alt Hacker NewsThey stick with you. I remember our first family computer well (an Acer 486 with 40MB drive and 32MB RAM.)
Same for my first computer I built myself out of a TigerDirect order. Made a few mistakes there (K6 generation.)
Having these computers was such a change in our lives that they should be somewhat indelible memories.
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crumpled • yesterday at 5:07 PM
TigerDirect? Wow. How did I forget the first place I used and instantly maxxed a credit card? I would look through that catalog right now if I had it.
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>an Acer 486 with 40MB drive and 32MB RAM.
32MB ram <-- no way. 4 and 8MB were the standard (8MB being grand), you could find 16MB on some Pentiums. So 40MB drive and 32MB RAM is an exceptionally unlikely combo.
32MB become norm around Pentium MMX and K6(-2).