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We had a PC, but I honestly can not remember when we got it, I want to say it was when I was a senior in high school?

I bought my first Mac when I went to college, it had a trackball and a black and white screen. I loved that thing.

I can picture it., but I can't think of what brand it was. I'm pretty sure it was an Apple. My parents used to print out Muppet Babies for me on the long, connected reams of paper?

We had an HP that was massive.

@sunny: I have no idea haha I was only one! I'll have to ask my dad sometime.

My Dad got an Acer and my Mom got a Compaq Presario around 1997/1998. I took the Compaq with me to college in 2003.

My parents both worked for computer companies, so I am not sure if it was IBM or the now defunct Digital Equipment Corporation. My earliest computer memory was at 5 or 6 when my mom added Ts across the top of a DOS screen for me to type on. The T was for my first name, but as a kid I thought all computers came like that.

In 6th grade we got our first color printer and that was really cool. My classmates were still using Kinko's.

Oh Yeah! Still remember the dial up tone and playing Where in the world is Carmen San Diego.

We had a computer for as long as I can remember. Our first was an IBM, I believe. I remember using DOS when I was 4, so that was 1988-89. We live in Silicon Valley, so my schools have always been stocked with Apple computer labs. I learned how to type (properly) in kindergarten.

I had an apple similar to OP but in college. Our family couldn't afford a regular computer so I saved until I bought one of those babies. I think it was around $1900 (or was it $900?). I had a big decision to either buy that or a Summer abroad trip to Guadalajara. As part of the decision making, I called a radio station during their Keep Me on the Phone contest. They said to buy the computer instead of pay for the trip because I was less likely to get a virus that way.