Serious Discussion

**LeftEyeNine** · 03-03-2008, 02:31

Discuss or die.

**CountArach** · 03-03-2008, 03:49

I want one :o

**Whacker** · 03-03-2008, 03:55

Worst. Thraed. Evar.

My first HDD was 80 meg.

**LeftEyeNine** · 03-03-2008, 04:01

Originally Posted by Whacker

Worst. Thraed. Evar.

My first HDD was 80 meg.

If only I could compete.

**Ramses II CP** · 03-03-2008, 04:05

Factory rebuilt no less!

My first computer didn't have a hard drive.

**Lemur** · 03-03-2008, 06:23

When I finally got old enough to buy my own computer, and not just mooch off other people's, I went crazy and got a 20 meg hard drive. I was styling, yo!

**Gregoshi** · 03-03-2008, 16:59

When I first entered the working world at the end of 1981, I was system admin for a PDP-11 mini-computer with four 28mb hard drives. The disk platters were about the size of a medium pizza. Each drive was a standalone unit a little smaller than a washing machine. I did some system activities with mag tapes and a reel-to-reel mag tape drive. Lying around the computer room were a few rolls of paper tape, but the reading/writing mechanism was long gone. And behind a filing cabinent was a stone tablet, hammer and chisel...

**Caius** · 03-03-2008, 23:18

I think my first HD was of 200 MB, or 500 MB. Pwnt.

**Vladimir** · 03-04-2008, 02:55

I need a link. I couldn't find it on Amazon. I MUST HAVE IT!!!

**TinCow** · 03-04-2008, 15:40

MY HDD size progression:

None (Apple IIGS 2.8mhz)
25mb (286 12mhz)
40mb (386 20mhz)
80mb (486 33mhz)
400mb (486 133mhz laptop)

From then on, I started upgrading drives to larger sizes (including the laptop), instead of sticking with the stock model, so the list becomes useless. I do remember my father talking about how 25mb was more than enough space for us and that we wouldn't need more. Then I got Wing Commander 2.

**Caius** · 03-04-2008, 21:04

With 640 KB of RAM you will be able to do everything - Bill Gates

**caravel** · 03-05-2008, 18:24

I started out with a 286 with 1MB of RAM, 20MB HDD and a mono monitor (amber) and moved on from there. I'd say that on the whole I upgrade less frequently these days even though hardware is much cheaper than it used to be.