May 27, 200620 yr My first computer was an (AST Adventure) 32mb 2 GB pen 1 processor, 14in screen, windows 95. Now I have a (Dell dimension 3000) 520mb 80GB pen 4 processor, 17in screen, windows XP home, and IE 7.0 Alot has changed since 1996. Mostly the price of computers. The first computer cost me $1200, the dell computer cost me ?350. Its mostly good for Broadband internet and offline applcations.
May 27, 200620 yr My first machine was an Atari 800 Announced:December 1978 Released:November 1979 Price :US $999.95 CPU:MOS 6502,1.8MHz RAM:8K base, 48K max Display:24 X 40 text 320 x 192 monochrome 160 x 96 with 128 colors Expansion:4 internal expansion slots 2 cartridge slots Ports:4 controller ports RGB video output TV video output Storage:external 90K floppy drive cassette recorder OS:Atari OS Still have it boxed up in my closet. Today I have... (CPU 1) AMD Athlonâ„¢ XP (256KB L2 Cache, Socket-A) @ 1102MHz (100MHz FSB), 10% load (Motherboard) MSI MS-6590, version 2.0 (RAM module 1) 256MB, form factor: DIMM (RAM module 2) 512MB, form factor: DIMM (RAM module 3) 256MB, form factor: DIMM (Drive 1) Maxtor 6Y120P0, 114.49GB size, 1 partition(s), IDE interface (Drive 2) Maxtor 6Y160P0, 152.66GB size, 4 partition(s), IDE interface (Drive 3) Generic Storage DeviceCF USB Device, USB interface (Drive 4) Generic Storage DeviceMS USB Device, USB interface (Video controller 1) RADEON 9200 (Processor: RADEON 9200 AGP (0x5961)), 128MB, 1280x1024x32, 75Hz, driver version: 6.14.10.6517 (Video controller 2) RADEON 9200 - Secondary (Processor: RADEON 9200 AGP (0x5961)), 128MB, driver version: 6.14.10.6517 (Sound card 1) Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM), brand: Creative Technology, Ltd. (Sound card 2) C-Media AC97 Audio Device, brand: C-Media
May 27, 200620 yr This takes me back. I believe my first machine was a Tandy system, with specs of : 33 Mhz, 100 MB HD, 4 MB of RAM. Flash forward to today: 1.2 GHz Athlon (OC'd to 1.337 Ghz ^__^ ) , 160 GB HD, 80 GB HD, and 40 GB HD, 512 MB RAM, ATI Radeon 9700.
May 27, 200620 yr My first computer was a Packard Bell, a little over 10 year. The specs were: Intel 486 DX (About 75 Mhz) 4 MB of RAM 120 MB Hard Drive 1.44 MB Floppy No CD-ROM Drive No Sound Card Today my Computer (home built) looks like this: AMD Athlon X2 4200+ @ 2.22 GHZ 1 GB Ram 160 GB Hard Drive 1.44 MB Floppy (i'm old school) 52x CD-RW/DVD Drive ATI x1900XT w/512 MB VRAM Sound Blaster Audigy LS
May 28, 200620 yr My first computer was a TI-99 which I used with my small black-and-white TV to learn how to read, do math, and write from age 2 to 6 or 7. Then we got a homemade PC with DOS....then it was upgraded to Windows 3.0, then finally to Windows 3.1 for Workgroups...the good old days....NOT! I currently have a Dell Dimension 4600C. What is it with my computers and Texas?
May 28, 200620 yr i think it was a 386 all i remember was that it had marble madness, because thats really all it was good for. right now: Pentium 4 1.8 64mb Geforce2 MX400 (definitely need an upgrade, its killing me) 256mb RDRAM ( I love having an obsolete and expensive ram type of which i need more) Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2.1 speaker system 80 gig hard drive CD-ROM and CD-RW drives writing it out just makes me realize even more why i need to upgrade.
May 28, 200620 yr Packard Bell 486/SX 4mb ram 60 mb HD 2x CD-ROM 1.44 Floppy Sound Card Now I have a Gateway Tablet PC M275 Intel Pentium M 1.4 GHZ 1.25 GB of RAM 40 GB HD DVD Player 32x CD/RW Needless to say computers now-a-days are much better.
May 28, 200620 yr My first computer was a Packard Bell 486, now I've got an HP Pavilion laptop with 1.6 MHz processor and 100 GB hard drive.
May 28, 200620 yr we had an old Apple family computer for a while... but my first computer was a Sony Vaio desktop in... 97 i believe. had windows 95 and a 4 gig HD, 128 RAM i think. now i got an Apple iBook. 40 gig HD, 512 RAM.
May 30, 200620 yr OMG! An Apple IIc and I thought we were hot stuff because we had 2, count 'em- 2 floppy drives. Now, I use them as coasters.
May 31, 200620 yr My first computer was a 486, which we later upgraded to a Pentium. It had some early version of Windows on it at first, and then later Windows 95. Now, i have a 2.5GHZ Pentium 4, with a DVD-RW and a pretty nice graphics card. Sadly, this computer is far from top of the line anymore. It's still pretty nice, although few of the newer games work on it now. It also has a newer 17'' Samsung LCD, which just replaced the broken 17'' Sony LCD that burnt out on me in November. My computer itself will be 4 years old this fall.
May 31, 200620 yr My first computer was an Acer Aspire, Pentium 1 166 Mhz, 16 MB of Ram and a 2 gig hard drive. Right now I have a custom built, AthlonXP 2200, 786 MB of Ram, 250 gig HD and a GeForce 6600GT.
May 31, 200620 yr Time for the "old-timer" to show his age. My first "computer" was the Commodore Vic-20. We're talking in the days before floppy-drives, baby! That only lasted one year for me, though, just couldn't do text games without graphics back then. I then "advanced" to the Commodore 64. That computer, besides rudimentary word processing skills, had some "wicked" games (such as Beachhead, Super Sunday, Rambo, Bird vs. Dr. J, "Leaderboard Golf," Sporttime Hockey and Sporttime Major Indoor Soccer League). That reliable machine survived junior high, high school and one year of college for me (1985-1990). In college I got an Apple Macintosh SE. Back in those days (the early 90s), my college campus had more Macs than PCs, so it made sense to own a Mac. Our computer lab consisted only of Macs, as did our publishing "shop," and in my opinion, in those days Macs were superior publishing and word processing tools. My Mac survived all of college and all of law school, and then went on to Grad School with my sister for two years until it finally died. Plus, since I was a smartass back then, I took the little "Mr. Potato Head" arms and hands from a set I had and glued them to the side of my Mac so that it sort of looked like the old "Banana Junior" computer that Oliver Wendell Jones had in "Bloom County" (except that mine had arms instead of legs and feet like the "Banana Junior" -- now have I really dated myself?!?!?!). Fast forward to today and I currently have at home a Dell Dimension E310 With the following specs: Intel? Pentium? 4 Processor 531 (3GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache) with HT Technology 512MB - 2GB (dual channel) shared1 DDR2 SDRAM at 400MHz 16x CD/DVD DVD+/-RW3 with double layer write capability 19" E193FP Analog Flat Panel Display
May 31, 200620 yr I had an Acer Aspire that my mom bought me in '98. I now I have a Dell Dimension B110 Series, Intel Celeron D Processor 325 (2.53GHz) and 256K cache, which I LOVE! I also have an IBM laptop. It's maybe like 3 or 4 years old, but it's still in pretty good shape.
May 31, 200620 yr my first computer was also a Acer that I got back in 96' dont remember the specs of course but the computer i have now i built myself as a christmas present for gaming and video editing. AMD Athlon 3700 1 GB Corsair RAM 250 GB SATA Hard Drive GeForce Nvidia 6800 GS 17" CRT Monitor Creative Blaster Sound Card ASUS Motherboard DVD Burner / CD Burner all in one Laser Mouse w/ LED Keyboard
June 1, 200620 yr IBM 5150 featuring the cutting edge 8088 processor. Yeah, it didn't even have a hard drive.
June 1, 200620 yr SoFla.....Bird vs. Dr. j was a great game for the Commodore.....along with Batman Returns.....I loved my Commodore 64.
June 1, 200620 yr It was November of 1995 Hewlet Packard 8 Megs of Ram 500 Meg Hardrive Pentium 75 mHz 2x CD-Rom 14.4 Modem Currently Compaq 1 Gig of Ram 40 Gig Hardrive 2.52 GHz 18x DVD/CDR Drive 64 Meg nVIDIA card Broadband Cable Modem
June 1, 200620 yr SoFla.....Bird vs. Dr. j was a great game for the Commodore.....along with Batman Returns.....I loved my Commodore 64. Im showing my age here a little but Bird vs Dr J just ran shivers down my spine. That game was the hizzle shizzle!!!!! I have a Mac Powerbook 15" now.
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