Ten Gadgets That Defined the Decade

Corpuscavernosa writes "As 2009 winds down and we try to come up with new and clever ways of referring to the early years of this century, there's really only one thing left to do: declare our ten favorite gadgets of the aughts and show them off in chronological order. It's arguable that if this wasn't the decade of gadgets, it was certainly a decade shaped by gadgets — one which saw the birth of a new kind of connectedness. In just ten years time, gadgets have touched almost every aspect of our daily lives, and personal technology has come into its own in a way never before seen. It's a decade that's been marked the ubiquity of the internet, the downfall of the desktop, and the series finale of Friends, but we've boiled it down to the ten devices we've loved the most and worked the hardest over the past ten years. We even had some of our friends in the tech community chime in with their picks on what they thought was the gadget or tech of the decade."

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Re:One killer "gadget"

[Opportunist]

Now, I read few blogs and don't read twitter at all, but I have my share of electronic appliances, from entertainment to functional, i.e. from TV to washing machines. And when I look at the development, it's not really something that could convince me that the longevity stays the same.

I had an old brand TV. Good piece of equipment. Ancient, truely ancient. Manufactured in 73. It lasted until the early 90s. Then I bought a new one when it finally was beyond repair (it had two repairs, first time in the early 80s and then again in the early 90s shortly before I threw it out, I admit that much). That one lasted a decade. Currently, I'm the proud owner of a (brand) TV bought in 2002 that looks now like I have some sort of night vision view (read: every color but green crapped out, and that green looks more grey than green... seriously, it looks like a view through night vision goggles).

Now, I'd like to replace it with something that lasts me another 5+ years. I'm willing to pay for it, but I guess no matter what money I am willing to invest, I won't get anything that will last 5+ years.

Re:XP and OS X?

[X0563511]

[Citation Needed] Mr. AC.