chrismac, I still have one of those Atari 65XE and a 130XE both working.
My first computer besides an Atari 2600 Game Console was a Commodore 64 and later 128. I then went to an Atari 800XL then 130XE with 512K RAM I added. Those were the fun days typing in everything and waiting for games to load!
After that I went to the Atari ST as I could not afford any Mac at the time, young and broke! Then I went on to the Amiga and stuck with that for a long time. I did not get a Mac for 4 more years and then it was a used Plus that a good friend gave me for helping him with his Mac SE.
I started with Atari 1040ST and a Laser printer back in 89 - i bought them used without realising what the difference was between a Dot Matrix and a Laser
Mac Specs: Mac Pro 2 x 2 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon, Mac OS 10.5.2
*sigh* Why is it every new user here feels the need to start a poll that has been posted many times in the past already?
Oh yes, my personal first was an Amstrad 80088. Before that, the "family" had an Apple Adam (which never, ever, got used) followed by a Commodore. My Amstrad purchase was spurred by the failure of the Commodore to meet my needs for college, which I warned my mother in advance that it wouldn't do. Instead of listening to me, she listens to my much younger brother who was in grade school. *sigh* And Rodney Dangerfield thought HE got no respect...
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Mac Specs: iPod Nano 4gb, 20" 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB of ram, ATI HD 2600 pro
Hmm well my family has owned many down the years, if you call getting one as a gift then that would be about 8 years ago on xmas(man that was a long time ago!) But for one I purchased myself that would be last November( My pretty sexy 20" iMac.)
