What was your first computer

[sg1]

Mine was(and still is- it's in the bottom of the cupboard:) ) An AMSTRAD CPC464 (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/238/521301016_bc1e752c16_o.jpg) with green monochrome monitor which used to cause problems when playing steve davis snooker:D

[nishantv2003]

my was abt 6-7yrs back--
AMD Duron 850MHZ
Some goofy named mobo(don remember, something with d)
128mb sd ram
2mb gfx card nvidia(later switched to 32mb)
lg cdrom
floppy drive
lg 15" monitor...
later aded
sony cd writer, intex t.v. tuner card...
i used my speaker system (philips 400watts) with that ataching 2 aux port...

thats it....

[harryneopotter]

IBM PC
Intel Pentium III proccy 500 Mhz,
Intel original board with S3 Trio 3d grfx chip with 4 MB onboard (nt shared from RAM)
128 MB SD ram
40 GB Samsung HDD
Floppy drive
LG 52X CD ROM
Tech com Speakers
No UPS ......
Life time :
1 Feb 2005 to 1 march 2007

thts it.

[sg1]

just found the specs for my old Amstrad CPC464 ROTFLMAO http://www.expattalk.com/images/rotf.gif
Specifications:Amstrad CPC464Size:565x170x70mm

CPU:Z80
Clock Speed:4MHz
Memory:64K RAM with 42K available for BASIC programs, 32K ROM
Video Display:Three modes with full text and graphics mixing: 640x200 (2 colours) 320x200 (4 colours) 160x200 (16 colours) with a palette of 27 colours
Storage:Cassette drive (standard audio cassette)
Interfaces:Joysticks ports (2), Centronic printer port, expansion bus (disk drives), stereo sound output, monitor output
Operating System/s:BASIC on ROM
Input devices:Typewriter-style keyboard with 74 keys including a numeric keypad

[harryneopotter]

i think it was the 1st Alienware:D :D :D

[amol48]

Mine was Zenith PC... (It was 6 Years Back)

P4 Processor 1.5GHz
nVidia TNT2 RIVA Graphics Card 32 MB
128MB RAM
40GB HDD
52x CD-ROM (Later added CD-RW)
101 Key Standard Keyboard and mouse
800Watts Speakers
APC 600VA UPS

[Charan]

Ho yea what do we have here :D .. Hmm .. let me see.

Processor: AMD 386 running @ 25MHz and turbo @ 33MHz.
600MB HDD Quantum.
4 MB RAM , Later my friend gave a additional 4MB :D
Wipro 14" VGA monitor.
TVSE 101 Keyboard, Dexaa Mouse.
I bought it for second hand. my dad paid Rs. 12,500/- for that.Hopefully its still working .. :)

[gxsaurav]

The first computer i ever touched was my sister's powerPC G3 based iBook, the one with Apple shape & it was pink :D

Then, i jumped in the PC industry....P3 1 GHz, 128 MB RAM, Intel 810 chipset based Gigabyte motherboard & a 17" Samsung Syncmaster 753S Monitor is 2002 which i m still using.

[Ankur Gupta]

^^I too had similar PC except 15" monitor and I too bought it in 2002...
I am using the same monitor...all others parts have been upgraded :D

[GeekyBoy]

My first one was:
1.Pentium with MMX Technology
2.32MB RAM
3.SIS 530 Motherboard
4.14 inch monitor(forgot the name)
5.Windows 95
6.4GB HDD
7.LG 24X CD Drive
8.Microsoft Keyboard and Mouse
9. Age >10 Years
Price: £1000 (Dad bought it when we were in England)

[naveen_reloaded]

I dont know the system specifiction,but it was way back say 6-9 years...

[Ganeshkumar]

Datamini PC
Intel celeron proccy 333 Mhz,
S3 Trio 3d grfx chip with 2MB
32 MB SD ram (NOW UPGRADED TO 128)
4.3 GB Samsung HDD
Floppy drive
Samsung 52X CD ROM
Speakers

:):)

& Now my Motorola Phone have nearly the same processor speeeeed! :D:D:D

MORAL: LIFE CHANGES:D:D

[gary4gar]

mine is the one which i am using it now:D
Amd Athlon 64 3000+
Msi k8mm-v
1 Gb DDR 400mhz ram
480gb HDD
Sony combo drive
17" samsung monitor
& rest basic stuff
like wifi modem, keyboard mouse speakers,

[sg1]

but it was way back say 6-9 years...

LOL mine was about double amount of years:)

[rajivnedungadi]

Pentium 1 166 MHz MMX
VIA Motherboard
16 MB RAM
2 GB HDD
14" Acer Monitor
24X CD ROM Drive
Epson LX 800 Dot Matrix Printer

for Rs.48000/-
Sold the same 3 years back for Rs.3000/-

[Gigacore]

Intel P4 1.73 GHz
Mercury 845 GL Mobo
128 MB 133 MHz SDRAM
40 GB Samsung Spinpoint 7200 HDD
Samsung 56v Monitor 15" CRT
Creative SBS 15 2 Channel Speakers
TVS UPS 500V
Samsung Wheel Mouse
Vesta MM Keyboard

[narangz]

Intel PIII 600MHz
Tomato Intel 810 based motherboard
64MB RAM(64MB added later, totalling 128 MB)
10GB Samsung HDD
LG 14" Colorworks Monitor
Samsung 101 Keyboard
Logitech Basic Mouse
52X Samsung CDROM
Samsung FDD
Bought it in 1999 I guess.

[amd64_man2005]

well mine was 6 years back in early 2001..

p4 1.5 ghz
850gv motherboard
40 gb hard disk
128 mb rd ram :D
sum keyboard and mouse
52x samsung dvd rom
samsung 56v monitor

[sachin_kothari]

Bought in 1999

Processor - Cyrix 100MHz
Motherboard - VIA
RAM - 64 MB
HDD - Seagate 2GB
CD-ROM - Creative 32x
Keyboard and Mouse - Dont Remember
Monitor - Samsung 14"

[kumarmohit]

Bought in 2002

Intel Celeron 1.7GHz
128 MB / 40 GB
Mercury 845 chipset.
15 inch LG monitor
CD Writer. I was the first in my class to get one.

The IDE controller on Mobo is blown and I am thinking of selling it off and getting a new Sempron based system. Considering that I only use it as a data storage device. I think it wont be a bad deal after all.

[Abhishek Dwivedi]

256mb ram ddr
80gb hdd pata
intel pentium 4 2.9ghz
32 mb shared graphic card
intel * mobo (sum old one)
combo drive
crt monitor
ibox cabinate
logitech keyboard and mice
creative 2.1 speaker...
Windows ME and XP-2


i still have dis sys and its still rocks...

[axxo]

bought in the year 1993

AMD 386Dx
core speed - 40 Mhz
onboard 640kb RAM
Ms-Dos 6 - Preloaded
40MB HDD
5.25" FDD

then i upgraded the pc in 1995 to include
4MB EDO RAM (costs RS.1500)
Windows 3.1 (comes with 6 floppy disks)

[Champs]

Bought in 1999

Intel Pentium 3 450 Mhz
64 mb ram
4.3 gb hdd
8 mb AGP Card (Sis6326)
1.4 Floppy drive
Creative CD-Rom

Still using same computer but upgraded 2 times.

[azzu]

mine
proccy: p4 2.4 gigs
ram: 256 (upg to 512)
hdd: 80gb
intel mobo with on board gfx

still the same and running quitly ;)

[bikdel]

Intel Pentium MMX 233 Mhz
32 MB EDO RAM
VIA Motherboard
SiS 6215 1 MB Graphics Card
Realtek Stereo Sound Card
40x CDROM
200 W SMPS (AT)

14" Frontech Monitor

Standard AT Keyboard
3 button Serial Mouse

:))


I am still Using its

650 VA UPS
Canon BJC1000SP Inkjet Printer
Stereo Speakers

Bought in 1998 For around USD 1100

[ratedrsuperstar]

brought in 1997

P3 600Mhz
256 MB RAM(a decade later i'm still on 256mb's of RAM lol)
Ati Radeon Rage Pro 3 2MB Video Card
Samsung CD-ROM
dunno abt it's mobo coz it was a dell branded pc
4 GB HDD

[rohan_shenoy]

Mine was 386 with B/W monitor for Rs. 2500 in 1997-98. I think it was having Microsoft Windows OS, I remember playing solitaire and minesweeper on it.
My mom got in a lucky draw where they were disposing off old computers from her office.

Ofcourse, experience was not smooth (though I was very happy that there is a computer in my house, chalta nahi toh kya hua :D). Initially, we got held because her office had not told her about the password of that PC. After we received the password, within 1 month, the motherboard gave up. We did not repair it then. I still have the monitor to be used in emergency.

After that we bought a new PC in March 2003(the one which I am using now)

[infra_red_dude]

Oh I missed this thread!

I had a 4mhz XT machine, some 640kb or so RAM, a 40MB odd hard disk and a CGA monitor! My dad had paid a fortune for it!!!!

Then I upgraded to an AMD 386DX system wid 4MB RAM wid a VGA monitor, 500mb hdd etc. and had got the Creative multimedia kit wid a 1x CDROM, Soundblaster soundcard, speakers, mic and loads of CDs. I was also given some certificate or something for being on of the first customers in India to get the creative multimedia kit! I still haf those things preserved while the computer is non-existent!

[Charan]

^^ now you beat me in my config.. XT machine :D .. dude tell me you have it!! or given it to kabadi walla :| (non-existent!!!)

[infra_red_dude]

I don't haf the XT machine now. The CGA monitor was there till last year but dad disposed it off in Chandigarh. Dunno where he dumped it. But I still haf all the CDs/speakers/mic of the first Multimedia Creative kit still wid me :)

[ssdivisiongermany1933]

Intel Pentium III , 800 mHz
14'' inch monitor ,still working for me
20 gb harddisk
128 MB sd Ram
Scroll Mouse and 101 button Samsung keyboard
Intex cabbie with 200 watt SMPS

[theKonqueror]

AMD 80286
2 MB Ram
80 MB HDD
Dos
4 color monitor

Can't remember anything else

[sg1]

[quote=infra_red_dude]Jet Engine Theory - Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow!
quote]By the way.... that's the 4 STROKE engine description. (We learnt that in college)

[praka123]

@sg1:BTW,I doubt any branded computers of seperate OS and H/W before PC revolution that are found in EU or USA to be owned by many in India :-| .here assembled PCs made people realize computer although few brands exists 10 yrs back too.
mine was a assembled computer on 2001:
celeron 1ghz
128MB RAM
mercury 810e board
samsung keyboard and mouse
40GB samsung hdd
15" samtron monitor(which still i use with my new system)

[desai_amogh]

its the one in my sign .. it still works & rocks !! i do a lot of 4-5 :D hour Xvid conversion !!! & it runs like a charm

[lywyre]

Around June 2000

Initial Config:

Intel Celeron 533 MHz
Mercury 810e MoBo
8 GB Seagate HDD
32 MB RAM
48x CD ROM Drive, 1.44MB FDD
ATX Cabinet
Samsung 45Bn 14" Monitor
Win '98

Later upgraded at various stages to 256MB RAM, 20GB Seagate HDD, a Network Adapter and no Optical Drive.

[ray|raven]

P1-166 Mhz,
32Megs of EDO-RAM,
4Gig HD.
12x CDROM.

AFAICR.This was my first rig.
Used to run win 95 with ease :p

Regards,
ray

[Tech.Masti]

i purchased PC on Dec. 2001


specification :
Intel Celeron 850MHz processor
Mercury made Intel 810e chipset motherboard
256 MB SD RAM
20 GB Samsung HDD
52X samsung CDROM
Samsung Samtron 56V monitor (15 inch)
Labtec 2.1 speaker
After 1 year i also purchased 1 Samsung CDRW and a Pinnacle PCTV
still using it.....:|

[CadCrazy]

C2D E6600
ASUS P5B
512 MB( Now 2 GB RAM 667 MHZ)
250 GB SATA HDD
Samsung 17 inch LCD(Now ViewSonic VG 2030 wm)
NVIDIA 7300GS
LITEON LightScribe DVD Writer
ASUS Ventoo 7700 Case
Logitech MX 3000 KB+Mouse
Zebronics Platinum 500W

Bought 1 year ago

[Tech_Wiz]

Damn haha SOme "REAL" and I mean "REAL" alienware here :D :D

Well Mine was bought around 1998-99.

Celeron D 600 Mhz
64 MB Ram
Matrox Millenium G200 with 8 MB 3D Card :D
Some Asus Mobo I think cant rembember exact.
LG StudioWorks 15" [Which I still Use and really cool on eyes]
20 GB HDD [Which was kinda huge in view of my friends as 8 GB was Norm that time]
Win 98 SE

[d1g1t]

In 2000 (I was 10),

Intel P3 700Mhz
64 MB RAM
10 GB HDD
Logitech Internet Keyboard (I broke it in weeks o_o)
Samsung Samtron Monitor (Still use it)
Some ancient device called a Floppy Drive~
w/ Windows 98 - Pirated Edition

It came with this game called speedkar. for the first couple weeks, playing that was all I did on the computer.

[chicha]

year:- 98-99(i think).

Proceesor PIII 833 Mhz
Ram 128MB.
MOBO Mercury 815e
HDD 20 GB(think it was Seagate).
Monitor Samsung 15"
KeyBoard do not remeber
Mouse i think it was logitech or samsung.
ups APC 500VA(still in use, once changed the battery)
spikebuster softree(still in use, once changed the fuse)

the price?? paid 40,000 odd.(or that is what i remember) :D

[cynosure]

Compaq Presario 5K:
Intel Pentium III 1.0 Ghz
Intel 845 Mobo with 4MB Vram
128 MB 133Mhz SD RAM
Seagate 20GB HDD
2 Speakers of JBL
Compaq 14" Monitor
APC UPS
Logitech Wireless Mouse
Logitech Multimedia Keyboard

I purchased it in 2K/2K1 and its still going strong. Only got its PSU + KB replaced in the very first year.

[harryneopotter]

P III on 845 MOBO ?? Really ?

[hailgautam]

Mine was a CeleroA 400Mhz,
VIA Chipset
256 MB Ram (later upgraded another 512)
15" Smatron 55E Monitor
8GB Weston Digital HDD which crashed so later boutght a Samsung 20GB at the same price!
SIS 6323 VGA card later with 8MB RAM upgraded to ASUS Vanta Card with 128MB onboard RAM
Upgraeded with IDE to USB Card
Used with XP for over a year then just lost it somewhere in transportation from :(

[gulgulumaal]

First computer I worked on (in school) had the following config:

8088 4.77Mhz
CGA monitor (green)
2 x 360kb 5 1/4" FDD
No Hard disk

I still remember booting up MS DOS 4.01 from those clumsy and unreliable floppy disks. Surely It's been a loooong time :) (was 1991)

My first personal PC (hand down PC from my uncle's office - in 1994) was

80286 16Mhz
1.2MB 5 1/4" FDD
40MB Seagate HDD
1MB RAM (640K base + 384k extended)
CGA monitor

Phew....I feel so old :(