Do you remember your first computer?

My first computer was a Timex Sinclair. It had 2Kb of memory (expandable to 16kb). No disk drives. Shortly after that I bought a Commodore 64.

I don't remember what it was called but I think it had hamsters and squirrels running on wheels powering it.  Oye, that was a long time ago and dozens of computers ago.

HP back in '85. I thought I was the smartest person for buying that computer.  It lasted until I finally realized that it was so slow and out of date that I had to upgrade.  I have had several HPs since, until they started to lock up on me, then I switched to Compaq and it was the same story... now I am a Dell person and I love them even more.

My first was a C-64 and I used to use a punch tape terminal to play a destroy the universe game in 75. For the model you placed the telephone handset in a cradel on the terminal after dialing the host number.

I sure do. It was a Vic-20. Then I upgraded to an Apple II. At that time, the early 80's, IBM had not entered the PC market as of yet.

1994? ish.

I was home with the babies and my forward thinking husband brought home some sort of Apple- Mac Quattro? maybe. Idon't know exactly. He knows how right brained I am and his idea was that it would be much better to teach myself on an Apple machine than the Microsoft. There is a reason I married that man.

We were Mac users until maybe the last 5-7 years, and I want to go back, now that I'm blogging. There is entirely too much that is simple and better on a Mac, that is hair loss inducing on the clunky Windows.

Todd,

here is a good link that you will love it

http://activerain.com/blogsview/142042/Want-to-know-what

 

Dude! I got a Dell. No, that was my second computer. My 1st one was a hodge podge that my father in law gave to us when he upgraded in 1998.

Todd,

What I have right now, it is  a Turbo Charged Notebook with 4 Partitions,   

1) Vista Ultimate   2) Windows XP PRO   3) Windows XP PRO   4) Data Files

I decided the first partition to test Windows vista and get used to,
the second partition it is for my business and work,
third partition it is just for fun and hobbie, test software, install, uninstall, etc,

you know what windows is very dirty when you install and uninstall you can screw the OS, and also I created a clean copy of the third partition if something goes wrong , I made a backup for the entire partition with Norton ghost 12 and you know something goes wrong, voila, in 3 minutes everything is there intact. without the hassle to install drivers and reinstall again windows.

and the fourth you know, do you do not have to move or copy your files when you need to format, they are in a other place.

I love MACS, but still they are just them, when you ask someone if they have a mac or pc the 90% will tell you PC, and they are cheaper than MAC , so I do not know if in the future I will change for a MAc, it will be awesome.

Doreen,

For me Commodore were the best in Video, Multikasking, and Games.  I had great times with my Commodore 64 - and Commodore Amiga.  it is a shame that Commodore company could not keep it up until these days, if they existed they would be the best computers ever, the best technology, Very similar to MACS, but I liked better Commodore still, on those years Amigas and MACS used the same processor.

Ray Saenz

 

Another TRS-80 user... which we either affectionately or accurately called a "trash eighty".

Ray,

You're cracking me up.  I had no idea you were such a geek! 

I actually forgot I had the commodore until I read this post and starting thinking about it.  That's what happens when you get old.  :)

I also had a printer that used the paper with holes on the sides to feed it through.  It was in really good condition, I just recently gave it away.  (I hadn't used it for a long time and forgot I even had it) 

Doreen, :)

I am not a Geek, Just a simple person trying to share information LOL !!!!  I love computers and I can recognize the best computers ever that's all.   The printer that you had was a Dot Matrix Printer, I still remember the Margarita ones, the one that had like a wheel kind of typewriter LOL,  they were on the same time as the Dot Matrix, but better quality, of course much slower than the dot matrix ones.

for the Commodore were Okidatas and Epson and I do not remember at this time what other brandname were out there on those days, but Okidata and Epson , the Smith Corona was the Margarita one.

What Great times !!!, I enjoyed those computer a lot,

Doreen,

Did you check the link that I wrote above ?

 

Now Ray, you know I am totally teasing you! 

I am going to go look at the link right now. 

 

lilly-pilly LOL 

my dot matrix printer was a Panasonic

 

 

almond   something I recognize

 

Doreen,

Could you watch the videos ? :)

Ray Saenz

 

After the Commodore 64 (not sure that even counts), it was a Tandy 3000 loaded with 640KB, 20MB drive and a color text only moniter.