The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time

**Capper** · May 26th, 2006

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1. America Online (1989-2006)
How do we loathe AOL? Let us count the ways. Since America Online emerged from the belly of a BBS called Quantum "PC-Link" in 1989, users have suffered through awful software, inaccessible dial-up numbers, rapacious marketing, in-your-face advertising, questionable billing practices, inexcusably poor customer service, and enough spam to last a lifetime. And all the while, AOL remained more expensive than its major competitors. This lethal combination earned the world's biggest ISP the top spot on our list of bottom feeders.

4. Microsoft Windows Millennium (2000)
This might be the worst version of Windows ever released--or, at least, since the dark days of Windows 2.0. Windows Millennium Edition (aka Me, or the Mistake Edition) was Microsoft's follow-up to Windows 98 SE for home users. Shortly after Me appeared in late 2000, users reported problems installing it, getting it to run, getting it to work with other hardware or software, and getting it to stop running. Aside from that, Me worked great.

To its credit, Me introduced features later made popular by Windows XP, such as system restore. Unfortunately, it could also restore files you never wanted to see again, like viruses that you'd just deleted. Forget Y2K; this was the real millennium bug.

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FZ1 · May 26th, 2006

I disagree with the AOL choice, at least from a historical perspective. AOL was directly responsible for bringing millions to the net way back when everyone was on dialup. They had access numbers all across the country and for a total ****, they made it easy to get online. It's how I started and back then most people didn't even know what the internet was.

I totally agree with RealPlayer - I hate that POS and everything associated with it.

Jokerswild · May 26th, 2006

I agree with real player, windows ME and AOL. I know AOL was a start for a lot of people but what it did after that and what it is now outweighs the good it did at the start.

**gvblake22** · May 26th, 2006

HAHAHA, WebTV got the (dis)honorable mention. I totally agree with that. I remember back in the day my mom and aunts all chipped in to buy my grandma and grandpa one of those to "stay in touch"...... Yeah, not so good. I went over there and tried to use it and the thing was seriously worthless. It would not connect, and if it did, it took like 15 minutes. Then, when you were finally connected, everything was suuuuper laggy and slow. The entire thing was just terrible. I spent about an hour using it and didn't do anything!!! :roll:

May 26th, 2006	#2
FZ1 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cinci OH Posts: 42	I disagree with the AOL choice, at least from a historical perspective. AOL was directly responsible for bringing millions to the net way back when everyone was on dialup. They had access numbers all across the country and for a total ****, they made it easy to get online. It's how I started and back then most people didn't even know what the internet was. I totally agree with RealPlayer - I hate that POS and everything associated with it. Nekkid Opty 170 CCBWE 0550 UPMW\| DFI LP Ultra-D NF4\|Swiftech H20-120 CPU Cooler ~Apogee block\|2GB G.Skill DDR500\|EVGA 7950GX2\| WD Caviar SE16 250MB x3\|SB X-FI Xtrememusic\|Sony DRU810A

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May 26th, 2006	#3
Jokerswild ButtHead Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,057	I agree with real player, windows ME and AOL. I know AOL was a start for a lot of people but what it did after that and what it is now outweighs the good it did at the start.

May 26th, 2006	#4
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,356 Blog Entries: 1	HAHAHA, WebTV got the (dis)honorable mention. I totally agree with that. I remember back in the day my mom and aunts all chipped in to buy my grandma and grandpa one of those to "stay in touch"...... Yeah, not so good. I went over there and tried to use it and the thing was seriously worthless. It would not connect, and if it did, it took like 15 minutes. Then, when you were finally connected, everything was suuuuper laggy and slow. The entire thing was just terrible. I spent about an hour using it and didn't do anything!!! :roll: