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Re:Man discovers 30 year old Apple computer still in working... by madrox on Sunday February 17, 2019 @11:43PM (#19188691)
I recently cleaned out my closet and found a Nintendo DS, 3DS, and 3DS XL. I hadn't touched them in years. To my surprise, all of them immediately turned on. I guess I'm so used to devices bleeding battery even when "off" that I figured it would be the case here, but not at all. I also found a Gameboy Advance SP with no batteries in it that booted immediately when I put fresh ones in. I think it says a lot that I was surprised by that.

I wish more companies built hardware the way Nintendo does.

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Re:Man discovers 30 year old Apple computer still in working... by black-tea on Monday February 18, 2019 @03:50AM (#19189387)
Even original Gameboys still work fine. To the extent that they're barely worth anything. The only things that seem to fail on Gameboys is the batteries inside many of the cartridges, but it's trivial to replace those (you do lose your saves, though).
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Re:Man discovers 30 year old Apple computer still in working... by throwmeback on Monday February 18, 2019 @03:39AM (#19189350)
Nintendo Switch isn't the most durable device. I attribute this to the sheer complexity of the device - they did what they could to while cutting some corners here and there to make the device affordable. And it's a massive success.
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Re:Man discovers 30 year old Apple computer still in working... by nekkoru on Monday February 18, 2019 @03:38AM (#19189345)
The Game Boy Advance SP does not take batteries. It has its own, rechargable li-on battery inside. You're probably thinking of the regular Advance.
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Re:Man discovers 30 year old Apple computer still in working... by flemming_geir on Monday February 18, 2019 @05:14AM (#19189723)
Funny; this is my one annoyance with the Switch. If I leave it for a few days I know that it will be dead and I'll need to recharge it.
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