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Title: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 14 April 2015, 23:15:02

I had a ghetto IBM T22, going into high-school.

Year (2002ish)

Cpu: Pentium III, 900mhz

Gpu: S3 Savage 8MB ram

Resolution: 1024x768

Memory: 256MB ram

OS: Windows NT

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: user 18 on Tue, 14 April 2015, 23:38:15

Dell Inspiron 5100

Machine came out in 2003, but I got mine as a hand-me-down, and didn't have it until ~2007.

P4, 2.40 ghz; Mobility Radeon 7500; 1024x768; 256MB (later upgraded to 1GB -- or 2GB, I can't recall); Windows XP

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: Novus on Wed, 15 April 2015, 00:31:33

Inspiron 3000 something?

300 MHz pentium 2 or 3.

Can't remember. I did break the mouse buttons twice though on that thing though.
This is back when dell still had amazing service.

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: s0nia on Wed, 15 April 2015, 00:47:11

Compaq Presario 15.4", Intel Celeron 1.6 GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB SATA!

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: noisyturtle on Wed, 15 April 2015, 01:03:49

Some sort of late 90s Thinkpad, I don't remember the model. It was basically a glorified paperweight.

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 15 April 2015, 01:28:48

An old Toshiba laptop, can't remember the model number.

I threw it out years ago because the battery leaked on the mobo and destroyed one corner of it.

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 02:38:13

Quote from: s0nia on Wed, 15 April 2015, 00:47:11

Compaq Presario 15.4", Intel Celeron 1.6 GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB SATA!

This one?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834147416

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: njbair on Wed, 15 April 2015, 02:40:55

Believe it or not, my first laptop was the Chromebook Pixel I bought at age 33. Always had a desktop before that.

I still don't see what all the fuss is about.

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 02:51:00

Quote from: user 18 on Tue, 14 April 2015, 23:38:15

Dell Inspiron 5100

Machine came out in 2003, but I got mine as a hand-me-down, and didn't have it until ~2007.

P4, 2.40 ghz; Mobility Radeon 7500; 1024x768; 256MB (later upgraded to 1GB -- or 2GB, I can't recall); Windows XP

Oh man 2.4ghz. That pretty fast back then

but what's cool was,  my 900mhz pentium 3 can almost keep up with the 2.4ghz pentium 4, because pentium 3 is basically Core2duo.. LOL

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 02:55:27

Quote from: njbair on Wed, 15 April 2015, 02:40:55

Believe it or not, my first laptop was the Chromebook Pixel I bought at age 33. Always had a desktop before that.

I still don't see what all the fuss is about.

Well when I was a kid, the whole concept of 1 physical object that can do everything was really cool.

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: azhdar on Wed, 15 April 2015, 03:01:12

A ****ass Dell laptop a relative gave me.
But it was good enough to run wow in my bedroom so that was great.
But after a lot of wow times, it was overheating and wow was running 800*640 in 10fps, not that great but was still able to raid lol

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: suicidal_orange on Wed, 15 April 2015, 03:04:08

Can't remember all the details but mine was a Medion P4 2.0ghz with 512mb and a 32mb Radeon powering a 1024x768 screen.  I remember compiling Linux on it but don't remember which version of Windows it had, I gamed on it (maybe original Unreal Tournament?) so it must have had one :))

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: C5Allroad on Wed, 15 April 2015, 06:15:56

My first laptop was some Toshiba in which I downloaded iTunes, it never booted up again. I have no idea what my 10 year mind did. I apparently set a boot password so I couldn't even get into windows. I believe vista at the time.

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 15 April 2015, 07:32:09

Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 02:51:00

Quote from: user 18 on Tue, 14 April 2015, 23:38:15

Dell Inspiron 5100

Machine came out in 2003, but I got mine as a hand-me-down, and didn't have it until ~2007.

P4, 2.40 ghz; Mobility Radeon 7500; 1024x768; 256MB (later upgraded to 1GB -- or 2GB, I can't recall); Windows XP

Oh man 2.4ghz. That pretty fast back then

but what's cool was,  my 900mhz pentium 3 can almost keep up with the 2.4ghz pentium 4, because pentium 3 is basically Core2duo.. LOL

I can agree with this statement... PIIIs were amazing chips.

The first laptop I ever bought had a PIII 1000MHz w/256 or 512MB RAM. Micron Transport GX+. Think it had a 1400 x 1050 screen.

I remember I had Windows 7 running on it, albeit slowly, but stable...

Still have that laptop somewhere... might look for it later...

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 07:46:37

Quote from: HUNTERANGEL121 on Wed, 15 April 2015, 06:15:56

My first laptop was some Toshiba in which I downloaded iTunes, it never booted up again. I have no idea what my 10 year mind did. I apparently set a boot password so I couldn't even get into windows. I believe vista at the time.

hahaha..

probably impossible to fix, unless you cut out the bios chip and found another one

Quote from: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 15 April 2015, 07:32:09

Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 02:51:00

Quote from: user 18 on Tue, 14 April 2015, 23:38:15

Dell Inspiron 5100

Machine came out in 2003, but I got mine as a hand-me-down, and didn't have it until ~2007.

P4, 2.40 ghz; Mobility Radeon 7500; 1024x768; 256MB (later upgraded to 1GB -- or 2GB, I can't recall); Windows XP

Oh man 2.4ghz. That pretty fast back then

but what's cool was,  my 900mhz pentium 3 can almost keep up with the 2.4ghz pentium 4, because pentium 3 is basically Core2duo.. LOL

I can agree with this statement... PIIIs were amazing chips.

The first laptop I ever bought had a PIII 1000MHz w/256 or 512MB RAM. Micron Transport GX+. Think it had a 1400 x 1050 screen.

I remember I had Windows 7 running on it, albeit slowly, but stable...

Still have that laptop somewhere... might look for it later...

Well it also depends on the task, anything that hits the memory hard, pIII would lose..

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: jdcarpe on Wed, 15 April 2015, 08:47:34

Oh wow. First laptop, huh?

(http://i.imgur.com/s8EUwMu.jpg)

Zenith TurbosPORT 386


Specs:

Processor: 20 MHz 80386
Memory: 2 MB RAM
Storage: 42 MB HDD; 1.44 MB FDD
Display: Monochome VGA LCD
Modem: 2400 bps
OS: DOS 4.0
Weight: 26 lbs. (11.8 Kg)

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 09:31:04

Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 15 April 2015, 08:47:34

Oh wow. First laptop, huh?

Show Image

(http://i.imgur.com/s8EUwMu.jpg)

Zenith TurbosPORT 386


Specs:

Processor: 20 MHz 80386
Memory: 2 MB RAM
Storage: 42 MB HDD; 1.44 MB FDD
Display: Monochome VGA LCD
Modem: 2400 bps
OS: DOS 4.0
Weight: 26 lbs. (11.8 Kg)

bull ****.. ur not that old..(http://textemoticons.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/073.gif)

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: jdcarpe on Wed, 15 April 2015, 09:49:45

Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 09:31:04

Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 15 April 2015, 08:47:34

Oh wow. First laptop, huh?

Show Image

(http://i.imgur.com/s8EUwMu.jpg)

Zenith TurbosPORT 386


Specs:

Processor: 20 MHz 80386
Memory: 2 MB RAM
Storage: 42 MB HDD; 1.44 MB FDD
Display: Monochome VGA LCD
Modem: 2400 bps
OS: DOS 4.0
Weight: 26 lbs. (11.8 Kg)

bull ****.. ur not that old..

Show Image

(http://textemoticons.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/073.gif)

I used it as a freshman in college until my junior year, so 1992-1994.

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: inanis on Wed, 15 April 2015, 09:53:17

I'm struggling to remember the exact model, but I'm pretty sure it was a Dell Latitude CPi.  Pentium II, 64(?)MB of RAM. I was so proud of that thing, it is embarrassing now!

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 10:02:14

Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 15 April 2015, 09:49:45

Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 09:31:04

Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 15 April 2015, 08:47:34

Oh wow. First laptop, huh?

Show Image

(http://i.imgur.com/s8EUwMu.jpg)

Zenith TurbosPORT 386


Specs:

Processor: 20 MHz 80386
Memory: 2 MB RAM
Storage: 42 MB HDD; 1.44 MB FDD
Display: Monochome VGA LCD
Modem: 2400 bps
OS: DOS 4.0
Weight: 26 lbs. (11.8 Kg)

bull ****.. ur not that old..

Show Image

(http://textemoticons.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/073.gif)

I used it as a freshman in college until my junior year, so 1992-1994.

Which I had $8000 for a computer during college. (http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/8c460310.gif)

ur 41 ? I thought u were 3x..

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: Joey Quinn on Wed, 15 April 2015, 10:03:54

Mid 2010 13in Macbook Pro, I'm still using it, actually I'm typing on it now.

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 10:07:21

Quote from: inanis on Wed, 15 April 2015, 09:53:17

I'm struggling to remember the exact model, but I'm pretty sure it was a Dell Latitude CPi.  Pentium II, 64(?)MB of RAM. I was so proud of that thing, it is embarrassing now!

hahahaha...

remember people benching Quake.. HAHAHAHAHa

(http://images.anandtech.com/old/cpu/cpuben6.jpg)

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: inanis on Wed, 15 April 2015, 10:20:30

Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 10:07:21

Quote from: inanis on Wed, 15 April 2015, 09:53:17

I'm struggling to remember the exact model, but I'm pretty sure it was a Dell Latitude CPi.  Pentium II, 64(?)MB of RAM. I was so proud of that thing, it is embarrassing now!

hahahaha...

remember people benching Quake.. HAHAHAHAHa

Show Image

(http://images.anandtech.com/old/cpu/cpuben6.jpg)

I remember vividly thinking it was super badass with the 266MHz processor. And the built in floppy drive was just so convenient, I had floppy disks everywhere! I bought a wireless card to put into the PCMCIA slot, and thought, it doesn't get much better than this; I had arrived at the pinnacle of technology. It is funny to look back on, for sure.

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: C5Allroad on Wed, 15 April 2015, 10:24:54

Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 07:46:37

Quote from: HUNTERANGEL121 on Wed, 15 April 2015, 06:15:56

My first laptop was some Toshiba in which I downloaded iTunes, it never booted up again. I have no idea what my 10 year mind did. I apparently set a boot password so I couldn't even get into windows. I believe vista at the time.

hahaha..

probably impossible to fix, unless you cut out the bios chip and found another one

Right after it froze when clicking radio on iTunes, I sorta shoved it in the freezer when the fans kicked up. Pulled the battery out and in it went. ITunes never went on another computer of mine

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: jdcarpe on Wed, 15 April 2015, 16:17:57

Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 10:02:14

Which I had $8000 for a computer during college.

Show Image

(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/8c460310.gif)

I wasn't aware at the time that it was a $7500 laptop. It was a couple years old when I got it, and needed a small repair. My dad's boss had moved all the computers in their office to Macs from PCs, so he had this unused laptop that he gave me to use at college. I ran a dial-up BBS on it out of my dorm room, for a little while. :)

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: Melvang on Wed, 15 April 2015, 16:47:24

My first laptop was the Asus I am typing this message on right now.  Got it last summer for the wife.  I really could care less if we have it. 

Hell my first tablet was a cheap Verizon one we got on special for a dime with an increase to our data plan.

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: iMav on Wed, 15 April 2015, 16:51:48

[attach=1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith_Minisport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith_Minisport)

Used 2" floppy disks. 

Lots of great info HERE (http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/zenith-minisport/index.html)

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: pichu23 on Wed, 15 April 2015, 16:52:08

I got an Asus as my first laptop. Can't remember the model though.

Then I got a HP, DV6-6001TX which honestly was a great laptop. Then the mobo died after like 3 years, plus it overheats after some time.

Currently using a Lenovo, Y50. Decent laptop, good for multimedia purpose though.
It was either the Lenovo or a MacBook Air. I guess/hope I didn't make the wrong choice.   ;D
Carrying the laptop around is a bit of a hassle though.

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: jdcarpe on Wed, 15 April 2015, 16:58:12

Quote from: iMav on Wed, 15 April 2015, 16:51:48

(Attachment Link)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith_Minisport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith_Minisport)

Used 2" floppy disks. 

Nice! I never knew about those 2" floppies before now. And I thought I had seen them all, what with the old 8" and 12" floppies (and the common 5.25" and 3.5").

Zenith bros. :)

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 17:39:58

Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 15 April 2015, 16:17:57

Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 10:02:14

Which I had $8000 for a computer during college.

Show Image

(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/8c460310.gif)

I wasn't aware at the time that it was a $7500 laptop. It was a couple years old when I got it, and needed a small repair. My dad's boss had moved all the computers in their office to Macs from PCs, so he had this unused laptop that he gave me to use at college. I ran a dial-up BBS on it out of my dorm room, for a little while. :)

Its pretty close to owning a super nice car. Did it help you woo the females??

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: Lastpilot on Wed, 15 April 2015, 17:41:38

(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g265/trickynickie/Old%20Toys/100_0301.jpg)

Not sure about the specs on it.

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 17:43:35

Quote from: pichu23 on Wed, 15 April 2015, 16:52:08

I got an Asus as my first laptop. Can't remember the model though.

Then I got a HP, DV6-6001TX which honestly was a great laptop. Then the mobo died after like 3 years, plus it overheats after some time.

Currently using a Lenovo, Y50. Decent laptop, good for multimedia purpose though.
It was either the Lenovo or a MacBook Air. I guess/hope I didn't make the wrong choice.   ;D
Carrying the laptop around is a bit of a hassle though.

Macbook airs are frustratingly slow in most use-cases outside of Facebook.

god.. look at these cpus and prices..

1.3ghz  new macbook 12 inch  $1800

1.6ghz mac air 13 inch $1200

2.2ghz mac air 13 inch $1500


The $1500,  makes only a LITTLE bit of sense, but the other two, how could anyone get by on that..

If they "could", then odds are they probably could get through it on their phone.. why use a laptop at all..

(http://www.msgking.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/onion-avatar127.gif)

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: pichu23 on Wed, 15 April 2015, 18:28:30

Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 17:43:35

Quote from: pichu23 on Wed, 15 April 2015, 16:52:08

I got an Asus as my first laptop. Can't remember the model though.

Then I got a HP, DV6-6001TX which honestly was a great laptop. Then the mobo died after like 3 years, plus it overheats after some time.

Currently using a Lenovo, Y50. Decent laptop, good for multimedia purpose though.
It was either the Lenovo or a MacBook Air. I guess/hope I didn't make the wrong choice.   ;D
Carrying the laptop around is a bit of a hassle though.

Macbook airs are frustratingly slow in most use-cases outside of Facebook.

god.. look at these cpus and prices..

1.3ghz  new macbook 12 inch  $1800

1.6ghz mac air 13 inch $1200

2.2ghz mac air 13 inch $1500


The $1500,  makes only a LITTLE bit of sense, but the other two, how could anyone get by on that..

If they "could", then odds are they probably could get through it on their phone.. why use a laptop at all..

Show Image

(http://www.msgking.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/onion-avatar127.gif)

Guess i made the right choice then :p
But there's gonna be a point where I'll get a macbook. Maybe not for studies  :p

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 19:14:50

Quote from: pichu23 on Wed, 15 April 2015, 18:28:30

Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 17:43:35

Quote from: pichu23 on Wed, 15 April 2015, 16:52:08

I got an Asus as my first laptop. Can't remember the model though.

Then I got a HP, DV6-6001TX which honestly was a great laptop. Then the mobo died after like 3 years, plus it overheats after some time.

Currently using a Lenovo, Y50. Decent laptop, good for multimedia purpose though.
It was either the Lenovo or a MacBook Air. I guess/hope I didn't make the wrong choice.   ;D
Carrying the laptop around is a bit of a hassle though.

Macbook airs are frustratingly slow in most use-cases outside of Facebook.

god.. look at these cpus and prices..

1.3ghz  new macbook 12 inch  $1800

1.6ghz mac air 13 inch $1200

2.2ghz mac air 13 inch $1500


The $1500,  makes only a LITTLE bit of sense, but the other two, how could anyone get by on that..

If they "could", then odds are they probably could get through it on their phone.. why use a laptop at all..

Show Image

(http://www.msgking.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/onion-avatar127.gif)

Guess i made the right choice then :p
But there's gonna be a point where I'll get a macbook. Maybe not for studies  :p

nawh dawg.. I understand..

girls think you're rich if you got a mac book..

But.. if you think about it.. the girls that think you're Rich just because you have a macbook are themselves poor.. so..   well I guess that doesn't matter in college.

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: pichu23 on Thu, 16 April 2015, 15:38:55

More

Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 19:14:50

Quote from: pichu23 on Wed, 15 April 2015, 18:28:30

Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 17:43:35

Quote from: pichu23 on Wed, 15 April 2015, 16:52:08

I got an Asus as my first laptop. Can't remember the model though.

Then I got a HP, DV6-6001TX which honestly was a great laptop. Then the mobo died after like 3 years, plus it overheats after some time.

Currently using a Lenovo, Y50. Decent laptop, good for multimedia purpose though.
It was either the Lenovo or a MacBook Air. I guess/hope I didn't make the wrong choice.   ;D
Carrying the laptop around is a bit of a hassle though.

Macbook airs are frustratingly slow in most use-cases outside of Facebook.

god.. look at these cpus and prices..

1.3ghz  new macbook 12 inch  $1800

1.6ghz mac air 13 inch $1200

2.2ghz mac air 13 inch $1500


The $1500,  makes only a LITTLE bit of sense, but the other two, how could anyone get by on that..

If they "could", then odds are they probably could get through it on their phone.. why use a laptop at all..

Show Image

(http://www.msgking.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/onion-avatar127.gif)

Guess i made the right choice then :p
But there's gonna be a point where I'll get a macbook. Maybe not for studies  :p

nawh dawg.. I understand..

girls think you're rich if you got a mac book..

But.. if you think about it.. the girls that think you're Rich just because you have a macbook are themselves poor.. so..   well I guess that doesn't matter in college.

Lol, that's so deep dude. :D
But yes, I rather have a normal laptop than a mac atm.  :rolleyes:
Hehe

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: C5Allroad on Fri, 17 April 2015, 06:13:18

Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 17:43:35

Quote from: pichu23 on Wed, 15 April 2015, 16:52:08

I got an Asus as my first laptop. Can't remember the model though.

Then I got a HP, DV6-6001TX which honestly was a great laptop. Then the mobo died after like 3 years, plus it overheats after some time.

Currently using a Lenovo, Y50. Decent laptop, good for multimedia purpose though.
It was either the Lenovo or a MacBook Air. I guess/hope I didn't make the wrong choice.   ;D
Carrying the laptop around is a bit of a hassle though.

Macbook airs are frustratingly slow in most use-cases outside of Facebook.

god.. look at these cpus and prices..

1.3ghz  new macbook 12 inch  $1800

1.6ghz mac air 13 inch $1200

2.2ghz mac air 13 inch $1500


The $1500,  makes only a LITTLE bit of sense, but the other two, how could anyone get by on that..

If they "could", then odds are they probably could get through it on their phone.. why use a laptop at all..

Show Image

(http://www.msgking.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/onion-avatar127.gif)

Macbooks are still slow when trying to BookFace
Mother's laptop.

Title: Re: What was your first Laptop.
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 17 April 2015, 06:18:18

Quote from: HUNTERANGEL121 on Fri, 17 April 2015, 06:13:18

Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 April 2015, 17:43:35

Quote from: pichu23 on Wed, 15 April 2015, 16:52:08

I got an Asus as my first laptop. Can't remember the model though.

Then I got a HP, DV6-6001TX which honestly was a great laptop. Then the mobo died after like 3 years, plus it overheats after some time.

Currently using a Lenovo, Y50. Decent laptop, good for multimedia purpose though.
It was either the Lenovo or a MacBook Air. I guess/hope I didn't make the wrong choice.   ;D
Carrying the laptop around is a bit of a hassle though.

Macbook airs are frustratingly slow in most use-cases outside of Facebook.

god.. look at these cpus and prices..

1.3ghz  new macbook 12 inch  $1800

1.6ghz mac air 13 inch $1200

2.2ghz mac air 13 inch $1500


The $1500,  makes only a LITTLE bit of sense, but the other two, how could anyone get by on that..

If they "could", then odds are they probably could get through it on their phone.. why use a laptop at all..

Show Image

(http://www.msgking.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/onion-avatar127.gif)

Macbooks are still slow when trying to BookFace
Mother's laptop.

Was this a macbook pro, or a macbook. which cpu

well it could just be your mom goes to too many naughty websites..

(http://www.msgking.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/onion-avatar122.gif)