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The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time - PCWorld.com

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mouser:
again zip drive - maybe not the greatest thing in the world, but it was the bees knees for a while and of all the removable media failures, there are sooooo many horribly worse ones it's not even funny.

app103:
4. Worst downloads section, housing old obsolete versions of software that could have been updated at least once during the last 25 years.

Josh:
How about the old magento-optical drives? Anyone remember these? They were really big when the CD-R first came about because they offered a CD-RW type solution.

Also, how about the CYRIX processor ;-)

Also, in case anyone wants it, a PDF version of this article.

http://crosscut.whaddu.com/25Worst.pdf

masu:
They forgot the new BTW Standard, which still is behind ATX format.

f0dder:
They forgot the new BTW Standard, which still is behind ATX format.
-masu (May 27, 2006, 11:42 AM)
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The BTX standard seems pretty nice, though. It really does allow for much better airflow in your PC casing, ultimately leading to quieter computers. As if Dell machines weren't already quiet, you should hear (or not :P) a BTX based Dell machine.

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