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minus-squareallywilsonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·6 hours agoThis used to be IT in the early 2000s Beige as far as the eye could see (in a data centre)
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoWere we still using 3.5” floppies in the early 2000s?
minus-squareSubArcticTundralinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoHonestly, I think it was so ugly it was beautiful.
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 hours agoYeah, I came here to air my hypothesis that lab hardware trends lag behind consumer computers by about 25-30 years.
minus-squareSubArcticTundralinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoAre you saying there used to be woodgrain lab hardware?
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoThere definitely was. I’ve seen it.
minus-squaremayo_cider [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 hours agoNowadays it’s a lot more of dark mode, which is a shame (especially since our software still doesn’t have it)
This used to be IT in the early 2000s
Beige as far as the eye could see (in a data centre)
Were we still using 3.5” floppies in the early 2000s?
Honestly, I think it was so ugly it was beautiful.
Yeah, I came here to air my hypothesis that lab hardware trends lag behind consumer computers by about 25-30 years.
Are you saying there used to be woodgrain lab hardware?
There definitely was. I’ve seen it.
Nowadays it’s a lot more of dark mode, which is a shame (especially since our software still doesn’t have it)