5 designs that have not changed over the years

Here are five tech products whose designs have remained unchanged for decades and are likely to continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

Keyboard layout

Keyboards come in two types of layouts: functional and physical. Functional layout is simply the arrangement of the keys, such as a QWERTY keyboard. Physical layout is the overall layout of the keyboard, including not only the letter and number keys but also Caps Lock, Shift, etc.

The keyboard has not changed much since then.

In the PC world , the modern keyboard has remained essentially unchanged at its core. If you sat in front of an IBM PC from the 1980s, you would have more or less figured out how to use its keyboard. Even the virtual keyboard on the touchscreen takes its design inspiration from the desktop keyboard.

Ethernet connector

The Ethernet connector was inspired by the world of telephones, which is why it looks like a telephone line connector. The telephone connector is called an RJ11, while the Ethernet connector is called an RJ45.

Despite the continued advancements in Ethernet speeds, the actual connector itself has remained largely unchanged and is largely backward compatible. This means you’ll find RJ45 connectors on everything from 10Mbps 10BASE-T cables from the early 1990s to modern Category 8 Ethernet cables that run at 40Gbps, 4,000 times faster.

Apple white charger

If you own an Apple laptop, does its power adapter look dated? In fact, it’s a design that’s been around for over 20 years. Until the late 1990s, Apple’s laptop chargers differed from those of other manufacturers only by having a slot to wrap the cord around. The company briefly experimented with the “puck” or “yoyo” style from 1999 to 2001. It was an instantly recognizable circular charger.

Apple remains loyal to the white charger style

But in January 2001, the PowerBook G4 debuted with a “white brick” charger with a non-detachable cord from the barrel connector. The second-generation iBook G3, announced in May of that year, used a similar charger. In October, the first iPod debuted with a white charger with a FireWire port.

Since then, at least a dozen other models have been produced, with USB-A ports for iPods, iPhones, and iPads; MagSafe 1 for MacBooks from 2006 to 2012; MacSafe 2 from 2013 to 2015; and USB-C. There's even a 35W USB-C dual-port adapter that ships with the 15-inch M2 MacBook Air in some markets.

What all of these chargers have in common is that they're compatible with the "duckhead" plug that AirPort Express routers use. You could literally take the cord from a 2001 PowerBook G4 and plug it into the charger on a MacBook Pro M3 and it would work.

DualShock/DualSense controller

While the original controllers sold alongside the PlayStation in the mid-1990s lacked the dual analog sticks we see today, it wasn't long before Sony created the iconic design with the Dual Analog and later DualShock controllers.

ThinkPad Trackpoint

One of the ThinkPad's most iconic features, the TrackPoint, has been around since the first models in 1992. It's the little red circle between the G, H, and B keys.

TrackPoint is the highlight of the ThinkPad line

The ThinkPad was originally manufactured by IBM before being sold to Lenovo in 2005. To this day, the line is so highly regarded that it could be considered the Porsche 911 of laptops, and has attracted a large following of fans who swear by its reliability, sturdiness, keyboard quality, and of course, the TrackPoint.

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