Old Tech.
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Honest pages on the gadgets their makers moved on from. Specs, what they actually sell for, and a straight answer to "is it still worth it?"
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PalmPilot Professional
The $399 pocket organizer that taught a generation to write in Graffiti. Here's what it's worth now.
Pebble Time 2
The e-paper smartwatch that refused to stay dead. Weeks of battery, real buttons, and a $225 price tag.
TI-84 Plus CE vs TI-Nspire CX II
Same company, very different calculators. One is easy. One is powerful. Here's how to pick.
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Best Graphing Calculators for High School
Four calculators cover almost every high school student. Here's which one fits yours.
TI-83 Plus vs TI-84 Plus CE
The 1999 classic still works and is still allowed on every big exam. Here's when it's enough and when the CE is worth the upgrade.
TI-84 Plus CE vs TI-Nspire CX II
Same company, very different calculators. One is easy. One is powerful. Here's how to pick.
Casio fx-9750GIII
Everything most high schoolers need from a graphing calculator, for well under TI-84 money.
NumWorks Graphing Calculator
The graphing calculator that looks like it was designed this decade. Python built in, USB-C, and an interface that makes sense.
TI-84 Plus CE
Ten years old, barely changed, and still the calculator your kid's teacher assumes they own.
TI-89 Titanium
The symbolic-math workhorse engineering students swore by. Still powerful, still banned on the SAT and ACT.
Fossil Gen 6
The last full Wear OS watch from a company that quit smartwatches. Cheap now, but you're buying into a dead end.
Pebble Time 2
The e-paper smartwatch that refused to stay dead. Weeks of battery, real buttons, and a $225 price tag.
PalmPilot Professional
The $399 pocket organizer that taught a generation to write in Graffiti. Here's what it's worth now.
Garmin eTrex Legend
The yellow-and-blue GPS that refuses to die. Two AA batteries, no subscription, no signal bars needed.
Best Cheap Digicams Under $100
The famous Canon ELPHs now sell for $130 or more. These six 2000s and 2010s cameras give you the same CCD look for less than $100.
Canon PowerShot SD1000
The steel-bodied 2007 Digital ELPH that became a digicam icon. Now it sells for about half its launch price, and climbing.
Apple iPod Classic
Apple's last hard-drive iPod, discontinued in 2014 and back in demand. What it does well, what fails, and which model to hunt for.
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