My dad's old Gateway monitor from 2002 is still on my desk and I refuse to get rid of it

Last week my roommate's friend came over and asked why I still have that "giant white plastic brick" sitting here. Said it's an eyesore and takes up half the desk space. But here's the thing - it still works perfectly fine. No dead pixels, the color is still decent, and I paid $30 for it at a garage sale six years ago. Meanwhile my roommate just spent $400 on a curved ultrawide that had a stuck pixel after three months. I don't game or edit photos so why would I drop money on something newer that might break faster? Plus this thing is built like a tank, I could probably drop it down a flight of stairs and it would still display a spreadsheet. Am I wrong for keeping a CRT monitor alive in 2024 or are there other people out there still using old hardware just because it hasn't died yet?

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ramirez.daniel3d ago

Man people don't get it do they? I've got a Compaq keyboard from 1999 on my desk, the keys are all yellowed and the letters are worn off on WASD but god help me if I ever replace it. That old Gateway monitor probably has the best color accuracy for basic office stuff anyway, modern monitors look too cold and sterile half the time. My buddy bought a Samsung monitor two years ago and the backlight started flickering after 14 months, meanwhile your Gateway will probably outlive us all. There's something nice about using stuff that was made before everything became disposable. Keep holding onto it, you're not crazy at all.

seanperry3d ago

Are you kidding me... that Gateway monitor is probably using some ancient LCD tech that takes 30 seconds to warm up and ghosts like crazy on any motion. I get being nostalgic but there's a reason we moved on, @ramirez.daniel. Your buddy's Samsung might have flickered but my Dell from 2020 is still going strong without any yellow tint or burn-in issues.