I don't see how you could miss old products. Have you guys never heard of Amazon or Ebay? Anyway I get what you're saying but it doesn't really feel like anything good is missing to me personally. That being said, I do miss roll up windows. Maybe new cars are different but I'd just sooner have roll up windows. The electric windows for me suck. They get "tired" after moving a millimeter. That's if they even go up or down at all. As much as I'm a nostalgia junkie, technology has improved generally. The only bad thing about today's technology is no longer are the days where you can just walk in a store and get a job right there.
I miss my video camcorder. It has become quickly outdated just a few months after I started using it. I mostly use my camcorder to capture memories and learn more about image processing. Have you tried browsing for web apps and mobile phone apps for image processing? So many of them right now that I think even if I still had my camcorder with me I would not have the chance to use it without missing out on these apps.
I buy wired optical mice as well. Not because I prefer them, but because I really don't care and just buy the cheapest thing I see. Same with keyboards. Definitely not a shortage of these around here, though. I agree about the monitors. I have massive eye problems, so I can't use pretty much any monitor other than mine. It's all way too bright for me now. :/
I miss my cassette tapes and floppy disk. I remember the time when all my files are saved in my floppy disk since there is no usb before. I also miss my beeper and my Tamagotchi.
I still use the old mouse on my computer with the wire, two buttons and a scroll button. They are still available in some shops here in our area. I miss those game consoles that are simple and easy to use. Examples are those handheld games that just have one game installed and that is all that you would play. The brick game is one of those that I clearly remember and got addicted to. I also miss the old mobile phones which have long battery lives and simple games like snake and the game where you control a space ship. It was a lot simpler back then and less stressful. Now things may have been easier to accomplish because of technology but the ease of use for some is complicated.
Physical copies of games and softwares. I miss them because they're much simpler unlike today where you always have to either register your product or sign in to some stupid online service that you would probably not use anyways.
Ugh I kinda know what you mean. I play Sims 3 and I hate that they're selling a lot less expansions in the stores so I have to go online to buy it if I want a physical copy.
I miss playing our old brick game console and the family computer in my late maternal grandmother's house. I also miss my tube TV. It's not much but it helped me see all kinds of movies and TV shows from elementary to college. I had a lot of memories with it. I also miss film cameras. Although I don't mind digicams and DSLRs, the old cameras have that mysterious photographer feel in them. Last but not the least, I miss our jeepy. It's so old and my parents already sold it but thinking about it makes me sentimental. After all, before we started riding SUVs and station wagons, that jeepy sent us to school, took us to church and got us everywhere for more than 10 years.
Even I buy wired computer accessories. They are so much better than the usual wireless technology that I see these days. It is definitely worth it and totally useful. Also they are more cheaper. The reason I buy them is they are definitely useful and helpful. I think they are some of the best.
I miss the older joysticks/arcade pads instead of controllers. They were a bit more unwieldy but it added to the fun of the game!
Although I am proud of how far tech has come from the "old days" I really miss old school games consoles. When I was younger I had an SNES and an original gameboy; few years after that I had an N64 God do I miss that N64! Although I didn't have one of my own, I miss Atari game systems too I feel like the old school game systems might have been before their time because even though you may have had to blow the dust out of the game to get it to work at least you could get it to work. You get a red ring on a XBOX you can pretty much hang it up.
Thanks to places like ebay and similar you can source pretty much any old technology/product. I always missed vinyl records and record players. There is something about the whole experience of getting a record out of a sleeve and placing it on the turntable. I enjoy looking at the album artwork, bands such as Pink Floyd and ELO produced some very strange and surreal album covers that were fascinating to me. The other point is that you get a richer more detailed sound from vinyl records. I bought a record player again a couple of years ago and have enjoyed sourcing some classic albums and singles, also picture discs and other limited edition records. I find it quite a therapeutic hobby as it takes me back to more simple, innocent times.
