What Was The Configration,cost & Year Of Purchase Of Ur First Personal computer??

[veiga2412]

Year - 1992
Mobo - Don't know
Processor - Don't Know... some x86 thing i guess
RAM - 16 MB
HDD - 4GB.. later upgraded to 8GB!
Floppy - 5.25"
Monitor - B&W (maybe 14")
KB & Mouse - dunno, it's still at home, will check and update here later
OS - Came with DOS, later we put Windows 3.1, then dad installed windows 95... it would still work, except my bro has filched the HDD from it, as a spare.
[i remember when dad used to click a link, go get himself a drink, smoke a ciggy & come back only to find the page STILL hadn't loaded (less than 5 years ago; dad still kept it chugging - din wanna get anything new )]
Cost - Don't know.. I was 9.. me and my bro used to play magic & doom & wolf 3d on it.. i still remember being freaked out by the "scary" monsters in doom

But it was actually a second hand machine...

 

[skeletor]

Well, I'm still using it....

It was bought on 10th October, 2002.

Pentium 4 1.5Ghz
256MB SD RAM
40GB 5400rpm Hard Disk
17" HCL CRT monitor
52x CD-ROM drive
Samsung Keyboard and Mouse
Altec Lansing 2.1 speakers

The total price was 42K.

 

[GameAddict]

Pentium MMX - 1998
16 Meg
2.1 Gig HDD
24X BTC CD Drive
14" Color Daewoo Monitor
Cost: 25k or 35k..can't remember. Sold for 1.5k a year back..lol.

...some sweet memories.

GA

 

[nikhilpai]

Year - 1997
Cost - Do not remember
Config-
Pentium-I 166 Mhz
32 MB RAM
1 GB HDD
14 inch CRT

Sold this machine in 2002

 

[Psychosocial]

dun remember the year but it wz near 2002-03

P4 1.8GHz
i think it had a VIA chipset
512 MB DDr1 RAM (it came with 128, opted for some more)
NVIDIA FX5200 128MB gfx card
40GB HDD
15" Samsung CRT
2.0 crappy iBall speakers
crappy iBall cabby
crappy iBall Mouse/kbd

 

[lywyre]

Year: June 2000

Celeron 533 MHz Processor
Mercury 810e Chipset Mobo
32 MB SDRAM (Later upgraded to 2x64 MB, within a couple of months)
10.1GB Seagate HDD
14" SAMTRON
TVS Gold Keyboard (Still working fine
Logitech scroll mouse
TVS 500vA UPS
Lexmark Z11 Colour printer
32x CD ROM Drive
An FDD too
ATX Cabinet (Very heavy)

Cost: ~48,500/- (including upgraded RAM)

This PC is still working fine, with 256MB SDRAM and a 40GB HDD, WinXP SP2 .

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I now have an even older system a Packard-Bell branded Spectria system. It is an 100 MHz, 12MB, 4x CDD, 600MB HDD, Front audio port, 13" Colour display, attaced Stereo speakers, PS-2 mouse and keyboard. All a single unit.
Its similar to the one Lee Cullen (Vanessa Williams) uses in her home in the movie Eraser, only the colour is white. I bought it from a guy for Rs. 1000/-, he actually purchased it for Rs. 1,08,000/-. And it runs Win 95.

 

[dreamcatcher]

Well Summer of 2001 i guess

Pentium 4 1.5
saegate 40 gb hdd
128 mb RD Ram
intel 850 chipset motherboard
cd drive
15 inch samtron monitor
nvidia tnt graphics card.
umm..thats bout it

cost: 50,000

 

[latino_ansari]

My first PC came in the year Y2k wid the following config :

Intel 810 board with onboard GPU
192 MB of SD-RAM at 133mhz
PIII @ 600mhz
20GB HDD
CD-ROM drive
15" LG Flat CRT
Frontech Keyboard and mouse
2.1 speakers
Canon BJC-1000SP Printer
Modem

All this for Rs. 55000

 

[harryneopotter]

Date : 1 Feb 2005
It was a branded IBM CPU (bought it Second hand)
IBM Mobo (equivalent to 810) with 3 RAM Slots, 3 PCI Slots, 1 AGP Slot
Intel Pentium III 500 Mhz proccy(slotted, not socket 370)
2 x 64 MB SD RAM 133 mhz
40 GB Samsung Harddisk
LG CD ROM 52X
Intex Speakers 400 W
Samsung 15" CRT
IBM Keyboard,logitech Ball Mouse
A HUGE IBM CABBY (Taller then coolermaster ones and heavy with around 6-7 KG) with screwless sidepanel, and a lock with a key to prevent unauthorised access into cabby, with inbuilt speaker(even for songs and movies).

Price : 10750 /- (second hand)

 

[Krazy_About_Technology]

I purchased mine in summer of year 2001, when i started my B.C.A

Config:
PIII 1 GHz Coppermine 133 Mhz System Bus
128 MB SDRAM PC133
Mercury 815eTFSX motherboard
40 GB Seagate 5400 RPM HDD
Integrated 815e Graphics
Integrated Avance AC'97 Audio
Asus 52x CDROM
1.44" Standard Floppy Drive
250 Watt PSU from Frontech
Full Tower ATX Cabinet from Frontech
Mercury 850 Watts Speakers
Samsung Ball Mouse
Samsung Multimedia Keyboard
600 VA Intex UPS
LG Studioworks 15" Monitor.
DLink 56KBPS Data/Fax/Voice External Modem

Cost of System : Rs. 37,700.

Later added an LG 40X CD Writer and One more 128 MB RAM chip (for XP ) to it. Cost : Rs. 6500

Upgraded it later to a Pentium 4 2.4 HT on a Intel 865GBF mobo and 512 MB DDR RAM along with a Frontech 300 Watt power supply and Frontech 3000 Watt 2.1 Subwoofer system+800 VA Double Batt UPS. Cost : Rs. 18000 approx

Then Added XFX GeForce FX 5200 256 MB external graphics card. Cost : Rs. 4400

At present, The system i have at home is:

Intel Core2Duo 2.4 Ghz 800 MHZ fsb
Intel G31 Mobo
2 GB Transcend JetRAM @ 800 MHZ
160 GB SATA II HDD from WD.
Intel Integrated HD Audio
Integrated X3100 Graphics (Will Soon change it to a GeForce 8800 or 9800 series card or whatever is in budget at that time)
Antech 400 Watt PSU
Full Tower ATX Cabinet from Frontech
LG Studioworks 17" CRT (Soon change it to a DELL 21" or 24" LCD)
Frontech 4500 Watt 2.1 Speakers
Logitech basic Keyboard
Logitech Mouse
Elnova 800 VA single batt UPS.

Cost : around 27-28 K.

Since i shifted to Noida after my studies, i bought my self an Acer Travelmate 2420 Laptop (Grrr... aaj tak pachta raha hun ise lekar )

Config :
Intel Celeron 1.66 Mhz 400 MHz FSB
Acer Grada 915 GM motherboard
Integrated AC 97 sound
915 GMA Graphics
16X DVD ROM + 40X CD Writer combo Drive
14" Matte Finish LCD
40 GB 5200 RPM HDD from Western Digital (The only component that i was deeply in
love with, its speed was awesome : 30-35 MBps )
Wifi, Bluetooth, PCMCIA etc etc

Bought it for 32,000. Its mobo got fried up a month ago, Wireless Card Dead and LCD got a lil crack like thing, sold it for 5000

Now ordered a DELL 1525, as in my Siggy for 44,366 extact Waiting for it. But cant wait!!!

 

[nitansh]

Motherboard: Dont remember
Processor: Intel Pentium 2
Hdd: 20 GB
RAM: 64 MB
Floppy: 3.5"
Montior: Samsung 17"
CD-ROM: Samsung
Keyboard and Mouse: Frontech
Speakers: Dont remember
Graphics Card: Nope
OS: Windows 98SE
Year: 2000
Price: approx Rs. 50000

Gave it to my cousin in 2004 & finally he sold it in 2007...

 

[furious_gamer]

I bought it around the summer holidays of my tenth standard... exactly at 2001....
Here is mine..

Intel Pentium III @ 733MHz 133MHz System Bus
Mercury 810e Motherboard
128MB SD RAM 133MHz
Onboard 810e Graphics with 32MB memory
Samsung 15" CRT
Tech com Keyboard and Mouse
Mercury UPS
Zebronics 250W SMPS..
Zebronics Cabinet..
Mercury 2.1 Speaker

And these all cost about Rs.37,000 and its still alive....
Yes i sell it two years back to a workshop owner who need a computer for billing purpose and his budget is 10k at that time.
So i decided to sell it to him and i get the new one(Thats in my sig).. And i love to see that still alive...

I play roadrash first in that system.......

 

[VarDOS]

INTEL CELERON 600 MHZ
40 GB HDD
128 mb RAM
samsung 17" monitor
Logitech Ball Mouse,Keyboard
2.0 Speakers
no graphics card
cd rom & floppy drive
WINDOWS 2000

 

[go4saket]

Year of Purchase : 1996 (As far as I remember)
Processor : 80486
Clock Speed : 66 Mhz
Motherboard: Unknown
RAM : 4 MB
Hdd: 256 MB
Floppy: 5.25"
Montior: 13" Black and white
CD-ROM: No optical drive
Keyboard and Mouse: Brand not known
Speakers: None
Price: Rs.48000/-

Year - 1992
Mobo - Don't know
Processor - Don't Know... some x86 thing i guess
RAM - 16 MB
HDD - 4GB.. later upgraded to 8GB!
Floppy - 5.25"
Monitor - B&W (maybe 14")
KB & Mouse - dunno, it's still at home, will check and update here later
OS - Came with DOS, later we put Windows 3.1, then dad installed windows 95... it would still work, except my bro has filched the HDD from it, as a spare.
[i remember when dad used to click a link, go get himself a drink, smoke a ciggy & come back only to find the page STILL hadn't loaded (less than 5 years ago; dad still kept it chugging - din wanna get anything new )]
Cost - Don't know.. I was 9.. me and my bro used to play magic & doom & wolf 3d on it.. i still remember being freaked out by the "scary" monsters in doom

But it was actually a second hand machine...

Sorry buddy, in 1992, there was no term called GB and 16MB RAM didnt exist. I got my machine in 1996 and 4 MB RAM was what I got the most with the highest capacity HDD was 512 MB. So check your details...

 

[pimpom]

I agree that hard disks in the GB range were not available for personal computers in 1992 and an 80 MB drive cost over 10K IIRC.

But there were drives of more than 512MB in 1996. I assembled a PC for my brother's printing press in 1996 with 16 MB EDO RAM and 1.2 GB HDD. Most people still used 4-8 MB RAMs and 200-500 MB HDDs, but 2.1 GB drives were available at the time; and those who could afford them had started to use them along with 32 MB RAM.

 

[veiga2412]

Year of Purchase : 1996 (As far as I remember)
Sorry buddy, in 1992, there was no term called GB and 16MB RAM didnt exist. I got my machine in 1996 and 4 MB RAM was what I got the most with the highest capacity HDD was 512 MB. So check your details...

I agree that hard disks in the GB range were not available for personal computers in 1992 and an 80 MB drive cost over 10K IIRC.

But there were drives of more than 512MB in 1996. I assembled a PC for my brother's printing press in 1996 with 16 MB EDO RAM and 1.2 GB HDD. Most people still used 4-8 MB RAMs and 200-500 MB HDDs, but 2.1 GB drives were available at the time; and those who could afford them had started to use them along with 32 MB RAM.

would it help if i said i wasn't in India at the time..?

 

[pimpom]

would it help if i said i wasn't in India at the time..?

Not really. I got most of my stuff from abroad in those days (England, USA, Germany). Besides, I kept monitoring prices and availability even for things I did not intend to buy (I still do that).

 

[infra_red_dude]

Year - 1992
RAM - 16 MB

Remote possibility. Possible only if it was a 486.

HDD - 4GB.. later upgraded to 8GB!

Impossible in 1992!!!

Bluffmaster, anyone??!!

would it help if i said i wasn't in India at the time..?

Any better excuse???!

Comments are meant to be taken lightly

 

[go4saket]

I agree that hard disks in the GB range were not available for personal computers in 1992 and an 80 MB drive cost over 10K IIRC.

But there were drives of more than 512MB in 1996. I assembled a PC for my brother's printing press in 1996 with 16 MB EDO RAM and 1.2 GB HDD. Most people still used 4-8 MB RAMs and 200-500 MB HDDs, but 2.1 GB drives were available at the time; and those who could afford them had started to use them along with 32 MB RAM.

Sorry dear, but I disagree that a 2.1 GB HDD was available in 1996. May be your machine had multiple HDD's.

 

[pimpom]

Sorry dear, but I disagree that a 2.1 GB HDD was available in 1996. May be your machine had multiple HDD's.

And what is your basis for claiming that? The fact that you didn't know about the existence of something doesn't mean that it did not exist. Did you know that Plug-and-Play had been implemented in non-x86 non-Windows machines years before Windows 95? Did you know that there was an OS in 1992 that can run from a single floppy disk with full GUI, 24-bit graphics and flawless multitasking that Windows could never match even now?

Remember I said that I assembled the computer myself. I ordered it through an agent partly assembled from Delhi and I finished the assembling at home. So I certainly know how many hard disks it had.

I chose a 1.2 GB drive because a 2.1 GB unit was still very costly, and 1.2 GB was enough for the intended use (my elder brother's newspaper and printing press). For the same reason, I chose a 100 MHz Pentium processor although 150 MHz was available. OTOH, I picked a 2 MB graphics card although most people were still using 0.5 MB SiS 6215 cards.