by justinoldguy on December 7th, 2006

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When did you get your first computer? What year if you can remember?

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by Trident on December 9th, 2011
2005
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by Gone_Hunting ! on December 9th, 2011
My 3rd year !
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  by Trissinger on December 14th, 2011
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by Mister_Bromyde on December 10th, 2011
1980. You would think I would be a computer genius, but it just didn't end up that way...
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by Beavis - the other white meat on December 10th, 2011
1983 or 84. A Commadore 64. Wish I still had it ;-)
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- A true antique. Those were they days of
  
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  by Scumop on December 10th, 2011
- Yup. I remember playing ping-pong on that thing, haha!
  
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  by Trissinger on December 14th, 2011
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by Weylon on December 9th, 2011
1999.
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by chillingsworth on December 9th, 2011
Black friday, Just got an awesome deal at best buy! It takes me a couple days to send an email, but I'm gonna try to get dial up soon.
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- I had one of those machines. Trash-80 model 1.
  
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  by Scumop on December 10th, 2011
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by Woodshill1 on December 9th, 2011
1983. It was an Osborne, which I Believe was the first portable computer.
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by Liz on December 9th, 2011
2005.
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by Shunyata on December 9th, 2011
1992
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by *~Butterfly21~* on December 9th, 2011
2010
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by XT on December 9th, 2011
Last year.
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by righty1 on December 10th, 2011
1989
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by Anonymous on December 10th, 2011
My first PC in September 2002. But took computer classes in 1986 and was using the old standard IBM at work in the late 80s.
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by countryboy2009 on December 9th, 2011
2000
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by Fun1 on December 10th, 2011
2010.
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by ChuckExAnon on December 10th, 2011
1978, a "portable" Compaq, purchased for me by my company. That sucker was heavy...by today's standards. It claimed to weigh eight pounds, but it felt more like a ton, carrying around everywhere...that and the fully-loaded brief case.
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by (^_^) on December 10th, 2011
1990 something IBM.but just not use it.finally I start to use 2001 when I got new windows.
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by Possum on December 10th, 2011
This will certainly date me.

But, I learned how to use mainframes in 1968. I actually owned a computer in 1978. You probably weren't born then ;-)
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  by Simply Pengu on December 10th, 2011
- Considerably younger. I learned Fortran and basic IBM mainframe operation as a teen.
  
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  by Possum on December 10th, 2011
- 65
  
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  by Simply Pengu on December 10th, 2011
- Younger still-I got out of high school at 17 and was a college junior at 18. Took a college class, and since my father was dean of the school at which I took the class (not the school I regularly attended) they gave me a key and unfettered access to the computer room.
  
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  I'm not a computer wiz by any means. I just say the revolution comming. I slept through the PC revolution because I had staff to handle it. But at this point I'm reasonaly techonically literate.
  
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  by Possum on December 10th, 2011
- lol why am i even trying to guess your age again? i forgot the reason.
  
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  by Simply Pengu on December 10th, 2011
- @garden-senior moment
  
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  by Possum on December 10th, 2011
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by formichinoo on December 10th, 2011
The year 2000,I did not use it a lot as I had a good social life!
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by Cruiser on December 9th, 2011
1983 Good old IBM 5160 XT. Ripping 8088 processor with 256 K memory and 10 MB Hard Drive.
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by Glenn_J8065 on December 9th, 2011
1985, an Apple II.
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by azlotto on December 9th, 2011
1996...if you don't count my TI-55.
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by Simply Pengu on December 9th, 2011
2001 AD
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by justinoldguy on December 7th, 2006
This will date me for sure, but I had a Commodore 64, and then a few years later an Apple, around 1979 I think.

Since Windows came out (1995-6), I have had about one new/different computer about every 12-18 months.

This one was custom made for me by a computer guy who I trust. It has all the speed and other things I will need for some time. He put alll the latest stuff on it and it is just 6 months or so old. At 3.5 mhrz speed, I won't need anything faster than that I am sure. It is in a server tower case, so the various componants in bays can be updated easily over time if/when I want to update it.
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- You're right, it does date you. The Commodore 64 -- what a powerhouse!
  
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  by Stableboy on December 7th, 2006
- I still love the classic line of Commodre's. When you turn it on, it place you straight into 'Basic' programming language. You didnt have to buy all your games, for those with the patience, you could program your own. It really taught the workings of a computer.
  
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  by djb1969 on December 7th, 2006
- Nobody wants to learn the workings of a computer, old guy! They just wanna surf porn. Time to update those expectations!
  
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  by Stableboy on December 8th, 2006
- Um. Stableboy, how old are you? LOL:) and those who program the internet porn sites, make the $ ... and then you get the power ... and then the woman ... okay, I am old (just 35 years away from my social security cheques - yes!!).
  
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  by djb1969 on December 9th, 2006
- SB has stated his age on here several times. it might even be in his profile. I believe he is 48.
  
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  by justinoldguy on December 9th, 2006
- You say your current one runs at 3.5MHz. Surely you mean GHz? Or do you still use your commodore software?
  
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  by ChrisDG on December 9th, 2006
- Chris: Sorry I am not a techno whiz, and also I make typos. I meant GHz of course.
  
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  by justinoldguy on December 9th, 2006
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by Slipshod Wombat and Co. on December 7th, 2006
1994, a beautiful reg. edition of intel processor...or my bro says, it was a large computer
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  by RockyRun2011 on December 23rd, 2006
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by Scumop on December 10th, 2011
1978. I feel so old.
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by AB-Juice on December 10th, 2011
I got a second hand PC with Windows 95 operating system in either 2000 or 2001, I don't remember, I was only 10!
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by gaprincess on December 10th, 2011
It was 1992.It belonged to my mom and dad back when I was still very young.It was a packard bell 386 SX which was very bulky and took up a lot of space.An antique by today's standards.As an adult,I bought a Dell inspiron laptop just last year in 2010 and I love it.
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by Amazing Nate Supports Leonard Peltier on December 10th, 2011
1997.
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by PrivateGomerSpooner on December 10th, 2011
I first sat in front of a computer in 1981 or it might have been 1982. It was the Apple II with its large white wedge shaped keyboard, 2 large 5.25 floppy disk drives and colorful ribbon connector at the rear. It also had a 12 inch monitor. Then in 1983 I bought a ZX Spectrum with 48k of internal memory.
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by Beans on December 10th, 2011
Packard Bell...98...
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by IncognitoToo on December 10th, 2011
it was 1993 or 1994
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by aya.h.mousa1 on December 10th, 2011
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by Snatchsquach on December 9th, 2011
1998. I thought I would never figure it out!
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by chillihead on December 9th, 2011
1993...a 386 that was a rocket with DOS hahaha
and when we put Win 3.11 - whole new world
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by ENigma on December 9th, 2011
2003/04
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by Sammy on December 9th, 2011
2010/2011
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by Zack on December 9th, 2011
1995
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by Siyanor on December 9th, 2011
Hm, don't really remember, probably somewhere around 1996-1997. But my parents had computers before then.
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by FalsePretense on December 9th, 2011
2011
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by 'Chengdu on December 9th, 2011
In 2009 I came out of the cave
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by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on December 8th, 2006
I was about 10 or so; early-80s. It was a Vic-20.
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by JackNJ on December 10th, 2011
Sometime back in 2001-2002
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by - MojoThunder - on December 10th, 2011
i did not purchase my own computer until 2000 ... but have been using them at school and at friends' houses since 1984 ... Commodore 64 was the weapon of choice back then
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by trueservantminn on December 10th, 2011
2010? And its been a hard struggle! Because I'm a persecuted Christian, So I deal with (alot) of satanic attacks against my server or (paid for!!) motel online dial up connection! This is a form of forbidding me from speaking at my trial!!! And can cause a mistrial, going within my favor! Due; to these ongoing tricks and tactics of Satan trying to silents me during my trial..
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by randomguy on December 9th, 2011
1998 ...a desktop. First laptop in 2004.
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by CPUGuy1 on February 4th, 2007
Little past the middle of 1982, bought a TRS-80 Model 1 second-hand.
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by va_freaking_nessa on December 28th, 2006
I think I got mine back in the stone age, that would explain why it runs so slow. Nah, probably 2000.
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by adc103051 on December 28th, 2006
Compag suitcase- 1983-ran the old 8088 chip at an amazing speed of 8 megahertz.
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by timetogetserious on December 23rd, 2006
Early 1980's from memory, a Commodore 64.
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