When and How much did you pay for your first computer?

mimo2005 · 11-16-2008, 07:58 AM

1999 - Desktop emachines - 1000 dollars ( that's a lot of money )

Specs :
Pentium 3 - 256 RAM - No video card , hard drive size: maybe 50 gig , i am not so sure , monitor 17" . That was a slow computer with norton.

PS : Please add the specs , with pictures is even better.

HawMan · 11-16-2008, 08:16 AM

2002

Celeron 2Ghz, Onboard GFX, 256mb RAM, 60GB HDD

£1200
$2400

**sobeit** · 11-16-2008, 08:21 AM

1983 Commodore Vic20 300 dollars or there abouts. I slept a couple of times since then so I just don't remember the price.

DonaldG · 11-16-2008, 10:10 AM

1981 Sinclair ZX81 which got a home brew memory mod to increase it to a massive 15k. The zx81 cost £75

1982 Apple 2e 80 column graphics card an 4 floppies - about £1800.

I still have 'em both & Both still work

mimo2005 · 11-16-2008, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonaldG

1981 Sinclair ZX81 which got a home brew memory mod to increase it to a massive 15k. The zx81 cost £75

1982 Apple 2e 80 column graphics card an 4 floppies - about £1800.

I still have 'em both & Both still work

That's awsome....some pics would do good to this thread.

**WereBo** · 11-16-2008, 06:31 PM

1985 - BBC B+ micro. I can't remember how much it cost, but it came with a massive 64Kb memory, later expanded to 128Kb!!! I also had the Music 5000 'AMPLE' music synthesiser to plug into it, giving an 8-voice fully programmable synthesiser, which was later expanded to 16-voice by the addition of a'Music 3000' expander unit.

'AMPLE' stood for Applied Music Programmable Language Environment and the software was on a 16Kb chip that dropped into the ZIF socket, just to the left of the keyboard.

Even now, I haven't found a keyboard that was more pleasant to use than the BBC Micro, a real pleasure to use

I bought my first PC in '96, a Dell Dimension 200! Yep, a 200MHz CPU with 512Mb RAM. It really zoomed along, until the mobo burnt out approx 5-7 days after the guarantee expired

JohnthePilot · 11-16-2008, 06:45 PM

I refuse to answer on the grounds that I might incriminate myself.

**-=Rousseau=-** · 11-16-2008, 10:06 PM

Gateway 2000 (I don't remember anything more specific - except that it ran Windows 95 and was quite slow) for about $4k... Back in '97 or '98. Hint: Family comp., not mine in particular... First one I've bought is my current desktop... so nothing special...

**Titomike** · 11-16-2008, 10:45 PM

<<< This one in 2006 for NZD$ 1100 (approx. US$ 660)....no printer, exHD or speakers.

Garryson01 · 11-17-2008, 03:36 AM

2003 - Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Notebook Intel Celeron 1.86 ghz processor 512MB RAM, 40gb hard drive 128mb Integrated graphics 17' screen, "£800". (about $1200 with how week the £ is now!)

worked full time over a summer and saved up for it. lasted me 5 years before the sound became horrible and I sold it to me ex for £50. I put it up for a gig ram for her but it didn't work, needed an external sound card but that was up to her. Was a nice PC for when I was at uni!

**l_b_rex** · 11-17-2008, 09:10 AM

2004 - $1200.00
Woulda been $1100 if I didnt fry the motherboard.
AMD 64 cpu
1GB Ram
160GB Hard drive

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WereBo Resident Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 14,065 OS: Win-7, XP-Pro SP3 My System	Re: When and How much did you pay for your first computer? 1985 - BBC B+ micro. I can't remember how much it cost, but it came with a massive 64Kb memory, later expanded to 128Kb!!! I also had the Music 5000 'AMPLE' music synthesiser to plug into it, giving an 8-voice fully programmable synthesiser, which was later expanded to 16-voice by the addition of a'Music 3000' expander unit. 'AMPLE' stood for Applied Music Programmable Language Environment and the software was on a 16Kb chip that dropped into the ZIF socket, just to the left of the keyboard. Even now, I haven't found a keyboard that was more pleasant to use than the BBC Micro, a real pleasure to use I bought my first PC in '96, a Dell Dimension 200! Yep, a 200MHz CPU with 512Mb RAM. It really zoomed along, until the mobo burnt out approx 5-7 days after the guarantee expired __________________ I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them. Last edited by WereBo; 11-16-2008 at 06:34 PM.

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l_b_rex The almighty Dr.Tran! Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,082 OS: Vista Home Premium 32 bit	Re: When and How much did you pay for your first computer? 2004 - $1200.00 Woulda been $1100 if I didnt fry the motherboard. AMD 64 cpu 1GB Ram 160GB Hard drive