Last piece of Tech that made you go "WOW!!"?

Lakeland · 7 Jan 2018 at 02:40

SSD is the only real wow moment for me. The oculus was nearly there but let down by image quality.

Akagi · 7 Jan 2018 at 02:45

In the world of computer hardware... Probably just SSD's. In a wider focus, autonomous cars, virtual reality, cryptocurrency, all that good stuff.

crinkleshoes · 7 Jan 2018 at 06:27

Pyr0m@nI@]{ said:
Most recently, an Oculus Rift

Same...

ANDARIAL · 7 Jan 2018 at 12:18

crinkleshoes said:
Same...

Same here too
Just wish i had better VR legs

Rannoch · 7 Jan 2018 at 12:22

Skywatcher 500P goto telescope, not cheap and a bugger to move but simply stunning.

powelly · 7 Jan 2018 at 12:44

Has to be putting my oculus rift on for the first time, that and playing dirt rally with it but that was more of a wow I'm going to throw up

Randomface74 · 7 Jan 2018 at 12:49

wesimmo · 7 Jan 2018 at 13:20

I never even thought about VR until I got the PSVR for Xmas last year.

That and a full driving set up is just spectacular from an immersion point of view.

nzaptx · 7 Jan 2018 at 14:04

I would probably say 50/50, SSD or £100 smartphone. Both of which I don't think I could manage without now.

Ree · 7 Jan 2018 at 14:29

another for ssd it truly is night and day the difference it makes.

martin363 · 7 Jan 2018 at 14:37

I can think of 3, SSD was the last, but prior to that was the flatscreen monitor, my first was an hp 14inch, and after a 17inch crt it was amazing. prior to that was the CD rom,when i got my first CD RW, it was larger than my HDD at the time... that blew me away when i dispensed with floppies for storage and media.

malachi · 7 Jan 2018 at 15:13

SSD and 3DFX Voodoo.

LewisRaz · 7 Jan 2018 at 15:28

For me I can think of 3 big ones.
Going from a 486 100mhz to a pentium 2 (333mhz?)
Going from a radeon 9200se to 9800pro
Getting my first SSD.

marco.da.man · 7 Jan 2018 at 15:42

in fairness i think ssd's are massive now, just price needs to drop slightly on bigger ones

DragonQ · 7 Jan 2018 at 15:56

FreeSync is legitimately awesome. I have always hated tearing so have always used V-Sync despite the potential input lag, and FreeSync gets rid of that dilemma.

famas · 7 Jan 2018 at 19:02

Vive, dirt rally and a force feed back wheel. I wow'ed for a long time with that combo and I'm not even into driving games!

BongoHunter · 7 Jan 2018 at 20:42

NVME SSDs and Threadripper - so much performance for the money. To get that much performance before those 2 bits of tech were available you'd be spending thousands upon thousands.

4Qman · 7 Jan 2018 at 21:22

Voodoo 3dfx... Couldn't believe the difference, still in shock.

Ssd was another awakening.

Recently.. Samsung galaxy gear s3 watch. Kind of thing you would see back in a James bond movie.

Randomface74 · 7 Jan 2018 at 21:28

I'm gonna put another one in the mix - not PC related:

Automatic Gearboxes

I know there's all kinds, and I know some people still prefer manual, but...

I had a definite wow moment when I drove automatic for the first time. So much easier to drive, feels safer too. I replaced my car sharpish once I realised what I was missing.

SexyGreyFox · 7 Jan 2018 at 21:46

SSD several years ago, I even made a thread on it making me go WOW

A couple of years ago I had a Creative DAC for my PC and that made me go WOW.
I then bought some Fidue A80 in-ear phones which made me cry (this was coming from operations on my ears where I only had 25% hearing).
I then had a Cowon Plenue D which made me go even WOWER.

Not PC related (but it does have editing software) is a Roland GR55 that makes me sound like any guitarist I want.
That makes everybody go WOW.