Your first computer ever???

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  • Reply 61 of 84
    spike_1422spike_1422 Posts: 3member
    My first computer was a Performa 6200/75.

    which i bought after watching an Apple ad on TV, where a boy used his computer to wake him up using his own quicktime movies as an alarm.

    I was really disappionted when i found out the Performa 6200 did not have that feature but now I'm glad I bought a mac. Since then I have bought an iMac 233, iMac DV 400 and a PowerMac G4 800DP with 17" Studio Display.
  • Reply 62 of 84
    kelibkelib Posts: 740member
    My first ever puter was a Sinclair ZX Spectrum. The first Mac in the family was a 128k Macintosh in late 1984.



    The first Mac I had purely on my own was an SE30 back in 1989 followed my a IISi in 1990. Have had countless Macs ever since and a few PC's as well. Currently I use both platforms, the PC's mainly as MVS mainframe terminals.
  • Reply 63 of 84
    thinkingdifferentthinkingdifferent Posts: 1,604member
    Timex Sinclare Z80 1982

    Apple IIe 1984

    Apple IIc 1985

    Various PCs 1986-1998

    Bieg G3 1998

    BW G3 1999

    Ti PB 2002
  • Reply 64 of 84
    gringo viejogringo viejo Posts: 42member
    Mac SE. Still up and running!
  • Reply 65 of 84
    blizaineblizaine Posts: 239member
    - Apple][e (1Mhz, no HD)

    - Apple][gs (2.8Mhz, no HD)

    - Performa 636cd (33Mhz, 250MB HD)

    - Performa 6400 with Avid Cinema Card (200Mhz, 2.4GB), 2x CD Burner ($500)

    - Powermac 6500 (300Mhz, 6GB) (popped Avid card out of 6400 and put in 6500) BTW: the 6500 was the first computer, Mac or PC, to break 300Mhz! those were the days...

    - iMacDVSE 400 + 8x Firewire burner.

    - Apples next PowerMac will be my next purchase (although 17" iMac is tempting).



    Never owned a PC... But I'm paid to fix them all day... (My Work computer is a 900MhzP3 Laptop with Geforce2Go, not bad, but I miss my mac)



    Got rid of the iMacDV about a year ago and was planning on getting a new PM but then I started my MCSE and I didn't want to get a new Mac during that because I would want to play on it instead study ... so I finished the MCSE a few months ago and I have been waiting for the next PM update, for my next purchase. Come on Apple, hurry up!!!! I haven?t got to us OSX since the Public Beta! Oh and I?m definitely getting an iPod!



    Sorry about the life story <img src="graemlins/embarrassed.gif" border="0" alt="[Embarrassed]" />



    [ 07-27-2002: Message edited by: Blizaine ]</p>
  • Reply 66 of 84
    jet powersjet powers Posts: 288member
    Commodore 64

    Commodore 128

    8086 IBM - DOS

    80386 DX33 from an OEM - DOS

    Pentium 75 MHz - Windows 3.1

    Pentium-II 400 MHz - Windows 95

    Powermac G4 - OS 9

    Duron 750 - Windows 98

    Athlon XP 1700 - Windows 2000

    iBook - OS X



    ting5
  • Reply 67 of 84
    jrcjrc Posts: 817member
    OSI (Ohio Scientific) C4P-MF



    Still somewhere with my sister.
  • Reply 68 of 84
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    first experience was probably either the ascii grid of net trek (star trek clone) or adventure (you are in a maze of twisty turny passages all alike) on a university VAX PDP 11? circa '75



    first home computer: apple II - cassette drive ('78)



    first pc: ibm pc jr ('81)





    but whenever one of these discussions starts my dad wins...



    he tells tale of moving to the new college where the main computer hadn't been purchased yet and the entire first year of the computer science program was taught with giant cardboard boxes with words like "tape drive" and "card reader" written on them



    now that's low tech <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
  • Reply 69 of 84
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    what the heck-a-roo-nie is a computer? <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> :confused: <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 70 of 84
    blizaineblizaine Posts: 239member
    [quote]Originally posted by Nebagakid:

    <strong>what the heck-a-roo-nie is a computer? <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> :confused: <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    "ooooh, they have the internet on computers now..."



    - Homer Simpson
  • Reply 71 of 84
    macguymacguy Posts: 22member
    Good Old Macintosh LC520.



    Then I got mad when my friend got an LC575 like a month later, and I was already out-dated
  • Reply 72 of 84
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    [quote]Originally posted by Blizaine:

    <strong>



    "ooooh, they have the internet on computers now..."



    - Homer Simpson</strong><hr></blockquote>

    Six points to Blizaine for an excellent Simpsons quote insertion

    <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[Surprised]" /> <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 73 of 84
    thentrothentro Posts: 231member
    We had a Classic then a performa 6205, called ny Mac Addict "One of the to 10 worst computers Apple ever made" oops <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />



    [ 07-28-2002: Message edited by: thentro ]</p>
  • Reply 74 of 84
    jkarc21jkarc21 Posts: 132member
    [quote]Originally posted by failedmathematician:

    <strong>My family had a TRS-80 Model 3 and a Olivetti daisy-wheel printer. It was fascinating to watch that printer go.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I had the same setup! We always called it "TRaSh80". <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
  • Reply 75 of 84
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    A IIsi with a whopping 2Mb of RAM and a 20 MB Hard drive.



    (I think, it was a long time ago.) and a DeskJet (Still works)
  • Reply 76 of 84
    gspottergspotter Posts: 342member
    • Commodore 64 (first with a Datasette, later with a 170 kB Floppy)

    • Atari 260 ST (upgraded to 1 MB RAM)

    • Atari Mega ST2

    • Apple Mac Quadra 700 with 20 MB RAM

    • Apple PowerMac 8100/80 (40MB RAM / 4 MB VRAM)

    • Apple PowerMac G3/300 B&W (currently 640 MB RAM)

    • ... waiting for the next PowerMacs ...

  • Reply 77 of 84
    tobyxtobyx Posts: 35member
    Back in the days when my age was still single digit I had a Commodore Plus4, then a Commodore 64, then a Commodore PC notebook (286) with blazingly rockin 16 MHz or less.



    Later on I unfortunately got onto the PC wagon, 286 Tandon, 40 MB hard disk, 486 SX, Pentium200, Pentium II 450. Then I switched to an iMac DV 400. Current computer is a G4 Cube 450 and I plan to buy a high-end PowerBook by the end of this year and sell my Cube.



    TobyX
  • Reply 78 of 84
    giaguaragiaguara Posts: 2,724member
    Hm ... <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />



    I think i'll need a holiday now of my pc (ok but it's running only linux.. ) .. and when i can, i'll play something with the 286 <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> hoping the floppies are alive...



    uuh... a 286 with ho internet <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />



    or should i simply buy the ibook tomorrow and play with that.. <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> .. (of course anytime i'll buy it the new model with 1 Ghz etc comes out 2 days after..)



    the first laptop i used had 33 mhz and win 3.1 .. and a b/w screen... <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
  • Reply 79 of 84
    miami craigmiami craig Posts: 172member
    i had one of those reallly oldschool apple IIgs's i think it was called. That was first.

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    Mac IIvx i believe?

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    Performa 6400/200

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    Beige G3 233

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    B&W G3 400 (loaded, still use today)

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    Quicksilver G4 867 (studio protools workhorse)



    powerbook at next update. (saving studio $$ up for it)
  • Reply 80 of 84
    big macbig mac Posts: 480member
    First computer exposure: The terminal my mom used as a newspaper editor



    First home computer: Mom's <a href="http://www.digitalcentury.com/encyclo/update/osborne.html"; target="_blank"> Osborne</a>

    (I don't think I saw anyone else with this response!)



    First Apple use: Apple II



    First Mac Use: SE/30 at grandparent's office



    First Family Mac: LC (1991)



    [ 07-30-2002: Message edited by: Big Mac ]



    [ 07-30-2002: Message edited by: Big Mac ]</p>
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