What was your first Computer and how much did it cost?

[FrozenCanadian]

TRS-80 and my pop paid around $1000 for it. Not to mention the $1500 300 buad modem.

EDIT: that modem is still in my closet LOL.

 

[diapickle]

HP pentium 150, 1.2G HDD, 8MB RAM... back in 1996???

I didn't pay anything for it but I think my mom paid $2000+

 

[Raincity]

Apple FAT MAC SE and Epson color lazer printer $$$$ in 1987

 

[Kenazo]

Wow, I'm surprised no one ever thought of asking this question on AT before... Welcome here.


Anyway, my first was a 486sx-25 w/ 4 megs ram and a ~160meg hdd, 2x CD-rom, SB16, 1.44MB and 1.2MB 5.25" floppies. It was the cat's meow for $3500 or so at the time. Then teh dx chips became more mainstream and the value of this tanked.

EDIT: It had DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1.

 

[Slew Foot]

Someimte in the early 80s my dad got a Radio Shack TRS-80 model II. No disk drive but it had a cassette recorder. Not sure how much it cost.
The irony is that that computer loads up faster than mine does now (P4 3.2, 2GB DDR2)

 

[SampSon]

Technically the first was a commodore 64, but I really didn't use it that much.
The first one I really used was my Amiga 500, which I paid nothing for.

 

[xrax]

Atari 800XL was first computer. I got a 386 SX 16 Mhz back in 1990

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Gateway G6-350

Intel Pentium II 350Mhz processor with MMX
64MB of PC100 memory (later upgraded to 192MB)
10GB harddrive (Quantum Fireball)
3.5" Floppy Drive
4x DVD drive (8x CD)
17" monitor capable of 1280x1024 res.
ATI something 4MB graphics card with 12MB expansion card
Windows 98
Boston Acoustics 2.1 speaker system (which still happens to be in use) (Soyo Custom)
HP 840Cse? color inkjet printer. (I forget exactly what model)
HP 5960Cse? scanner (once again dont know the exact model)
28KB/sec modem

Whole thing cost around $3600. It was the king when released (I believe less than a month after Windows 98 was released) It would go on in history for me. Sites would say you would need a computer twice the speed of what I had. But after the memory upgrade, it chugged through everything i threw at it. I have both the Dell and Soyo, and the soyo cant play Commanche 4 above 1280x1024 all high and the Dell 1024x768 all high. But the Gateway went through like a pro at 800x600 all med. and water effects on high. I couldn't believe it. Also the same in reliability. I always have problems with these two computers but the Gateway was ALWAYS solid. I miss that computer. That thing was a MONSTER!

 

[vedavox]

early 1994
acer, dont know the model
486dx 33mhz cpu
16mb edo ram
800mb hard drive(i think)
3.5" floppy
some cdrom drive
windows 3.1!

it cost around $2500

 

[jlee]

We had a Gateway P133 in Dec of '95 -- 16mb RAM, 17" monitor, CD, 3.5/5.25 combo (!), 1.6Gb HD and Win95. I think it cost about $4000. /My/ first system was a PII 450 that I built...can't recall how much I paid, but I did pay $110+ for 128mb generic PC133..

 

[Feldenak]

TRS-80 and I don't remember because my parents purchased it.

 

[theMan]

ive still never paid for my own computer. however, the first computer my family used was a zenith 8088 with 64K ram, and dual 5.25" floppies, we modded it to have 256K ram.

 

[FrozenCanadian]

Originally posted by: Feldenak
TRS-80 and I don't remember because my parents purchased it.

did you have the cassette drive also I hated Fast fowarding to the exact spot the comp needed.

 

[Yossarian]

TI-99/4A for $50 in 1983. Followed by a Commodore 64. I didn't own a computer again until I blew 3 grand on a Dell P2 400 in '98.

 

[CaptainGoodnight]

Apple ][+
4k of Ram
Dual Floppies
Langauge Card (which brought the RAM total to 64k)

Around $2200.

 

[blodhi74]

P133
16mb ram

$2000 for a POS packard Bell in 95/96

 

[ultimatebob]

My favorite computer still has to be the old Sony VAIO that I bought in 1997. It had PII 300, 64 MB of memory, 6 GB hard drive, an ATI AllInWonder card, and an awesome purple and grey case. That sucker was a rocket in it's day, especially after I added an extra 64 MB and a VooDoo 2 3D card.

 

[jupiter57]

1998:
Compaq Deskpro
133 Mhz.
16 MB RAM
Sound Card
Win98
KB, Mouse, Monitor:

$600.00

 

[DaveJ]

The first machine I bought myself:

AMD 486DX2/80
8MB RAM
850MB HD
2MB Trident video (upgraded from 1MB standard, woohoo!)
15" AOC monitor

$800 in January 1996

No sound, speakers, or CD drive (I added those a few months later for $150)

Since then I have yet to build a completely new box for myself, all my upgrades have been piecemeal.

Dave

 

[Electrode]

First was a C64 with the works: printer, 4 disk drives, tape drive, 1200 baud modem, fast load cart and a 1902A monitor. I have no idea how much it cost, probably not much.

First PC was christmas 1994: P120, 16 mb RAM, 1.2G hard drive, tape backup drive, 6x CD-ROM (which connected to the sound card rather than the mobo), cirrus logic VLB video card, HP DeskJet 660C printer and a 17" CRT monitor. OS was MS-DOS 6.22/Win 3.11. $5000

Footnote: the old laptop I'm using as a firewall is a great deal more powerful than that.

 

[mzkhadir]

2500

 

[Brutuskend]

Zenith 8088.

Free

 

[BCYL]

Our first family computer was a 386 w/ a 30mb harddrive, 4mb ram (?)... got it for free, gift from my uncle back in 1991

My first personal computer was a 486 66mhz I believe... dont remember the specs... my dad got it at an liquidating auction at some company...

 

[WT]

Generic IBM clone
386/20 SX
1mb RAM
40mb hard drive
5.25" floppy drive
1.44" floppy drive (hey, we still use these today!!)
14" VGA monitor

Purchased new from a local vendor in "89 for the sum of $2,700.
When Wing Commander came out, I upgraded to 2 megs of RAM (1meg cost $240) so that the hand on the joystick onscreen actually followed the users joystick !! Amazing ....

 

[jcuadrado]

AST
P150
28k modem
2gig drive or so
32mg ram
Sony 15 monitor
I paid about a grand for it...

I put in a beloved Matrox Mystique 2mb 3d video card

I loved that puter..