Ah, the good ol' days...

[Senna4ever]

Comparing today's computers to 1995's | Relatively Interesting

My first computer (aside from a Commodore Vic20) which I bought in 1995 was an IBM Aptiva top of the line: 133Mhz Pentium processor with 32MB RAM and a 1.7GB HD. It had a 28.8 modem and a 4x CD-ROM. All of my friends came over to see the blazing speed of the internet on it! I still have the thing too!

What was your first computer?

[Jmac]

Good old days ? Serious ? Computers fucking sucked back then ...

My parents first computer was a 100 MHz AMD w/ 16 MB RAM, a 1 GB HDD, no modem, 4X CD-ROM, Creative SoundBlaster audio, and an ATI graphics card of some sort. It ran Windows 3.1 (they bought it in '94) and it sucked shit while costing thousands of dollars.

[Senna4ever]

^^^ Maybe you should turn up your sarcasm meter....

Sure, compared to now, they suck, but back then that was pretty fast. In 10 years the computer you're using now will be a POS too.

[bcrdukes]

I don't recall the full details but back in 1997, my parents bought us an IBM Ambra with a 200Mhz Cyrix processor (LOL!) with a 2.0GB HDD, 128Mb RAM, 33.6 USR modem, a crappy built-in graphics processor that ate up 16Mb of RAM.

I used that up until 2001/2002 or something until I bought a computer off Alatar.

Edit: Oh yeah, I remember buying a Creative CD-RW - 4x write, 2x re-write. The feeling of burning CDs back then = And upgrading to Windows 98 was x 2

[twitchyzero]

damn i feel too young...can't remember the specs of my parent's dos-based computers in the mid 90's

but my first computer was circa 2001/2002
AMD Athlon 1.3GHz
Geforce 2 MX 64MB GDDR
512MB DDR1 Ram
40GB HDD
15" NEC LCD monitor...damn those things were $500 on sale..but still kicking around.
x86 win XP
the thing can probably still run basic word processing/browsing/surfing if it was still alive today.

I remember when single-GPU high end ATI cards go for $800+

I also recall when my high school had a new computer lab...P4 computers with 15" flatscreen monitors!!! It was the only room that had air con at school to cool off those nice computers lol

[Presto]

We got a 286 clone in 1988. I really wanted the IBM PS/2 because that's what my friends had, but it was too pricey. My dad even purchased a math co-processor for it from Future Shop(!) for $300 bucks, since he needed it for AutoCAD. I still remember the first virus it got. "Your computer is now stoned" LOL.

[!MiKrofT]

My first real pc was an 386sx with turbo! Lol. 33mhz/66mhz. I bought a 2400baud modem to browse bbs.

[GLOW]

commodore 64

my first real one was a pentium 166 in my first year of university
still got it but i need a new keyboard and they don't make one with that port anymore

[Jmac]

Originally Posted by Senna4ever

^^^ Maybe you should turn up your sarcasm meter....

Sure, compared to now, they suck, but back then that was pretty fast. In 10 years the computer you're using now will be a POS too.

They sucked then, too.

[Energy]

My family's first computer was a pentium 4 something around 2003. I only remember that because that was what everyone judged a pc on back then.

[TekDragon]

First one I remember having was an Apple II. PC after that was around 10mhz and a small bit of ram with a hdd in the a few megabytes.

[Hondaracer]

I belive a 286 and before that had a commodore but I don't remember using it

Also a sega master system first console I think lol

With my new rig it's probably my families 16-17th computer?

[Iceman_2K]

Commodore 64. Later it was a 386sx with turbo Lol 33mhz/66mhz. Got a 500 meg HD and 4 megs RAM.

[lilaznviper]

my first computer 1995
intel Pentium 133mhz 64mb ram, 1.7gb hard drive, 4x cd drive, sound blaster sound card, 4mb ati video card.
ran starcraft nicely

[bcrdukes]

Does the turbo button actually do anything?

[GLOW]

Originally Posted by bcrdukes

Does the turbo button actually do anything?

i dont think mind did...but i left it on all the time anyways just in case

[impactX]

First computer I used was an Apple II clone that ran on floppy drive.

First computer I owned was Pentium II 200MMX.

[TOPEC]

rmb back in the days when amd and intel cpus were interchangable up to pentium 4/athlon xp

[dangonay]

Originally Posted by Jmac

Good old days ? Serious ? Computers fucking sucked back then ...

And today software engineers suck.

You could accomplish a lot of work on an 8 bit computer with 64KB of RAM because programmers had to learn to be efficient. These days software is bloated and nobody bothers to optimize anything because even the most basic computer is going to have a significant amount of memory and processor power for you to use.

[Datsun]

The most I rmb of my old computer was that it had a Pentium 120MHz CPU and a 1GB HDD. Played DOS games all day on it... hah

First computer I ever built was much more recent (Phenom 9500 based)

[Jmac]

Games I played back in the day:

Ultima VIII: Pagan - Introduction and First Execution - YouTube

Let's Play Jones in the Fast Lane (PC) Part 1 - YouTube

Syndicate Wars Gameplay - YouTube

SimCity 2000 for Windows 95 - YouTube

Wing Commander 3: Intro Part 1 - YouTube

Strike Commander CD (1993, Origin) - YouTube

[.Renn.Sport]

Originally Posted by !MiKrofT

My first real pc was an 386sx with turbo! Lol. 33mhz/66mhz. I bought a 2400baud modem to browse bbs.

i had one of those as well, but I think mine was slower... it was 8mhz/33mhz (as what was displayed on the case) LOL

didn't even had a sound card! but it ran street fighter II just fine!

then I got a 486 with 8MB ram or something... it felt like it was lightning fast compared to the 386 until windows 95 came out.... took a fucking 10 minutes to boot up!

ever since Pentium era, it was all about gaming systems...
i still have those 3DFX cards lying around somewhere!

[ime2006]

My family had a PC really early.

All I remember the Monitor is only Black and Green.
It has no CD-Rom, only a Huge floppy drive.


I used it to play some educational games and chess.

That was earlier than 1990 for sure. I was only 8~9 yrs old as I remember.


And then, After moved to Canada.
I had my own first PC in year 2000
It was AMD K-6, CD-Rom,..on windows 95.

[too_slow]

1. The first computer I got was a 386DX 33mhz with 8mb of ram, and a seagate 100mb hdd. I had Windows 3.1 installed on it, and later copied my friend's Windows for Workgroup 3.11 using 10 floppy disks. I also had a really crappy 14" CRT monitor, which I'm pretty sure was the sole cause of my s*itty eye-sight. This was in 1991.

2. The family got a new computer in 1995. It had a 486DX2@ 66mhz, along with a somewhat OK S3 video card. It was the first computer we had that came with a double-speed CDROM and a sound blaster AWE32 card. I still have the speakers that came with this computer (old school Altec Lansing). I

3. I built my first computer in 1997 with various bits and pieces bought at "golden center" in HK. It was a Pentium 200mhz MMX (whatever the hell that means) and it ran windows 95. This was when I spent my life savings on a sony 2x cd writer. It paid itself off in less than a month.. LOL


At school, I got to use a Macintosh Classic, powerPC, and bunch of other crappy ones.

[rageguy]

My first was a 486 on 3.1. I loved playing games on it. In fact, I think I still have some good old games saved somewhere, as long as the floppies are still ok.