I still have my first computer ever, a Radio Shack TRS-80. I found it in a box a couple months back and set it up in my game room. Pretty crazy that my parents never sold it or got rid of it.
I know I know, just something that might be interesting to see if anyone keeps pics of their old stuff. I can only go back to March of 2000...
PowerMac G4/400 192mb RAM, 40GB HDD, DVD with external 8x CD-R, 17" Pro cinema monitor (March 00-June 03)
15" PowerBook [Titanium] G4/400 256mb RAM, 10GB HDD, CD (February 01-April 03)
12" PowerBook [Aluminum] G4/867 640mb RAM, 60GB HDD, DVD/CD-R (July 03-April 06)
Athlon 64 3000+, 1gb RAM, 260gb HDD, DVD-R, Radeon 9800 Pro 256mb, Nostromo speedpad n52, Samsung 19" CRT (August 04-Present)
15.4" MacBook Pro [Aluminum] Intel Core Duo 2Ghz, 1gb RAM, 100gb HDD, DVD-R, iSight, Front Row (April 8, 06-As long as possible)
My computers:
1) Packard Bell 486
33 MHz, 4 MB RAM, CD-ROM Drive
200 MB HDD
Windows 3.1, MS-DOS 5.0
2) Compaq Shitbox
500 MHz AMD K6-2 w/ 3D NOW Technology (Oh, boy!)
96 MB RAM
20 GB HDD
CD-RW 24x/4x Drive
Win 98 SE
3) Current: Powerspec
3.2 GHz P4 HT
1 GB RAM
200 GB HDD
nVidia GeForce 6600
DVD+/-DL RW 8x (was slower, but now is faster thanks to the firmware hack )
DVD-ROM
I finally have a GOOD box at home now.
Also used to have a ThinkPad through school. Not bad, but I like my current final model of the PowerBook G4 15" better.
I didnt take pictures but I made a spreadsheet with info in my new PC-fueled hysteria which I always get with new hardware (sup PS2 horizontal stand).
Computer:
Jan. 1996-Jan. 1999
Pentium I - 166mhz
RAM: 16 megs
HD: 1.6 gigs
Video: Onboard 1meg Trident
Monitor: POS 15" IBM
Significant Games:
Civilization II
Duke Nukem 3D
Quake
Warcraft II
II:
Jan. 1999-July 2003 (thanks electrical surge)
Pentium II - 450mhz
Ram: 64 megs
HD: 10 gigs
Video Cards: Riva TNT, 16 megs
GeForce 256, 32 megs, December 1999
Voodoo2 SLI - all throughout 1999
Monitor: 21" Trinitron
Significant Games:
Half-Life/Team Fortress
Unreal Tournament
Baldur's Gate 2
Sid Meier's Gettysburg!
Quake III
III:
Jan. 2001-December 2003
Pentium IV - 1.3ghz
RAM: 128 megs
512 megs, Jan. 2002
768 megs, May 2005
HD: 40 gigs
Videocard: Radeon 32 megs
GeForceFX 5200, 128 megs, March 2004
Monitor: 17" Trinitron
Significant Games:
No One Lives Forever
Half-Life 2
Warcraft III
World of Warcraft
CounterStrike
IV:
Jan. 2006-Present
AMD Athlon64 3200+
RAM: 1 gig
2 gigs (April 2006)
HD: 200 gigs
Videocard: GeForce 6800GS, 256 megs
Monitor: 20" Dell Widescreen
Significant Games:
Civilization IV
Battlefield 2
Oblivion
Call of Duty 2
This is what I remember. All dates are give or take a year or two.
1985 - 1994 - Apple IIgs Woz edition 2.8 mhz (lol)
1994 - 1996 - Power Mac (the first one to use the PC archetecture) 60 mhz
1996 - 2001 - IBM Aptiva 700 mhz
2001 - 2003 - self built pos 1.3 ghz
2003 - 2003 - Compaq laptop 2.3 ghz
2003 - 2005 - Toshiba laptop 2.8 ghz
2006 - 2006 - Apple G5 dual core 2.3 ghz
Last edited by Josh; 09 Apr 2006 at 09:39 PM.
1) Commodore Plus/4 with cassette drive.
2) Commodore C64 with 1541-II drive
3) Commodore C128D with 1581 3.5" drive and 20 Meg CMD Hd, and 2400 Bps modem
That held me over for a loooooong time.
4) Homebuilt Pentium 166MMX, 7 Gig, Voodoo Banshee Video
5) Homebuilt P2-450 Oc'ed to 666mhz, 20 gig Voodoo 3.
6) Homebuilt Athalon 900 768 ram, 360 Total gigs of HD, Nvidia MX400
Number 7 is waaaay waaaay overdue, but I havent palyed games on my PC since GTA3, so its not a priority.
Damn...I hope I can remember
1. Custom built 486DX; 66Mhz; 8MB RAM upgraded to 32MB; dont remember size of HD but it was small as hell; Windows 95.
2. HP Pavilion PII; 450Mhz; 5GB HD; 64MB RAM; Windows 98
3. (currently) Custom built P4; 2.3 Mhz; 80GB HD, 512MB RAM (want to upgrade to 1GB); Windows XP; nVidia w/128MB; 80GB external HD
4. (currently) IBM Thinkpad R41; 40GB; P4; dont know Mhz or RAM. This was given by college.
Whoever has a Apple PowerBook G4 they looking to unload, let me know. I'm looking for one at a decent price.
bandit: I'm selling the 12" in the pic above on eBay right now. If you're interested, drop me a PM.
1) An IBM (I think) laptop. Around 1996 I think. Specs that were low as shit, maybe a 1 gig hard drive, Pentium <133mhz, 8 megs of ram, non existent display card, floppy drive, no modem 15" screen
2)Gateway 2000, 256mb of ram, TNT2, Pentium II 500mhz, 20gig HD, 100mb zip drive, cd burner, on board nic and 28.8 modem, 17" CRT monitor, 2.1 Accustic Landsing speakers. August 1999-Jan 2003
3)Current (some upgrades here and there over time) 1 gig of ram, Radeon 9600 128mb, 17" LCD, AMD XP 1.7ghz, 100 and 200 gig HD, dvd rom, dvd-r, ASUS mobo with on board nic and sound, 2.1 Cambridge Sundworks speakers (50 bucks and still going strong).
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