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Post by Lux on Feb 7, 2009 7:53:37 GMT 12
we're onto our fourth PC and have been online since 1997.  I do take breaks to eat, sleep and take care of family ;D |
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Post by kokonutwoman on Feb 7, 2009 8:01:58 GMT 12
Had two PCs on to our second Apple been on line since 2000
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Post by bottlecar on Feb 7, 2009 11:46:26 GMT 12
1998 - I remember saying that we didn't need the internet, we had enough to fill our leisure time but ok but couldn't see me using it much LOL
Gone though 4 or 5 PCs family
1PC, 2 laptops work
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Post by sparrow on Feb 7, 2009 11:50:41 GMT 12
Hmmmm. I was on email at varsity, but didn't surf the net much. This was about 1995. Like you Bottlecar, got into it around 1998. Hubby was on it early. I was a bit of a computer novice, but he insisted on me getting one! Hahaha. It's his fault ... We've been through approximately 10 comps (desktops and laptops). We upgrade quite regularly and are back to a desktop, but going to purchase another laptop when the old one finally gives out.
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Post by maire on Feb 7, 2009 13:33:30 GMT 12
I can't remember when we bought our first computer, but it was a Commodore 64?
Vaguely remember it was good for playing games on and that was about all. The next was in the mid 1990s running Windows for Workgroups[?] and we had attempts (not very successful) of going onto bulletin boards. Our next comp was bought in 2000 and that was the first proper internet access. Only bought one other computer since then (the present one) .. plus the pc (older son) and laptop (younger son), better not forget them ;D
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Post by Lux on Feb 7, 2009 13:59:35 GMT 12
Didn't have internet with the first computer either, used to spend hours playing this real cool game...captain something or other... an adventure games with hidden keys and killer bugs. Was lots of fun. My daughter requested a pink laptop for Christmas she got told to go get a job  . |
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Post by maire on Feb 7, 2009 15:03:52 GMT 12
Lol great response Lux!!
I'm trying to remember some of the games we played .. there was one with games, hackey sack, roller blading etc .. California Games or something?
I used to like the ones where you had to type in commands to Hugo. Then along came Doom, Wolfenstein etc. Spent many hours playing them ;D My favourites though were the platform games and I'd still play them if I could be bothered downloading them.
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Post by scruffy1nz on Feb 7, 2009 18:12:05 GMT 12
hmm I Got my first puter in 95 a compaq 486
first went online in 97, and still have emails from then
have gone through 5 puters and now have 4 for myself, with 5 puters for wife and kids.
I have main desktop inside - main workshop desktop, laptop and spare workshop puter.
First game I played was Doom, then duke3d luv shooters.
another fav is Starcraft.
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Post by cailz on Feb 7, 2009 18:29:28 GMT 12
We bought our first computer back in '96, the memory was so much less compared to now.  In fact, the MP3 or Ipods you buy now have much more memory than that first computer we bought. We thought we were the bees knees at the time. This is our 2nd computer since that time and apparently this one is already a dinosaur according to the computer technician who worked on it awhile ago. The technology increases so rapidly you cannot keep up fast enough these days. |
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Post by Lux on Feb 8, 2009 9:51:11 GMT 12
Argh scruffy I played Doom once and got violently ill, had to lay down, motion sickness! Ugh same thing happened when I played spyro with the kids on Play Station.
Cailz I think they're basically outdated before you buy them new, I read somewhere technology is advanced 30 years beyond the technology that is actually available to you.
Speaking of being ripped off like that, I bought my girl some thin lizzy make-up for Christmas and now they've bought out a new foundation one, I thought thin lizzy was originally marketed as the all in one make up...blardy rude! LoL
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Post by cailz on Feb 8, 2009 14:21:06 GMT 12
I saw them advertising the Thin Lizzy in a tube (foundation) now? It's supposed to cover practically anything. I thought the 6-in-1 powder was all you needed?  |
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Post by punga on Feb 8, 2009 17:52:31 GMT 12
ive been with vodafone mobile for the last 3 years...and id never go with any other provider.
been using an eee pc and an imate jam ever since they came out....
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Post by Stu on Feb 14, 2009 7:40:01 GMT 12
Got my first 'puter in 98, was a Compaq 486 SX 25, liked it so much that I went to uni and did a computer science with e-commerce degree
first went online in 99 after I bought a Pentium 1 75, and now 10 years on I run my own web development business
on my 8th computer, still own the last 4 which are a Dell p4, 2 laptops and an IBM p3 server
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Post by treeman on Feb 14, 2009 11:55:24 GMT 12
I use a flock of pigeons and send P mail. get bugga all back though.
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Post by herodotus on Feb 17, 2009 14:21:10 GMT 12
well if you set them them free and they dont come back then it speaks for itself
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I do take breaks to eat, sleep and take care of family ;D 
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