What was your first computer? How many computers have you had?

**ghbnic** · #21 13th Apr 2008, 02:16

My first comp with a keyboard was a BBC the old shift and break and odd keyboard layout.
Then a Amstrad PC 1512 with 20mb hdd and 4 batts on the top which went flat every 2 weeks and ya lost your clock... :O
Then my electron (for games only)
Then a few pc's from a 286dx33 to pI 100 with windows 3.1 and 3.11 i remember puttin win 95 on the PI was it 24 3 1/2 floppys? anyway got to the last 2 disks and it crashed Grrr never did get in on that pc...
then onto amds first was a k6 300 1.2gig hdd and 32mb ram ati rage pro 2mb pci. i still have the hdd and gpu in a shoe box lol.

**redden137** · #22 13th Apr 2008, 14:04

wow i had forgotten about alot of these old computers, so many makes and companies not in the race anymore, if they all where still making em, prices for computers and components might be cheaper

**jezza** · #23 14th Apr 2008, 14:38

IBM 5150...
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/...asp?st=1&c=274

The wonders of word perfect

Then an apricot F1...
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/...asp?st=1&c=495

Then a 'tiny' pc with a measly 450mhz processor that i killed running xp pro on for 2 years

Now on a slightly upgraded Dell optiplex GX50 (40gb hdd and 512mb ram otherwise as it comes) with xp pro....works a treat.

**katana** · #24 14th Apr 2008, 23:39

Apricot?? that has to be a cheap rip off of an apple

i used word perfect once. it had a green screen. i didn't like it. I was 7 and it scared me because i couldn't get out of it.

**Spencer2004** · #25 15th Apr 2008, 06:28

my first computer had an intel 800mhz, 64mb ram, 10gb hdd :D. best thing that ever happened to me....

**Desertfish** · #26 15th Apr 2008, 12:04

My first build was:

- ASUS K8V333
- AMD Athlon XP 2000+
- 2x256MB DDR266 (forgot the brand...)
- 80GB Maxtor Diamond+ HD
- 350Watt PSU (cheap brand...)

But the piece de résistance in that system was my Voodoo5 6000 which I skanked from 3dfx when I was made redundant in 2001. I was planning to stick all the parts in the case of my old Advent PC case but the graphics card was soo huge, I ended up having to buy another case as well...

Cheers:
Chris

**Mike0001** · #27 15th Apr 2008, 13:57

Hey, remember 3dfx? Is there an interpreter for modern cards? lol

**computeruler** · #28 16th Apr 2008, 13:49

my first ever computer that is mine AND built is the one im typing on its about 1 year old in may somtime i got it for my bday and by the time i got it all built it was about a week after my bday casuse it took a while for all the parts to come in i had some that were the whole familys pcs before (dell deminsion 2400 and some really old ones i had no idea what they were casue i was like 5 and didnt know a thing about pcs then) my favorite os would be xp

**Axegrinder** · #29 16th Apr 2008, 15:23

My first PC was an IBM netvista 6578, P3 800mhz, 256mb ram,20gb hdd, win 2000, served me from january 07 to april 07

2nd was a Dell dimension 4100, P3 1GHz, 256mb laster 512mb of ram, 40GB hdd, Win XP pro, served me form april 07 to may 07. Before the hdd failed.

3rd PC - Celeron 1GHz, 512mb ram, 20GB hdd win XP pro. Lasted a month before the psu blew and wrecked everything. Served me fom april 07 to september 07.

4th PC - P3 1Ghz (again), 512mb ram, 20GB hdd, XP pro. Served me from september 07 to october 07. Sold it after a month.

FIFTH and current PC - Athlon X2 3600+ 2Ghz, 1gig ram, 80GB hdd, XP Home.

Blimey i went thorugh alot of computers .

**computeruler** · #30 16th Apr 2008, 15:37

and thats in 2007 you mean?