Products · Broad category
Retro computers
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 11 years (2016–2026), in 5 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
People raised many different problems with Retro computers, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 5 complaints
- Descriptions too vague, like 'GL workstation · 1993', so readers can't tell what they are2026-09-28
- Confusing demo; unclear what it shows and takes several clicks to reach browser2026-05-11
- Graphical tasks like JPEG rendering and photo editing are painfully slow to use2025-05-13
- Text is hard to read because font contrast is too low2022-07-03
- Without internet or local users, only the manual could teach how to use it2016-11-24