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[ian]

I finally bought my dream music player--20 years later! I found an Archos Jukebox 5000 at the flea market for $5. I remember drooling over it from tech websites back in the day.

No idea if it works but I'll see if I can replace the hard drive and load Rockbox on there.

Nice!
If I could find my dream music player from the turn of the century for anything close to $5 I'd be so happy. It's also a Jukebox, but Creatives Nomad Jukebox. Can you imagine how much music you could have had out and about in 1999-2000 with 6GB of storage!

That's like 9 CD's of lossless audio... Or 17 million hours of 128kbps MP3's.

[Dr. Zoidberg]

Apple iPad 11'' A16 128GB Wi-Fi 2025 (Silver)

They are fairly cheap and apparently pretty good, so I grabbed one. It will come in handy when in Japan.

[ian]

I got myself a Motorola G53 5G. If the build quality is only 1 10th as good as my last phone, I will be very happy. even if this new one was more than twice the price, and I'll TRY take better care of it this time.

I took damn good care of this phone, and still the battery started swelling about 2 months ago, and it's just got to the point it's affecting the screen.

pissed me the fuck off. Less than 2 years old and properly taken care of. And the battery is swelling AGAIN.
I never let it go under 20%, always Only charged to 95%, never exposed it to extreme temperatures. Or dropped it, not even a single scratch on the case or screen. Genuinely took great care of this phone. Fucking Motorola...

But Either way I just bought a G55 5G and extended warranty from JB because I know the battery will start swelling at 18-20 months for no fucking reason.

Aside from the battery, the E7 and G53 have been great phones, and if you could still repair stuff for less than buying a whole new fucking thing I'd still have both of them.

Really can't be assed setting up my new phone, but I hope the new one lasts 3 years without me having to screw around with it.

[pixel]

I bought the meme keyboard, the 8bitdo Mechanical Keyboard N Edition. So far so good for my needs. I do like the giant buttons for skip and pause for my music. I had the same gimmicky Logitech G105 MW3-themed keyboard but the keys sucked to type on.

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[Dr. Zoidberg]

I've thought about getting that keyboard too. It looks cool.

[pixel]

I got the keypad too and the LED panel doesn't disappoint. I like the little joystick too, I've got that mapped to volume and previous/next. I haven't thought of any other creative macros than media keys. I'd recommend it if one of the styles is up your alley--NES was my favorite growing up. The switches didn't get great reviews but I think they're fine and they're swappable.

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[Skynet]

I got the keypad too and the LED panel doesn't disappoint. I like the little joystick too, I've got that mapped to volume and previous/next. I haven't thought of any other creative macros than media keys. I'd recommend it if one of the styles is up your alley--NES was my favorite growing up. The switches didn't get great reviews but I think they're fine and they're swappable.

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I have the keyboard, 2 buttons and keypad as well My only criticism is the back arrow, minus and plus button the keypad. It's not the layout I'm used to and I keep hitting the wrong key

[pixel]

I got the keypad too and the LED panel doesn't disappoint. I like the little joystick too, I've got that mapped to volume and previous/next. I haven't thought of any other creative macros than media keys. I'd recommend it if one of the styles is up your alley--NES was my favorite growing up. The switches didn't get great reviews but I think they're fine and they're swappable.

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I have the keyboard, 2 buttons and keypad as well My only criticism is the back arrow, minus and plus button the keypad. It's not the layout I'm used to and I keep hitting the wrong key

That's been my issue too At first I didn't have the keypad and found out I use the enter key near constantly.

[Hawq]

I got the keypad too and the LED panel doesn't disappoint. I like the little joystick too, I've got that mapped to volume and previous/next. I haven't thought of any other creative macros than media keys. I'd recommend it if one of the styles is up your alley--NES was my favorite growing up. The switches didn't get great reviews but I think they're fine and they're swappable.

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