How many pc's have you owned??

My PC - This is my pc baby!!
@twoey68 (13627)
United States
August 19, 2007 11:44am CST
Hubby and I were just trying to figure out how many pc's we have owned. I've had 3 counting this one since I joined the computer age in 1999. My first one was a really basic one that was wonderful for learning on b/c I never worried about blowing it up, my second was a Gateway my brother gave me when he got a new one and this one is an Emachine that we bought new last year. I love my pc and although I want to upgrade the memory and video card...it still is a great pc. The pic is my pc exactly. Now we just have to get Hubby's built the way he wants it then we'll both be happy!! What about you? How many have you had? Are you happy with the one you have now? AT PEACE WITHIN
8 people like this
42 responses
@surajpkn (582)
• India
26 Aug 07
I have had 4 pc's till now. One i got when i was in the fifth grade. It was an old one and it was this 32 kb ram computer. I totally hated it and i used it only for dos games. Then i had another in the 8 grade that i used for 3 years. It too was not too great in performance. i got one in my 11th grade and it was amd processor with krypton motherboard that proved some use for me. Now i assembled a computer for myself with asus motherboard and amd athlon 64 processor which is dual core.
2 people like this
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
18 Sep 07
Wow, you started young on them. I didn't get my first one till I was 31. LOL Thank you for responding! **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~
1 person likes this
• United States
26 Aug 07
I just counted and we have owned 6 computers since 1995. This includes the laptop that we have now. The desktop I am using right now is about 3 years old- that's around the time we tend to upgrade! Also, we always recycle our used computers (after deleting everything off of the hardrive) so I don't feel guilty when we buy a new one.
2 people like this
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
18 Sep 07
I always worry about giving away an old pc for fear of what someone else can get off the hard drive. I think if there was a way to wipe it totally free (with no chance of retrieval) I'd do it more often. Thank you for responding! **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~
1 person likes this
@lilyruth (723)
• United States
25 Aug 07
I have only owned two one was uded when I bought it but it alsted aboout threee years and then I finally bought a new one, One of those Emachines. It works alright altho lately its been going on and off by itself.
2 people like this
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
25 Aug 07
LOL I've never heard of one going on and off by itself. Thanks for posting!! AT PEACE WITHIN
1 person likes this
@jayalaksmi (1039)
• India
26 Aug 07
I had my single pc and i am happy with although i had to upgrade it, still my pc helps me and supports me in almost any type of pc work i had to do. I love my like my brother and would be spending around 10 hours per day with it and am happy with it.
2 people like this
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
18 Sep 07
I am glad you are so happy with your pc...I know mine means alot to me too. Thank you for responding! **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~
1 person likes this
@raychill (6525)
• United States
19 Aug 07
I had one that was a family one. but I've only had one myself. I've had the computer I have now since 1999/2000. So it's pretty much ancient. It does what I need it to do for the most part. One of these days I'm going to get a new one!
1 person likes this
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
20 Aug 07
Good luck getting a new one...I know it can sometimes be tough to do. Thanks for Posting! AT PEACE WITHIN
@raychill (6525)
• United States
20 Aug 07
oh these days it's real simple to get a computer. And for not even that much money. I mean you can get one for like 12 bucks a month. It's simple these days... I just have other things I want to get first since my computer treats me just fine.
1 person likes this
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
25 Aug 07
Your right there are places to rent to own pc's...like you most ppl have other things to do first. I guess I was thinking along the lines of building one. Thank you for posting!! AT PEACE WITHIN
@theprogamer (10534)
• United States
18 Sep 07
I owned 5 of them. A few old school models and some more recent models. The last ones were laptops.
2 people like this
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
23 Aug 07
My first computer was a Sinclair ZX81 which I got in 1981. That had a basic 1kb of memory (that's right, 1024 bytes!) but I upgraded it to 16kb very soon. It couldn't store anything and when it was switched off, all data was lost. Every time you wanted to write or run a program you had to save it or download it on a standard cassette recorder. It ran a version of Basic and Clive Sinclair claimed that it was powerful enough to run a power station! I am glad that nobody ever tried! After that I graduated to a proper PC - an Amstrad - which had 2 floppy disks, no hard drive and 512kb of memory. You had to boot from a System floppy and some programs needed two disks, one for the program and the other for data. Windows hadn't been invented then but there was a GUI called GEM which looked very like a Mac. After that I got a better Amstrad which had a hard disk but still only the basic 640k of memory. I did all my study for my Computer Studies course on that machine! When Windows became available, I must have had another machine but I have completely forgotten what it was. By then I was working as a Support person (we went by the title of Support Analyst) and quickly learned Windows which was then very new and unbearably unstable until version 3.11. My next machine was a Time Colossus with Windows 95. When Windows 98 came along, I upgraded to that. Finally I got the machine I have now, about 4 years ago, with Windows XP and a 120Gb hard disk. I thought that 120Gb would last me for ever but I didn't take into account my hobby of digital photography and music. Now I am looking for a large external hard drive to contain all my photos and music! I also have a laptop, which the rest of the house uses, and two or three ancient PCs which I intend to use (if they still work) for Linux. When you consider that the transistor was invented when I was 6 and that the idea of a Personal Computer wasn't a reality till I was 40, I think I have done pretty well!
1 person likes this
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
25 Aug 07
I agree...I am the same way. I never thought I'd be to the point of using a pc and now I can't imagine doing without one. Thanks for posting!! AT PEACE WITHIN
@seabeauty (1480)
• United States
23 Aug 07
This is our third I think. or maybe 4th. The first one we got was in 98 i think. I was happy with this computer when I first got it. It's 4 years old now and not working as well but its still alright. Its an e machines.
1 person likes this
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
25 Aug 07
I just got my Emachine last year and although I love it we are talking about upgrading the video card and putting more memory in it. Thanks for posting!! AT PEACE WITHIN
• Canada
23 Aug 07
We have only ever owned two and they are still the two we use . We have never had a new one although we have thought about getting a new one many times . They run slow but we only paid $500.00 for the first one we got second hand , which at the time was a good price and the second one was a gift from my dad and his wife , one year for my birthday . I would love to get another one day but right now these still work , even if they are not the best and are really slow , they get the job done and at the moment there are so many other things we really need so we will have to do with these for a little longer lol even though I am not happy with either of them lol .
1 person likes this
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
25 Aug 07
I know what you mean...we are having to replace Hubby's and for us its considered a major purchase...Good luck getting a new one :) Thanks for posting!! AT PEACE WITHIN
@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
19 Aug 07
I started back in the 1980s. I had a $99 build your own timex-sinclair I think it was called, and an Apple, followed by an Apple II, and Apple IIc and then an Apple IIe. I jumped on the PC bandwagon with windows and got an IBM Mod 50, then another IBM, I forgot I had a Thinkpad, then a Dell and now I have come back to my sense..and have an Apple iBook G4. In my opinion..I am happiest with the Apple and that will be my next computer too.
1 person likes this
@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
19 Aug 07
Oh..I also had an IBM luggable..It was one of the first 'portable' computers, it was about the size of a small suitcase and should have come with wheels.
1 person likes this
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
20 Aug 07
Wow...You've had a lot but then you've been on pc's alot longer than me too :) I've never tried an Apple pc before. I'm glad you found one you liked. Thanks for Posting! AT PEACE WITHIN
@aprilgrl (4460)
• United States
23 Aug 07
Oh lets see I think this is my third computer (brand new) the first two blew up from the eclectrical storm that we had and we wasnt home to unplug it so since we have the third one we unplug it every time we leave the house and go tobed. So now its a habit of unpluging it every night.
1 person likes this
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
25 Aug 07
Wow...I've never had one blow up...We had a phone jack hit once that cost us 8 days without the net but its never been a pc that got hit. We do make sure to unhook and unplug whenever theres a storm around though just to be on the safe side. Thanks for posting!! AT PEACE WITHIN
@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
25 Aug 07
This is my second one. I got my first one in the early spring of 2002. It was an older, basic one that had been "rebuilt". It had been my s/o's and no longer worked but he took it to the computer guy and got it running again. It got me online and got me started even though it didn't do very much and had a very small memory. It only lasted for a year and had to be fixed once during that time. When it broke again we just didn't have the money to deal with it again so I just went without until I got my new one... The one I'm using now is an e machine that we bought new in February of 2006. I'm sure it's pretty basic compared to others but it's so much better than the old one that I think it's the best computer in the world LOL. My only problem with it is that I bought a computer game that I loved but it won't play on this computer. At first I thought it was a defective game since I did buy it cheap on e-bay. But I tried it on other computers and it works fine. I can't figure out why my computer won't play it so that has been disappointing. It's probably better though LOL...if the game worked here I probably never would have found mylot!
1 person likes this
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
25 Aug 07
LOL I know what you mean. Your first one sounds like my first one slow but a great learner pc. Like you I have games I like to play but if I played them all the time I'd never get around to MyLot. Thanks for posting!! AT PEACE WITHIN
@wiccania (3360)
• United States
23 Aug 07
Several, actually. My first one was a PC my dad built for me when I moved out. Plus, my ex and I shared one that his mother gave us. At one point, I bought a Compaq which I had for about 5 years. Then I got an HP. I've also had 3 laptops -- I currently have 2 of them left (plus the HP). The other one was sold a few years ago. The one I'm currently using is the newest. A Compaq laptop. I've also got a Dell laptop that I can use as a backup if I need to -- although my son wrote all over the screen with a sharpie a couple of years ago, so it's not easy. Although if I need to use it, I've got a flatscreen monitor I can hook up to it. It's good to have a dad and an ex who are both tech-geeks.
1 person likes this
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
25 Aug 07
LOL I heard that...getting repairs done on a pc around here is a joke. Good thing Hubby is a computer nerd LOL Thanks for posting!! AT PEACE WITHIN
@kitty1234 (1476)
• United States
23 Aug 07
I think I have had 4 since 2000, everyday computers become faster and to keep up in this race we just keep buying them, lol. The one I am working on is around 6 months old and is working ok, hopefully I will keep this one for a while. My laptop gets more use anyway...
20 Aug 07
well this is the second one I have had and I love it as it is a laptop. Needed to replace my other ordinary computer as it was so slow and decided to take the opportunity to get a laptop which I hope will be alright for many years.
1 person likes this
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
25 Aug 07
I've never owned a laptop but I've tried them a time or two and couldn't get the hang of it. Thanks for Posting! AT PEACE WITHIN
@hoghoney (3747)
• United States
20 Aug 07
At this time in our household we have 4 computors hooked up and at the shop that we own we have 8 towers up there for sale that have more stuff in them then what you can buy at the stores. I also have a laptop and Mine and my boyfriend has a Pentium 4 in our PC's and the girls have a Pentium 3 in theirs.
1 person likes this
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
25 Aug 07
Wow...You have alot of them. I have mine and Hubby has his. I do have one of my old monitors just in case I need it. Thanks for Posting! AT PEACE WITHIN
@slickcut (8141)
• United States
21 Aug 07
The one i have now is my second one.The first one i bought from a guy at the flea market for 100.00,he repaired and sold them.I don't remember what kind it was but it was great for learning and i did a lot of learning on that computer.It worked great but i had it a couple of years and then i met my husband and he got me a brand new dell.Its a great computer .I have everything to go with it.I still have the same moniter so i really need to update it but it works great,just looks outdated....
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
25 Aug 07
My first one was a used one but it was great for learning...I never worried about blowing it up. :) Thank you for posting!! AT PEACE WITHIN
• United States
23 Aug 07
I have had four PC's the first one I bought used and we never could figure out how to use it. Then I bought a pentium 1 or 2 and now this is the second dell. I did not buy this computer I am using, my son gave it to me. He bought it for me when I was going to college online. I love my computer.
1 person likes this
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
25 Aug 07
I love mine too. I've heard that Dell's are pretty good pc's. Thank you for posting!! AT PEACE WITHIN
• China
23 Aug 07
I have one,it is a notebook. It is not only light but also very fast,because the properties it owns are very strong.So I can get much joy from it. Have a nice day!
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
25 Aug 07
I think a notebook pc is generally the same as a laptop. I've heard that some of them can be very fast. I actually prefer a desktop but thats just me. Thanks for posting!! AT PEACE WITHIN
@nkadam (76)
• India
23 Aug 07
I had one Desktop PC,having processor P4.I use my Pc for my college work,project work etc.
1 person likes this
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
25 Aug 07
Alot of ppl seem to get them for college...I guess they are as needed as paper and pens these days. Thank you for posting!! AT PEACE WITHIN