>Age
>Did your parents get it for you?
>What brand was your first computer?
>What was the OS?
>Do you still have it?
>Did your first computer improve your life?
>>54023274
>Age
47
>Did your parents get it for you?
No I bought it with my neetbux
>What brand was your first computer?
Thinkpad
>What was the OS?
gentoo
>Do you still have it?
yes
>Did your first computer improve your life?
install gentoo
>>54023274
>Age
11
>Did your parents get it for you?
yes
>What brand was your first computer?
Compaq
>What was the OS?
Windows XP Home Edition 32-bit
>Do you still have it?
No I recycled it last year. It was a piece of shit.
>Did your first computer improve your life?
I used it for homework until I moved out.
>>54023274
-12yo
-Dad worked for Dell
-Dell XPS T500
-Windows 98
-Nope
-Nope I became antisocial
>>54023295
the memest
>>54023274
>Age
9
>Did your parents get it for you?
I inherited it from my father
>What brand was your first computer?
Compaq
>What was the OS?
Windows 3.0
>Do you still have it?
No
>Did your first computer improve your life?
Yes
>Age
11
>Did your parents get it for you?
Yes
>What brand was your first computer?
Ibm
>What was the OS?
Windows 98
>Do you still have it?
No
>Did your first computer improve your life?
Yes, played a lot of Gta 2 and earthworm jim and Jazz jackrabbit
>>54023274
>Age
Don't remember exactly. Probably 9-12
>Did your parents get it for you?
Yes, I got their old one when they upgraded.
>What brand was your first computer?
Gateway
>What was the OS?
Windows 98
>Do you still have it?
No, I finally parted with it last year after it sat in a corner for far too long.
>Did your first computer improve your life?
Yes, it played a large part in getting me into computers.
>>54023274
>Age
6
>Did your parents get it for you?
was a famaly maschien even tho i was the only one using it
>What brand was your first computer?
IBM
>What was the OS?
Win 98 or 95 downt know for sure
>Do you still have it?
nope
>Did your first computer improve your life?
jep had a a lion king and a kelogs tiger game install loved it.
also it set me on the way to work in the it
>13
>dads work was phasing them out
>blue iMac g3
>os9.2
>no, it shit the bed after a thunderstorm knocked the power off
>used it for aim, limewire, essays and PowerPoint so yes.
>5 yo
>yes but it was donated by someone at dad's job
>Zenith
>DOS 3.3
>no, it would've been thrown out after the basement flooded in like 2007
>No because I didn't have any manuals for it and the only software on there was WordStar. No printer either so I don't know what I was supposed to use it for. The Mac Plus I got at a yard sale in 1996 was a lot better.
>>54023274
-6
-No
-Some IBM XT compatible noname
-MS-DOS 3.10
-No
-Oh hell yeah. Learned touch typing. Had a weakass chess program that helped me git a bit gud. Took it apart and reassembled it a few times. Tons of gaymes to kill time. Customized aspects of Wordstar. Lotus 123. Etc, etc....
>>54023274
>Age
11
>Did your parents get it for you?
Uncle
>What brand was your first computer?
dell
>What was the OS?
win xp
>Do you still have it?
no
>Did your first computer improve your life?
gave me anger issues cause i didnt know what lightweight was and it only had 256 mb of ram and i also installed a shitload of malware lol
>>54023274
7-8
Yes, it was an old office computer, Dell I think.
Windows 98.
Nope.
Changed it for sure, before it I always wanted a nintendo 64 but realized then that computers were cooler. Didn't get really into computers and computer games until me and a buddy started playing commandos when we were 8 or 9 I think,
>Age
9
>Did your parents get it for you?
Yes
>What brand was your first computer?
Nintendo
>What was the OS?
Game Boy Color Firmware
>Do you still have it?
Yes
>Did your first computer improve your life?
Not really
>Age
23
>Did your parents get it for you?
it was for the family
>What brand was your first computer?
Packard Bell
>What was the OS?
Win95
>Do you still have it?
yeah, somewhere
>Did your first computer improve your life?
it let me access the internet, read Britannica and play Microsoft Golf. Yes, yes it did.
>>54023274
>Age
9
>>Did your grandparents get it for you?
yes, it was 6 years old at the time
>>What brand was your first computer?
IBM 5150
>>What was the OS?
DOS 2.1
>>Do you still have it?
Yes
>>Did your first computer improve your life?
not as much as my 386 did.
>>54023441
>5 yo
Top Kek
>>54023395
Good games, anon.
>>54023274
>Age
fuck if i know, around 2 or 3?
>Did your parents get it for you?
duh
>What brand was your first computer?
texas instruments
>What was the OS?
basic
>Do you still have it?
yes
>Did your first computer improve your life?
hell yeah parsec was the shit
>>54023320
>>54023369
>>54023395
>>54023408
>>54023418
>>54023421
>>54023460
>>54023524
Windows on your first PC
You guys really know how to make an Anon feel old...
>>54023526
WOW you took it wayyyy back senpai
>>54023543
You laugh but it's extremely common for kids to have tablets as soon as they're old enough to carry them around.
>>54023274
>3-4
>yes
>custom built, but not by my parents
>windows 95 or so
>no
>no, none of them do, without it I could've been a normie satisfied with an ipad
>>54023632
there was no windows on PowerPC macs.
>>54023274
11
Yes
Emachines
Windows XP home
Yes I'm using it to type this
No it brought me to 4chan
>>54023274
>basically ever since I was born
>I think
>uhhh got damn I don't remember
>Windows XP
>hell no
>I guess it gave me something to do. I wish I started doing what I do now earlier though ):
>inb4 underage
14
Yes
HP
Win 7
Yes
Yes, but not as much as my iPhone 4 which let me watch Youtube all day everyday (now an Androidfag)
>>54023810
>I wish I started doing what I do now earlier though ):
What exactly is that senpai?
>>54023274
>Age
6 or 7 don't exactly remember
>Did your parents get it for you?
Yes
>What brand was your first computer?
Custom made.
>What was the OS?
Windows 98
>Do you still have it?
Some parts 256mb ram and Pentium III.
>Did your first computer improve your life?
Kinda played lots of games and affected my future decisions.
>>54023274
>Age
4 or 5
>Did your parents get it for you?
got it when my grandfather died
>What brand was your first computer?
Dell
>What was the OS?
Windows XP
>Do you still have it?
Just put it in the back of the car to be taken to electronic recycling today
>Did your first computer improve your life?
nope i'm on /g/ now and I feel like it had a part in doing this.
>>54023640
My parents had a computer with an 8 inch floppy drive but I wasn't allowed to play on it, it was for work only, I remember they would run dBase on it.
I didn't have many games for my IBM, the best one was a rush'n attack knock off, I also had a space invaders and a battle zone clone. Still they saved me from spending some of my quarters at the arcade.
>>54023748
No windows, true, but since your MAC was blue it still counts as newer to me, lol the MACs I saw up till then were all grey.
>>54023904
>>54023274
>>Age
11
>>Did your parents get it for you?
I'll let you guess.
>>What brand was your first computer?
Packard Bell
>>What was the OS?
Windows Vista
>>Do you still have it?
I have the case, sold or gave away all the guts.
>>Did your first computer improve your life?
I got fat and antisocial, it took me until i was 17 to lose that weight and get friends again.
I'll let you decide on this one.
>>54023274
>>Age
8
>>Did your parents get it for you?
Yes
>>What brand was your first computer?
Atari ST (yes it was obsolete then)
>>What was the OS?
TOS
>>Do you still have it?
Yes
>>Did your first computer improve your life?
I only understood how to play games on it, so no.
>Age
Eight
>Did your parents get it for you?
Yes
>What brand was your first computer?
Amstrad
>What was the OS
Locomotive BASIC
>Did your first computer improve your life?
Yes
8
yes
Picked parts myself
win 98 v2
nop
Yes, my 4th and 5th fucking ruined me
>>54023274
>Age
10
>Did your parents get it for you?
yeah for christmas. for my brother and me
>What brand was your first computer?
Tandy 2100 (yep, oldfag)
>What was the OS?
MS-DOS 6.0 / Win 3.1
>Do you still have it?
hell no
>Did your first computer improve your life?
yes
my first own computer had windows vista kek
t. not underage i swear
>>54024094
>Tandy 2100
You mean this? WOW!
>>54024094
here's a pic related
>Age
12
>Did your parents get it for you?
No. This was during the recession, we'd lost our house and were very poor. My uncle got it for me.
>What brand was your first computer?
Inspiron Mini 10v
>What was the OS?
Windows XP. My grandfather later suggested I try Linux on it, as I was getting interested in computers. Put Ubuntu on it a few months later.
>Do you still have it?
Yes.
>Did your first computer improve your life?
I learned how to program on it, though I don't plan on coding as a career. It's something I do just for fun.
>>54023274
>Age
12
>Did your parents get it for you?
yes, they bought a new one and gave me the old one
>What brand was your first computer?
micro something, they don't exist anymore
>What was the OS?
windows 95
>Do you still have it?
the keyboard and drives
>Did your first computer improve your life?
yes
>>54023274
>>Age
17
>>Did your parents get it for you?
No, I had a paper round.
>>What brand was your first computer?
No-name store build.
>>What was the OS?
MS DOS and Windows 3.1
>>Do you still have it?
Never bought a completely new PC again.
Upgraded, upgraded, upgraded.
However none of the original parts are in my current configuration - so is it still the same PC or not?
>>Did your first computer improve your life?
Yes, hugely.
>>54023274
>>Age
16
>>Did your parents get it for you?
Yes
>>What brand was your first computer
Acer
>>What was the OS?
Vista
>>Do you still have it?
Nope, sold it
>>Did your first computer improve your life?
msn was nice, I was able to talk with the cool kids
>>54024094
Did you have any games for it other than ski free?
Blake stone aliens of gold? Kens labyrinth? Ultima IV?
>>54024216
>However none of the original parts are in my current configuration - so is it still the same PC or not?
You've built theseus' ship
>Age
16
>Did your parents get it for you?
No, I had a job and picked the parts too.
>What brand was your first computer?
I wasn't some complete pc pleb. PII x3 710/4GB ram/9600GT
>What was the OS?
Windows 7 ... I think.
>Do you still have it?
Upgraded moms PC from the usable parts from it.
>Did your first computer improve your life?
Oh hell yeah.
>>54024216
I thought about building a new PC from a 386 case, the problem I ran into was the back of the case would have to be cut out and replaced to fit a modern power supply and connectors.
before you ask why let me just say "Turbo button"
>>54023274
>>Age
6
>>Did your parents get it for you?
yes
>>What brand was your first computer?
PC
>>What was the OS?
DOS with Norton Commander
>>Do you still have it?
not sure, probably not
>>Did your first computer improve your life?
yes
>>54023274
>>Age
5
>>Did your parents get it for you?
Yes
>>What brand was your first computer?
Atari 800XL
>>What was the OS?
Atari OS
>>Do you still have it?
no
>>Did your first computer improve your life?
I played a lot of Grover's space adventures or whatever, it was dank
>>54023274
>>Age
5
>>Did your parents get it for you?
yes
>>What brand was your first computer?
Some Alaska tower
>>What was the OS?
Windows ME
>>Do you still have it?
Sadly, no
>>Did your first computer improve your life?
It got me into IT, spent most of the time playing in KGEN, MAME and Neo-rage. But it got me good into office, useful for school
>>54024230
played a hell of a lot of games on it
>>54023274
>12
>no, my uncle gave it to me for free, it was from my grandfather (pedo creepy fucker, I hate that guy)
>Packard Bell Multimedia CL
>Windows 95 (no usb support-no internet)
>No. I think about it sometimes and I get drunk.
>Yes. In the way that this piece of shit Packard Bell Multimedia CL was all I had left to entertain myself, and with floppy disks, CDs, MS-DOS manual I understood how computer software works and for years I was way above anyone around me, even most adults.
Pic related, it's not mine
>>54024503
>my uncle gave it to me for free, it was from my grandfather (pedo creepy fucker, I hate that guy)
You need to seek professional help anon...
>>Age
7
>>Did your parents get it for you?
Mhm
>>What brand was your first computer?
HP
>>What was the OS?
Winblow$ XP
>>Do you still have it?
Nup
>>Did your first computer improve your life?
Yes.
>ctrl+f amiga
>no results
I am disappoint /g/
I bought my first PC for $10 from a thrift store when I was 14. Had Windows 2000.
>>54023274
>Age
16
>Did your parents get it for you?
Yes
>What brand was your first computer?
(Clone)
>What was the OS?
MS-Dos 4.01
>Do you still have it?
No
>Did your first computer improve your life?
No, computers ruined my life. Since then all I did was playing games, no studying, and become a iliterate faggot.
Now I´m 40, single, alone, no job, living with parents, no income, have useless studies with mediocre results, and my life is ruined.
Because of the computers.
Now I´m sitting all day and night in front of a computer shitposting and readind useless shit. Every day since 5 years. Not enough brave for an hero. Just live, eat, shit and sleep.
Not playing games anymore, I lost interest in them time ago.
Study, anons. Get a life. forget gaymes. They are shit. A waste of time. Play them wisely, only a fraction of your time. Life is priceless, and mine is wasted.
>>54024861
6
Yes
Acorn electron
Fuck knows
It gave me autism
>>54026299
>Acorn electron
I actually own one. Wow!
>Age
20
>Did your parents get it for you?
No
>What brand was your first computer?
I built it from parts, it had no brand
>What was the OS?
2000
>Do you still have it?
No
>Did your first computer improve your life?
Yes
>>54023274
>>Age
13
>>Did your parents get it for you?
They gave me an used pc, it was free
>>What brand was your first computer?
Packard
>>What was the OS?
Windows 95
>>Do you still have it?
Yep
>>Did your first computer improve your life?
Yes, I came to hate windows
>>54023274
>>Age
5
>>Did your parents get it for you?
Sort of, neighbors were getting rid of it
>>What brand was your first computer?
Compaq
>>What was the OS?
Windows 95
>>Do you still have it?
No
>>Did your first computer improve your life?
Learned about sex and video games on it
>Age
4
>Did your parents get it for you?
It was my dad's computer. He let me have it when I was 10
>What brand was your first computer?
HP Pavilion
>What was the OS?
Windows 98
>Do you still have it?
Yes
>Did your first computer improve your life?
Massively. Used it to find porn and get into early internet culture.
>>54026451
I think mine is still in my parents attic
>>54023274
>Do you still have it?
No
>Age
14
>Did your parents get it for you?
Yes
>Did your parents get it for you?
Pretty sure it was Dell something
>What was the OS?
Windows XP
>Did your first computer improve your life?
Yeah.
We had a whole string of family PCs before that though, played a lot of civ 2 with my dad on the windows 95 machine when I was 7 or so.
>Age
Prolly around 6-7 or so
>Parents
well, duh
>Brand
Can't remember. It was a 286 CPU with 8-inch floppy disks, though. So it must have been ancient.
>OS
MS-DOS I believe
>Still have it
No
>Improvement on life
Not really, but it sparked an interest in games
It wasn't until I got a 486 (or maybe a 586) that I got really into computers.
Dad used ot have this weirdo friend who pirated stuff. And all these games had to be extracted and copied, sys and ini-files changed to make the damn games work.
I think that process set in motion my quest for learning and started training me for trouble-shooting in general.
I owe that weirdo a lot.
>>54023274
>Age
5
>Did your parents get it for you?
It was a hand-me-down when they got a new one
>What brand was your first computer?
IBM Aptiva
>What was the OS?
Windows 98
>Do you still have it?
No
>Did your first computer improve your life?
Probably
>15
>no
>Toshiba
>Vista
>NOPE
>I guess?
>>54023274
>>Age
Ehhh
>>Did your parents get it for you?
Yup
>>What brand was your first computer?
sinclair zx spectrum 128k
>>What was the OS?
sinclair basic
>>Do you still have it?
Probably in a box somewhere
>>Did your first computer improve your life?
Was fun
>>54023274
>Age
10~~
>Did your parents get it for you?
ofc
>What brand was your first computer?
Acer
>What was the OS?
Xp
>Do you still have it?
Yeah and still rocking
>Did your first computer improve your life?
Totally yes
>>54023274
>Age
Tiny
>Did your parents get it for you?
Yes
>What brand was your first computer?
IDK but it has an AMD K6-2 333MHz
>What was the OS?
Windows 98 SE
>Do you still have it?
Yes
>Did your first computer improve your life?
Fuck yes. AOL Monopoly was the best game ever.
Followed by commodore amiga 500 plus
>Age
6 or 7
>Did your parents get it for you?
Dad did.
>What brand was your first computer?
An early IBM T series Thinkpad
>What was the OS?
Windows 95
>Do you still have it?
No, sold it many years ago for about $20. Kinda sad, since looking back on it, I wonder what happened to that laptop.
>Did your first computer improve your life?
Not really. It did entertain me for a while, which is why I think my dad gave it to me in the first place. It was one of his old laptops that his work was getting rid of at the time. He put in a new hard drive and gave it to me.
>Age
25
>Did your parents get it for you?
Yes (stepdad)
>What brand was your first computer?
No brand prebuilt. Had a Sempron 2600+, onboard graphics
>What was the OS?
Windows XP
>Do you still have it?
No. I'm so sad I took it apart when I thought it would be useless (which it kind of was). All the parts eventually were re-used and recycled after they broke or became redundant
>Did your first computer improve your life?
I don't know. Yes, in a sense, no, in a way. I think it was a matter of time, mostly. But it enabled the best teenage faps ever so it's worth it.
>>54023274
>>Age
5
>>Did your parents get it for you?
Yes
>>What brand was your first computer?
Don't remember
>>What was the OS?
Windows?
>>Do you still have it?
No.
>>Did your first computer improve your life?
Maybe, it helped with my brain development so I suppose so.
>>54026721
15! not 25. Fuck.
>>54023274
>14
>birthday gift
>samsung
>windows 7
>yes but the screen is busted
>yes
11
Cheapskate Dad
Compaq presario Cq50z-100-cto
Vista
Parents threw it out with a box of ancient computer shit
It was a $200 piece of garbage with a single core sempron si-40 and 2 gigs of RAM but it got me into PC gaming so yeah
Like, 95ish. It was an Acer desktop that was $3,500 or something crazy.
I remember it having an absolute metric fuckton of bloatware.
>>Age
4, 27 years ago
>>Did your parents get it for you?
No
>>What brand was your first computer?
Samsung
>>What was the OS?
Some dos
>>Do you still have it?
No
>>Did your first computer improve your life?
I am a engineer, what do you think?
>>54023274
>Age
9
>Did your parents get it for you?
Yes
>What brand was your first computer?
Generic 2.6ghz Athlon Xp with 128mb of ram
>What was the OS?
Windows Me
>Do you still have it?
Actually, yes. My aunt has it working same setup only 1.5gb of ram
>Did your first computer improve your life?
Yes, that was in the year 2000 i went to study Computer science, then IT Security im 24 right now doing a master in EE and i will do my doctorate in math.
>>54023274
>Age
Around 6
>Did your parents get it for you?
Yep
>What brand was your first computer?
Some generic custom Pentium III
>What was the OS?
Windows 98
>Do you still have it?
No
>Did your first computer improve your life?
Yes, but I'm on 4chan right now.
>>54023274
>Age
12ish, for my first personal laptop.
>Did your parents get it for you?
Yeah.
>What brand was your first computer?
Toshiba
>What was the OS?
Windows XP
>Do you still have it?
Yes, still works, but painfully slow.
>Did your first computer improve your life?
lol...
