What was the first significant thing you bought with your first paycheck?

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I got a phone call from my mum asking if she can throw away my old VCR. I told her no because its the first significant thing I ever bought.

What was the first significant thing that you remember buying when you were paid?

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[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Probably when I built my first computer in highschool. It had a window on the side of the case, which was a rare sight back then. And I hand-cut and installed a window in the top of the case too. And blue cold cathode lighting inside, it was neat.

[–]Tiwaking[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

My first computer that I built is sitting on the floor next to me. I love Windows XP <3

Hurry up ReactOS and release a nice stable version!

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I still have mine too, it's in a closet somewhere :) XP was nice. There is a part of me that still misses Windows 98 though too, it was so polished and straightforward

[–]Tiwaking[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Windows 98....

50mb's

Booted up in under 5 seconds.

NOSTALGIC SIGH

[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I know right? I look at windows now, taking up 50-100 GB. It's so insane and most of it is pointless bloat

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Linux is super easy nowadays though, I'm switching over now that Win 7 is done for.

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh and there was no endless random scanning of your computer, and forced updates and forced restarts. I hate that stuff so much, it makes me feel like I don't have control of my own computer

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Linux is super easy to use and runs pretty much all windows programs. No need to wait for another project.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

For me it was the Extended Basic add-on for my Texas Instruments TI-99/4A home computer. It was something like $135.

I guess I've always worked for better computer hardware? Although when I was making tons of money, I didn't have the best PC. I was too busy spending it... =P

[–]Tiwaking[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

omg they are still $119!!

https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Instruments-Home-Computer-99-4A/dp/B004GYBZBE

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah that's the computer. It was about $400 when I got it in... 1981.

[–]Tiwaking[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

omg....

Thats $1164.46

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I come up with $1131, but yeah. Pretty cheap for one of the most powerful home computers at the time.

Of course, it had a whopping 16kb of memory, and you used a cassette tape (not included) to save programs. You could also buy an expansion box ($800) which you could fit with up to 64kb RAM (I don't remember what that went for), a floppy disk (ditto) and an insanely huge 5mb hard disk ($1500 or so IIRC).

I remember thinking, but who needs 5mb? What are you going to store on that, the entire world? And then what?

Nowadays you take a picture with your phone, that's 5mb. XD