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What was your first ever CPU?

6502 BBC Model A (16KB memory and tape deck!)
6502 BBC Model B (32KB with 5.25" disk drive)
6502 BBC Electron
65C02 BBC Master
ARM2 Acorn Archimedes A310 (1MB memory, think it was 200MB HD too)
ARM3 (upgrade to the 310 along with new MEMC and 4MB memory)
ARM610 RiscPC
ARM710 (upgrade to RiscPC, 4MB IIRC also had a 486SX-33 co-processor for running PC apps in a window)
Intel Pentium III 300MHz
AMD Athlon T-Bird
AMD Barton (1GB memory)
AMD X2 4400 (still have at under the desk, last Windows box, 2GB memory and 1TB of drive space)
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz MacBook Pro (Nov07, which is what I'm typing on - 4GB memory, 120GB SSD)
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66GHz Mac Mini (Jan'09 will be kitted out with 8GB soon, 4.5TB drives space)
 
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Commdore VIC20
Commodore 64
Amgia A500 (bought from Germany cos it cheaper)
Intel Pentium 166mhz (1st use with Windows 95)
AMD Socket A (Barton, Thunderbird,Throughbred) - Athlon
AMD Socket 754
AMD Socket 939
AMD Socket AM2

now Im using AMD Socket AM3 -- Commodore was good one with lots of games Ive spend hours both C64 and Amiga were the best softwares... at School I used old Commodore PET, BBC model B, Apple and Atari for school work
 
Well I owned a ZX Spectrum and got a hand me down pentium PC years later. But the 1st one I bought with my own money was an AMD Athlon 64, 2ghz but Oc'd to a whopping 2.2ghz! :)
 
In terms of PC's, it was an LG 286 @ 12Mhz (which I then overclocked :D). Was the fastest 286 out there at the time as most were only 8Mhz lol (from what I remember). That was the house PC.

The first CPU I bought myself was a 486DX2 @ 66Mhz which was pretty much cutting edge at the time.


The first computer I had for me (it was a gift) was an Oric. So much better than a spectrum :-)
 
As a latecomer to the pc world my first cpu was an Athlon XP 1900+, went to a computer fair to grab everything I needed to put a system together, still recall grabbing the mobo, cpu, case, ram etc and feeling a rush then getting it home and putting it together. having it post and boot first time was a true joy.

had been into home computers for a while though, the first being a texas instruments Ti 99 4A
 
Although i didnt know it at the time it was a 486 SX 25mhz, it was inside this fat AT case that said collossus in front of it, it also had a keyhole for some reason heh.
 
Mine would be a Intel P1 75mhz and it played Descent so well :D
Also had a C64 and a IBM com but I can't remember what was in it :O
Then to a AMD K7 700mhz and my god was that an upgrade
 
First one used was as a sysadmin on a IBM ATE (286-12MHz, 512Kb, 20MB Disk) that ran a multi-user OS with 8 users.

First one I owned personally was a Pentium-90.
 
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