp from a compaq and so on.
around the mid-2000s that shifted to taiwanese ODM (original design manufacturers). they had a lineup of designs and the big OEMs picked them and sold them and gave support for them. that's why everything looks so generic with practically swappable LCD (all same size and resolution) and chiclet keyboards. there's still enough proprietariness to prevent actual swapping and justify charging hundreds for replacement LCD's, but it's quite generic now, with little difference or innovation between brands.

2008-2010 was a great time to buy used laptops (because of the economic downturn). tons of businesses going out and selling their assets. you could get bargain computers and parts.

tfw had one of those

Fuarrrk look at those thicc keys

False.

Someone post that VAIO that was slimmer than the slimmest Macbook Air

A thread died so you could state the unbearably obvious.

Now iphones are faster than computers anyway^-^

In making VR emojis and generally being useless a toy.

Is VR porn a useless toy to you I don't think so uwu

Go drink some bleach, shit for brains.

Something damaged your iBrain.

My first laptop was this. I got it when I was 5 and used it for almost 7 years.

no u

My first laptop was a 286. I was in middle school. I had to teach myself modem commands to get that thing on the internet.