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THE BEGINNING OF THE MAGAZINE, WHERE ARTICLES ARE SMALL

THOMAS MCDONALD

THE LIST

10 Failed Technologies

THE LIST

10 Failed Technologies

THE LIST

We Wish Had Survived

8

Royalty-laden

and expensive,

but Rambus

smoked DDR. 7

Rewritable

discs in 1992?

That sounds

great to us!

9

KEYBOARDS WITH

REAL SWITCHES

Buttons

might look

sexy, but

we miss

the tactile

feedback of

a good old-

fashioned

knob.

10

KNOBS

RAMBUS MINIDISC

5

CRTs

6

DVD-

AUDIO

Sure, they’re big

and unwieldy, but

they look great at

every resolution.

We loved the high-

defi nition multi-

channel audio but

hated the DRM.

4

TUBE AMPS

Digital amps may be cheap and

effi cient, but nothing beats the warmth

of an old-fashioned tube amp.

3

THE AMIGA

OK, OK! We recognize the

signifi cance of the Amiga! Stop

emailing us already!

2

APPLE NEWTON

If Steve the Savior hadn’t killed

the Newton, we would have had an

iPhone years earlier.

Royalty-laden

and expensive,

Royalty-laden

and expensive,

Royalty-laden

but Rambus

and expensive,

but Rambus

and expensive,

smoked DDR. 7 great

1

HD DVD shipped

as a complete spec

with advanced features

such as multiple video

stream playback and

crazy-cool menus. Not

included: massive sacks

of cash to movie studios.

HD DVD