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[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

No USB!? That would drive me crazy. I need like almost every USB port my computer has available.

And yeah, I have a lot of old computer games still on CD and DVD storage and I'm not even sure if they would still function on a computer running Windows 10 or 11. A few programs I had lost their capability with the newer versions of operating systems. It's a shame to see them go and have to hunt around to find replacements. I'm lucky things like Audacity could replace SoundForge but certain games end up needing to be purchased again on Steam or it just becomes entirely impossible to bring them over.

Man, if something happened to Steam, that would nuke like 99% of my gaming library. Thankfully they're still going strong even after all these years. I still remember how the platform was in the early days with Half Life 2 and Counter Strike: Source. Man, it was a whole different world back then.

I know!! It's so crazy! And it's not like there isn't space! At least my new one has a HDMI port. The amount of times I've brought my Mac home to do some work and then have to email myself stuff from another computer because I can't just plug in a USB is ridiculous! Plus I often have to give presentations at different locations and I always have to bring this little extra hub thing with a bunch of different ports to make sure I can plug in my computer :|

I still have a bunch of games on CDs too! (And floppy disks haha). I have found a few on steam (Zoombinis, Commander Keen) and it's been fun to replay them! I have no idea what is going on with windows OS these days. There are so many ads on everything though, geez!! I'm not looking forward to being forced into windows 11 with all the silly AI stuff!

I ordered a new phone a fee months ago and I made the salesman swear to me that it would have a way to physically plug in a pair of headphones. It's wild how technology was exactly perfect at the precise time that I was in the most formative years of my life.

My mum was complaining about this same thing recently. I think tech has stagnated a lot so now they keep trying to fix things that aren't broken in order to be innovative and different. I swear at least half the people I pass on my bike ride home are wearing some form of tiny Bluetooth ear pod things though so I guess it's working haha.

Ha ha, I get that. I still remember what we had in the 80s in terms of cassette tapes and CDs. I've gotten used to using Bluetooth stuff, but certain things I haven't changed. Unlike people who use Spotify, I still like having my music on MP3 players into organized playlists. I know it's old school but it's still the way I enjoy doing things.

I can't stand the ads on Spotify and I refuse to pay for it because I hate subscriptions xD So I have all my music saved on my phone and it works out well!