Escapists, we are gathered here today...

[BehattedWanderer]

*removes hat* My condolences. Sorry for your loss. *replaces hat*

I had a hard drive give out on me, once. Lost all that data. I wasn't even mad, I was just overcome with sadness. But a tiny, rare manufacturing defect ended our fling, though, depressed at the loss of her brother, a new hard drive came to me for comfort, and that night we shared data. I've had her ever since.

A moment for the departed, and a look towards a better future.

Oh, right, discussion value. Oldest piece of tech I own is my SNES, and it still works. Would have been some old computers, but I recently cleaned them out, snagged some pieces for my own use, and recycled the rest.

 

[TheSteeleStrap]

There there. I'm going to get you a hot beverage. I'm afraid it's not optional. Now that I got the Big Bang Theory references out of the way...

My first Xbox 360 (which didn't have a name) lasted about the same amount of time. We're a couple of the lucky ones.

 

[JaceArveduin]

I still have my Super Nintendo that I got the Christmas of... 98, when I was a wee lad of 6 years of age.

 

[Rawne1980]

I'm probably showing my nerd-embryo status in embarrassing fashion here, but what is a Spectrum?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum

It was one of the first home PC's sort of.

I have a ZX Spectrum +2, had it since 1988. It ran games on cassette.

I don't know if you have ever tried running a game from a cassette that has 2 games on one side and 2 on the other but it isn't bloody easy.

I had so much fun on that machine as a kid but also so much rage.

 

[Doogan]

I still have my N64 and my Original PlayStation and I still play them today!

 

[Dandark]

RIP Xavier

You shall be forever remembered as one of the greatest.

 

[Mariakko]

My X360 still seems to be working fine after 2-3 years so far, My PS2 works as well as the day I got it 8 years ago, and my PS1 is still working after 13ish years. I'm amazed how long some of the older generation consoles can last compared to the newer ones, I have a few friends who have fully functioning N64 and cartridges lying around.

 

[Gizmo1990]

In 5 years I have had 2 360's. My 12 year old PS2 is still going strong. The controllers on the other hand....

 

[Kyrian007]

I still have working Nintendo consoles... all of them. 8-bit, Super, 64, GC, and Wii... all working normally. I have a graveyard full of bricked X-boxes, 360's, PS 1's 2's and 3's; but I've only ever needed 1 of each Nintendo product. Microsoft and Sony have crappy (if sometimes a little faster) hardware that will just barely outlast a warranty. Nintendo products seem to last forever. I can't throw rocks at Sega though, I only ever had a Dreamcast of theirs... and it still works too.

 

[NinjaDeathSlap]

This isn't exactly my longest lasting piece of tech, but I bought one of those LG Chocolate phones at launch, and the damn thing still works. I don't use it anymore, I traded up to an Android smartphone, but my dad uses it now, after his last phone crapped out on him after only 2 months of use.

So yeah, I have a cellphone that's been working for 6 years without a single problem or defect. I'd say that's pretty damn impressive in this day and age.

Ok, I have to take my hat off to this one. My brother had an LG Chocolate and it was possible the most fragile, unreliable phone I've ever seen. A lot of friends had them too, and the longest any one model lasted was around 3 months. So how yours is still working after what must be at least 3 years now (I can't remember exactly when it came out) I don't even know.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

Red Ring strikes again. Damn this war.

 

[Fappy]

Probably my NES. Thing is older than I am. I wish consoles were built to last like the old days

 

[Starnerf]

The oldest piece of tech I own is my pocket transistor radio from 1964. I got it in the early 2000s, though, so the piece of tech I've owned the longest is probably my Game Gear. I got that back in 1993 and it still works on occasion. Usually the display is messed up, though.

 

[TheNaut131]

In 5 years I have had 2 360's. My 12 year old PS2 is still going strong. The controllers on the other hand....

I'm with you there. My original Xbox only lasted for about 3 or 5 months before crapping out on us. Plus, I never liked the Xbox controllers anyway. My PS2 is still going strong...though I only have one controller and there's a hole in it.

Plus, my brother either sold our games to Gamestop or threw them into the woods.

Fucking bastard.

 

[Phasmal]

I still have a working Megadrive at my parents house. (At least I hope so).

When I moved to my boyfriends house I left my Xbox cause he already had one, so I just used his. I fully intended to get mine back at some point, until my mum rang and said my brother had accidentally snapped the disc tray out. I told her it was fine because it was still under warranty. She told me she had already chucked it out.

I dont even remember my old gamertag, just that I had many more points than I do on my new one on the shared Xbox with the boyfriend. =(

 

[Wintermoot]

my condolences
the oldest piece of tech I own is a GBC which I don't really use anymore.

 

[vivalahelvig]

I still have a 2 gig harddrive with windows 2000 on it. My computer has a 250 gig SETA drive and a 80 gig PETA drive. Not the crazy nutjob organization, either. I also have my playstation 1 somewhere, and if I still use it sometimes.

Wait, I HAD a 2 gig harddrive with windows 2000, but we put it in a bucket of salt water because it was useless and just taking up space and we didnt have the right kind of tool to open it up so I could take it apart.

 

[Zydrate]

6 years, not bad at all.
Mine's pushing 4 or 5, which is not bad because I got it when they only had a 1 year lifespan, and I've had to send it in for repairs once.

 

[CAPTCHA]

I bought my 360 Elite on launch day and it broke down on launch day for the 360 Slim.

/puts on tinfoil hat

 

[Wanderhome]

Sweet Dreams, Xavier.