What was your first computer by brand.

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What was your first computer brand.

  • Amiga

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Commodore 64/128

    Votes: 21 19.6%
  • Radio shack / Tandy

    Votes: 11 10.3%
  • Apple

    Votes: 7 6.5%
  • Atari

    Votes: 16 15.0%
  • Timex

    Votes: 4 3.7%
  • Altair

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • IBM/Clone (PC)

    Votes: 25 23.4%
  • Other

    Votes: 21 19.6%
  • Macintosh

    Votes: 2 1.9%

  • Total voters
    107

WhiteNoise

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Jun 22, 2016
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My first was made by eMachine. PIII 600E Paid $835 plus tax for it too. lol

I didn't get into computers until I was 27.
 

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Lifer
Jul 25, 2001
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My first was made by eMachine. PIII 600E Paid $835 plus tax for it too. lol

I didn't get into computers until I was 27.
Lol, I totally forgot about eMachine! I want to say they were owned by Gateway at some point, but I'm not sure. Totally remember the days of Gateway vs Dell.
 
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Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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I chose IBM/Clone, but oddly I actually recall the actual braind. Was Gainbery Computer. I can't find much on that name so not sure if I'm spelling it right or remembering it right but did find a logo that seems kinda familiar. It was a 486. Was not really a family computer but the first computer I ever got to play on. Was my sister's as she was heading to university, but it stayed in the house for a while so we all played on it. The first actual family computer we got later down the road was a Pentium 3 by a company called Samtack. Though it may have been a custom build as it was bought at a local mom and pop computer store so it was maybe just the company that made the case. I think that store is actually still in business too, so that's pretty cool. After that all my computers were custom builds. My first build someone helped me out then after that I was good to go.
 

Puffnstuff

Lifer
Mar 9, 2005
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My first was an Atari 130XE as it was complete with drive and printer. Before that I had a Commodore 16 but no accessories and programs were on the rom cartridges.