RIP - Sony Walkman

yes, the last cassette player has rolled off the assembly line, a sad day for us who grew up in the 80s. mine was so fucking heavy it pulled my jeans down when clipped to my belt back in the day, you know i was stylin'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11618899

buy low sell to hipsters

Ima gonna wait a month and sell mine for a billion million dollars

There is not story.

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Sony says it will continue to sell the product overseas especially in Asia and Middle East

http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2010/10/25/sony-says-sayonara-to-tape-walkman-in-japan/

  On 10/25/2010 at 5:24 PM, chaosmachine said:

There is not story.

 

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Sony says it will continue to sell the product overseas especially in Asia and Middle East

 

http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2010/10/25/sony-says-sayonara-to-tape-walkman-in-japan/

So buy low and sell to Japanese hipsters?

1. Walkmans aren't made any more

2. They are still made in Asia and Middle East

3. ????

4. Profit

I'm glad I bought one of these a few months ago.

yu can find one at the thrift everyday of the week for 5 dollars

also who still fucks with a mini disc?

that is one format i never indulged

  On 10/26/2010 at 3:33 PM, yikes said:

yu can find one at the thrift everyday of the week for 5 dollars

 

 

also who still fucks with a mini disc?

 

that is one format i never indulged

i still use minidisc, it's great. especially Hi-MD

  On 10/26/2010 at 3:52 PM, oscillik said:

  On 10/26/2010 at 3:33 PM, yikes said:

yu can find one at the thrift everyday of the week for 5 dollars

 

 

also who still fucks with a mini disc?

 

that is one format i never indulged

i still use minidisc, it's great. especially Hi-MD

vhat is zhat? yeeveesee, ahh i see!

Sad, but I didn't even realise it had survived this long. I've got a few still surviving and knocking around somewhere I think. What did this final generation look like (can't be arsed to google)?

  On 10/25/2010 at 7:46 PM, chenGOD said:

  On 10/25/2010 at 5:24 PM, chaosmachine said:

There is not story.

 

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Sony says it will continue to sell the product overseas especially in Asia and Middle East

 

http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2010/10/25/sony-says-sayonara-to-tape-walkman-in-japan/

 

So buy low and sell to Japanese hipsters?

Buy japan and sell to western hipsters.