Did you always support the underdog?

[rossi46]

LOL, I was going to throw in the betamax vs vhs thing (we really did have betamax in my parents' house) but I thought I wouldn't be believed!

We had Philips 2000 video format vcr before my dad eventually bought a vhs one.

[Dapper Dan]

Here again, when I bought my first video tape player in the early 80's, everyone, and I mean EVERYONE told me Beta was superior in every way, and that that's where the technology was headed. I kept my eye on VHS and went against the crowd when I bought my first machine, an RCA VHS top mounter. It was about the size of a refridgerator and cost almost $400.00! For those of you too young to remember, $400.00 was a lot of clams to lay out for any electronic device in 1983. I think VHS players are now what... $55.00 each?

[kbk]

I go with what I like, which isn't always neccesarily supporting the underdog but in some cases it is.

[cayalee]

not always, but usually
i got a dreamcast over a ps2, game gear over nintendo. would rather see burton beat man u than the other way round, but then im a hull city supporter

[deek]

I do have a tendency to go with things that are a little different or less mainstream. But, above all, I think I am attracted to things that are older. I mean, I like typewriters to write with, I like older hardware, older cars...stuff like that.

So, when talking about my draw to older hardware, linux is a perfect fit cause it really makes that stuff a lot more useful!