what were the specs of your first computer?

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Permalink Reply by Tyler Brown on January 4, 2009 at 11:55pm

Honestly, I don't remember. o_O
Now, the first computer I had that I remembered the specs of was a Dell Dimension 2100.
800MHz Celeron (around there), 256MB of RAM, integrated Intel graphics, 40GB HDD, and Windows XP Home (and later used as my Linux lab rat until we sold it and had to put XP back on it)

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Permalink Reply by kyle on January 4, 2009 at 11:56pm

nice. did you have dial-up ?

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Permalink Reply by Tyler Brown on January 4, 2009 at 11:58pm

No. When I used it we had DSL. I used it for quite while up until 2006, when I got my current computer (though, now I've upgraded my current machine like no tomorrow). And we've had Insight broadband since April or 2007.

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Permalink Reply by kyle on January 5, 2009 at 12:00am

Nice !
I can remeber dial-up hated it im so glad I have broadband.

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Permalink Reply by Ninesvnsicks on January 5, 2009 at 12:14am

Well technically my first computer was a Commadore 64 that connected to the TV but it was mainly just for games from floppy disk. My first real computer, when I really started getting into computers was my dads work Laptop a Compaq LTE20. It had a 25mhz CPU, 2mb ram, 640kb base ram, 120mb hard drive, a 1.44 floppy drive, a monochrome screen and a 2400 baud modem. Best game I could run was Doom and it was pretty choppy but it ran. Some other games I played on it were Wolfenstein3D, Blackstone, Scorched Earth was great, and Avoid the noid was a dominos pizza game.

Good times and Great oldies :)

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Permalink Reply by kyle on January 5, 2009 at 12:17am

2mb of ram !

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Permalink Reply by Ben Williams (BenWmsOnline) on January 9, 2009 at 4:09pm

Seems funny to think about these specs now, but back then it was the best of the best. Technological advances never cease to amaze!

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Permalink Reply by Gordon Keenan on January 5, 2009 at 12:28am

Sinclair ZX81 - 1K of RAM, Black and White, no sound, and terrible membrane keyboard.

http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/computers/zx81/zx81.htm

If you are scratching your head and wondering what this is, check the web site and see for yourself!

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Permalink Reply by kyle on January 5, 2009 at 12:29am

1k of ram Auch must of been slow....

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Permalink Reply by Ninesvnsicks on January 5, 2009 at 12:36am

Well it was 1981 hehe. What operating system did that run Gordon?

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Permalink Reply by Gordon Keenan on January 5, 2009 at 12:43am

SLOW.... and you ended up with fingers that ACHED!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by kyle on January 9, 2009 at 11:17am

lol i would think so

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