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

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rhitwick

Democracy is a myth
My first PC
Year:2003
Date: 14th Feb( Thats why I still remember:D)

PIV 1.7GHz
Intel original 845 GLAD
256MB Ram-Hynix
40GBHDD-Seagate
LG 15" Monitor
Keyboard TVS Gold (In my new PC I've bought it again;))
Logitech scroll mouse
LG CDROM
Sony FDD
Cabinet Frontech(Model bhul gaya)
UPS: Frontech Jill(The worst one:mad:)
Creative 2.1 inspire series

Cost at around 37K
 
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pimpom

Cyborg Agent
you had an amiga ? :shock:
I still do. Two of them in fact, though I rarely use them anymore :(
More details at *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3456
you are a 1337 computer user then...
Huh?? You mean I must be from the fourteenth century ?? You're not far wrong :)
Heck, my first experience with a computer was with an IBM 1620 mainframe with a whole 40 KILObytes of memory!!
 
I still do. Two of them in fact, though I rarely use them anymore :(
More details at *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3456

Huh?? You mean I must be from the fourteenth century ?? You're not far wrong :)
Heck, my first experience with a computer was with an IBM 1620 mainframe with a whole 40 KILObytes of memory!!
1337 means LEET, or ELITE. :lol:

Do you know what would classic Amiga 500 machines cost today ?
 

raksrules

Youngling
Beat This !!!! :D

First PC:

Motherboard: Not known
Processor: 80486 - 66Mhz (100 Mhz after pressing the front panel turbo button) :p
Hdd: 540 MB
RAM: 8MB
Floppy: 5.25" ( i hope i got the size correct)
Montior: Some Unknown Brand (15") Black and white
CD-ROM: No optical drive :(
Keyboard and Mouse: Brank not known
Speakers: Beeps from my CPU
Graphics Card: Whats that ??? ;)
OS: Initally MS DOS then Windows 3.1 :D
Year: 1995
Price: Rupees 50000 :D:D:D:D
Note: We had to put an Air Conditioner in the room where PC was there since it was a thumb rule to have a AC in the PC room. Lolzzz
Sold for: Rupees 4000 in 2001

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My Second PC

Motherboard: Intel (Model No not known)
Processor: Celeron 266Mhz
Hdd: 20 GB
RAM: 128 MB
Floppy: 3.5"
Montior: Samsung 14" 4Bni Colour
CD-ROM: Creative 48X (with infrared remote). He he
Keyboard and Mouse: Logitech
Speakers: some unknown brand 2.0 speakers
Graphics Card: No Graphics card
OS: Windows 98
Year: 1999
Price: Approx 35000


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My Current Machine

Motherboard: Intel 845GSLV
Processor: Intel pentium 4, 2.4 Ghz
Hdd: 80 GB
Floppy: 3.5"
RAM: 256 MB
Montior: Samsung Syncmaster 17"
Optical Media: Samsung 20 IDE DVD Writer (bought new)
Keyboard and Mouse: Logitech
Speakers: Creative SBS 240 2.0
Graphics Card: Onboard graphics 64 Mb
OS: Windows XP service Pack 2
Year: 2004
Price: Approx 30000 (dont remember exactly)
 
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shady_inc

Pee into the Wind...
Celeron 2.4 Ghz proccy
40 Gb hard disk
128 Mb RAM
Intel 845 32 Mb graphic memory
CD ROM
Windows XP [ No idea if it was genuine or the vendor had *arranged* for it from somewhere]

Got in 2004 for 30,500 Rs.

Still using the same machine with RAM upgraded to 1 Gb, 15" LCD monitor & DVD writer.
 
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pimpom

Cyborg Agent
1337 means LEET, or ELITE. :lol:
OOps! I must have left my brain some other place when I read that. Haven't had occasion to use or read that 1337 term in a long time and it slipped right past me.

Do you know what would classic Amiga 500 machines cost today ?
I really have no idea. Anything from 10-25K I guess, if it's in good condition. You might look in eBay-USA to get an idea.
 
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dreamsalive

dreamsalive

Broken In
Beat This !!!! :D

First PC:

Motherboard: Not known
Processor: 66Mhz (100 Mhz after pressing the front panel turbo button) :p
Hdd: 540 MB
Floppy: 5.25" ( i hope i got the size correct)
Montior: Some Unknown Brand (15") Black and white
CD-ROM: No optical drive :(
Keyboard and Mouse: Brank not known
Speakers: Beeps from my CPU
Graphics Card: Whats that ??? ;)
OS: Initally MS DOS then Windows 3.1 :D
Year: 1995
Price: Rupees 50000 :D:D:D:D
Note: We had to put an Air Conditioner in the room where PC was there since it was a thumb rule to have a AC in the PC room. Lolzzz
Sold for: Rupees 4000 in 2001




LOL!!! :) :) :) :) :) omg!!! :) LOL!!
 

hellknight

BSD init pwns System V
First PC :-

Year - 1993
Mobo - Don't know
Processor - Intel 80486
RAM - 2 or 4 MB
HDD - 540 MB
Floppy - 5.25"
Monitor - Dell B&W (maybe 14")
KB & Mouse - TVS
OS - Was shipped with UNIX (dad was in army) then he installed DOS for me (one of the biggest mistakes of his life)
Cost - Don't know.. I was forbidden to talk about money matters that time..
 

windchimes

Can you hear it..??
My first experience with computers was in early 90's where I stuided "DOS" and "WORDSTAR" in front of a black and white monitor. Played games like pacman, patrol,
cat, bricks etc. And it was a REALLY EXPENSIVE MACHINE

Got my OWN PC in

Year - 2000
Mobo -Mercury 815E Chipset
Processor - Intel P3-1Ghz ( Latest then)
RAM - 128 MB I think
HDD - 20GB Seagate Barracuda(The Vendor said you have enough space for everything. Today I have a 260 GB + External 80 + Lots of DVDS and still not satisfied )
Floppy - Sony
Monitor - Samsung15"
KB & Mouse - Samsung and Logitec
OS - WIN98
AGP CARD - 36MB RIVATNT from Mercury
Cost - 45K
 

enticer86

Stay Silent!
Summer of '96

P1- that was the latest
4MB ram
16x CD Drive
Floppy
Windows 95-latest

Cost- 59k
Got 15 free multimedia CDs.
 

Plasma_Snake

Indidiot
Mine was this and its my current one too
Processor:E6300 Core 2 Duo
Motherboard:Asus P5LD2VM
Got it as a Proccy+MoBo combo for Rs.14,000
RAM:Kingston-2x1GB DDR2 667 MHz Rs.9,000
GPU:Asus EN7600GT 256MB DDR3 Rs.8,500
HDD: Seagate 400GB Rs.8,000
Speakers:Creative T6060 Rs.4,000
Keyboard+Mouse: Logitech Combo Rs.800
UPS: Generic one Initial was 650VA but upgraded soon to 1KVA so final cost was Rs.3,000
DVD Drive: Sony DVD-Write Rs.2,000
Monitor: Samsung Bordeaux LCD TV 26" Rs,40,000
TOTAL COST:Rs.89,300
YEAR: February 2007
I also got an AC(1.5 Ton) installed in my room costing another 25K and if you want it can also add up to the total cost.
BTW I'm going to upgrade my rig,hopefully again in Feb 2009 and for that I've kept aside 80K already :D
 

Artemis

The Last Puff
Summer of 1997
remember it perfectly had that computer guy play some video songs on it

P II
Some compatible MoBo??
128MB RAM
2GB HDD:p
15" CRT
Acer Sertek Speakers

My first game was NFS 2 SE, played it for almost 2 years.. lol
 

hellknight

BSD init pwns System V
for this conf.. i would've recommended Altec Lansing MX 5021.. they blow every other speakers away.. wining the speakers test since last 4 years (AFIAK) in CHIP, DIGIT and PC World.. heard a demo at Chd.. will soon get one of these
 

infra_red_dude

Wire muncher!
1991-92 -> Had just joined school :)

Proc - PC XT at 4 Mhz
RAM - 1 MB
HDD - 40MB (Paid Rs.5k to upgrade from 20mb to 40mb)
Mobo - No idea but it is a monster mobo..
Floppy - 5.25" dunno brand
Monitor - CGA
OS - Dos 3.0

Cost: Don't ask me.. otherwise everyone will laugh :lol: I can get a Macbook Pro today iwth it :D

Still haf this PC :)
 

amitava82

MMO Addict
PIII 667MHz
815E MB, 256MB RAM
20GB HDD, CD Drive
SIS 6326 AGP 8MB
15 inch CRT
SB Live Value sound card
Mercury 880 Speakers
TVS Gold Keyboard, Scroll mouse
APC 500V UPS

Date: 03/03/2001

Cost: ~Rs. 42000/-
 

ToyTowner

Right off the assembly line
My first PC:

Bought in November 1995 :D

Intels 32 bit 486 CPU
640 MB HDD
4 MB RAM (Yes, 4 MB and I still have the RAM modules with me...)
Daewoo monitor (I do not remember the model no. etc.).

It cost me 45,000 INR at that time (Fourty Five Thousand Rupees).

Finally sold off all of the components (except the RAM modules) in 2001 For 4000 INR.
 

Laser_dude

Master Chief
Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar...oops ....PC :D

Bought on 16/May/2002

CPU:Intel Celeron 1.3 Ghz
MOBO:Intel 810e
RAM:256 MB SD RAM 133Mhz
HDD: Seagate 40gb *
FDD: Sony Fdd
CASE:ADCOM tower (ne one heard of it ,spray painted to black and cut a side window)*
CD-ROM:Samsung 52x Rom drive
Speakers: Microtek :D
Monitor: Samtron 14 inches*
UPS:Nexus *
OS: 98se and xp pro dual boot
PRINTER: HP 3325 inkjet *
Joystick: Dun no abt the brand
Mouse/kbd : Samsung mouse and keyboard

Bought this for Rs.30000


* Still using these items
 

k6153r

Broken In
BOUGHT IN 2004 (HP Pavilion)

CONFIGRATION:
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz Northwood.
40 GB HDD.
256 MB RAM.
HP 17" Monitor.
Multimedia Keyboard and Optical Mouse, with harman/kardon speakers and sub-woofer.
Intergrated Intel Extreme Graphics (8 MB).
Combo-drive, Floppy drive, Multi-card reader.
WINDOWS XP HOME SP1

COST---> RS. 56,000+

I still use the same computer, but we've added 1 GB of RAM.

And soon an entry level Graphics card will be added.
 
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skippednote

M3TAL H3AD M3
my first one was a IBM NETVISTA in 2002 september

Intel Pentium 4 1.7GHz
40Gig HDD
128MB ram(upgraded up to 648mb)
15" CRT monitor
Mutimedia keyboard and a ball mouse
Infinity speakers
Cd rom(aDDED DVD RW and a CD RW)
Original Win XP Home SP1

COST:-Rs.55,000/-
 

theKonqueror

CCIE# 20863
Mine was in summer 1994

AMD 80383 66 MHz
2 MB Ram
40 MB HDD
14" Color Monitro with 4 colors. TVM I guess.
1.22" Floppy drive
Cost: 45K Approx
None of that AC crap in the PC room. I even had the case open.

Used to play prince and basica on that pc. Only dos. Think I still have the floppies somewhere lying around.

Current PC:
Intel Core2Quad Q6600
Intel DQ965 Mobo
4x2GB Transcend 800MHz DDR2 Ram
250+160+160 GB SATA HardDrives
Nvidia 7600
2x Viewsonic 19" widescreen TFT in dualscreen mode
Win Vista Ultimate 64 bit and Kubuntu 8.04 dual boot
 
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