The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time

[neutralizer]

Disagree with IE6 and expected Nintendo Virtual Boy to be there.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: astrocase
That list is stupid and very biased. It's almost as if someone wrote it who isn't old enough to have used those services or products when they were new. I'd put the 5800 Ultra on there or the Williamette on there long before I'd put something like AOL or IE6. They sucked right away.

I hate AOL but it has no business being on there.
IE6?
I hate real player but it has no business being on there either.
Disney the Lion King CD-Rom? This list is just lame.
WebTV? WebTV was great for old people who didn't want to spend $1000+ on a PC.
The Zip Drive? Only an idiot would put that on that list. It might not be great now but back then it was a great way of moving data relatively cheap.

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:thumbsup: the list is elitist.

Things that doesn't even remotely belong in the list:
IE6 shouldn't be in there, nor should ZIP drives.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: neutralizer
Disagree with IE6 and expected Nintendo Virtual Boy to be there.

I love my virtual boy. Mario virtual tennis is awesome!

 

[MacGuffin]

Why is RealPlayer up there? Sure, its a lousy player/format but it was pretty close to being THE defacto web-standard a loooong time ago.

 

[ruffilb]

Motorola Rokr E1 (2005) - meh, not that hot, but shouldn't make the list...

15. Iomega Zip Drive (1998) - Hey, it was pretty good while it was alive, before CDs killed it. Not Iomega's fault.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: MacGuffin
Why is RealPlayer up there? Sure, its a lousy player/format but it was pretty close to being THE defacto web-standard a loooong time ago.

It was quite revolutionary at the time :thumbsup:

 

[SpanishFry]

list is garbage.

DEathstars should be higher, zip drive off. Can we add clippy?

 

[MajinWade]

I'm another one that thought the zip drive was great. It was very useful, convenient, and durable at the university's. I used to carry about 5 disks around. I only finally took out my zip drive a couple years ago. It was sad to let go.

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: kmr1212
list is garbage.

DEathstars should be higher, zip drive off. Can we add clippy?

Yes, Clippy and that stupid dog.

Edit:

From the comments on PCWorld

>>Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 27, 2006, 09:57 AM (PST)

Windows ME shouldn't be at this list!!
I've used it for a few years and it was the best OS after Windows XP... I've already used Windows 95, 98, 2000 too...

And the worst was Windows 2000! It was always crashing, bugged! Windows ME was the most stable version of Windows after Windows XP...

 

[cubby1223]

AOL definately tops the list.

The county I live in was, for whatever reason, skipped over by all the major national ISPs, AOL, Compuserve, Prodigy, etc. I know a few people who popped the AOL disc in their computer and didn't know that it picked up on a long distance number to connect out. Month later came the $300+ phone bill...

 

[wetcat007]

CueCats were awesome. Free barcode scanners u could use for whatever u wanted with noncuecat software

 

[Nab]

i like the lion king

 

[BoldAsLove]

you guys have to read about the zip drives...its not saying the technology was bad...it was just talking aboout how a lot of them were faulty.

 

[Staples]

Originally posted by: astrocase
Without the PIII 1.13Ghz on there this list loses all credibility.

What was so bad about the P3 1.13GHz. Other than it coming out like a year after the 1GHz model, it worked pretty well as far as I know. The P4 1.4GHz should be up there if any CPU.

And I don't think IE6 should be on there. Sure it is the source of a lot of problems but if Firefox was as popular, it would also face many more problems than it has today.

Quicktime player and iTunes for Windows should be up there.

 

[astrocase]

It was recalled

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: MacGuffin
Why is RealPlayer up there? Sure, its a lousy player/format but it was pretty close to being THE defacto web-standard a loooong time ago.

because its simply a bad product and only became popular because it was the only software that did the job at the time

should be number 1

 

[Snapster]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: KoolDrew

Originally posted by: LoKe
As much as I hate IE6, it should not be on that list.

Yes it should. It's essentially the reason for the spyware/adware problem that we have today.

I think the fact that it was released in mid 2001 and hasn't had a major upgrade since has more of a bearing in why we have. Allot can happen in five years.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Staples

Originally posted by: astrocase
Without the PIII 1.13Ghz on there this list loses all credibility.

What was so bad about the P3 1.13GHz. Other than it coming out like a year after the 1GHz model, it worked pretty well as far as I know. The P4 1.4GHz should be up there if any CPU.

And I don't think IE6 should be on there. Sure it is the source of a lot of problems but if Firefox was as popular, it would also face many more problems than it has today.

Quicktime player and iTunes for Windows should be up there.

wasnt' it overheating or something? meh rather obscure thing though..i barely remember

 

[0roo0roo]

sparq drive should be right under zip
100% drive failure rate ftw!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SparQ

 

[Mucho]

I trhink Netscape 6 and 7 belong on that list.

 

[kindest]

i nominate itunes and roxio cd creater...

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

I agree, itunes is terrible.

 

[feelingshorter]

Haha..AOHell bring back memories

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: MacGuffin
Why is RealPlayer up there? Sure, its a lousy player/format but it was pretty close to being THE defacto web-standard a loooong time ago.

Real Player was always known to suck. I installed it once, and it took over all of my media file associations without asking.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: wetcat007
CueCats were awesome. Free barcode scanners u could use for whatever u wanted with noncuecat software

I have one in the original bag. I intend to eBay it some day so I can have a zillion dollars.