Rise and fall of the machines
Inspired by this thread - http://typophile.com/node/46896 - please document your contribution to Chinese land-fill and other old computer graveyards.
Dezcom... “I tend to keep mine for several years. I bought my first computer in 1989. I am on my 3rd right now and I expect at least 3 more years out of it. I gave my old ones to schools.”
22.Jul.2008 9.16am
1982 to today…
ZX81 – sold it via newspaper ad
Vic20 – sold it via newspaper ad
BBC Micro – sold it via newspaper ad
Sinclair Spectrum - gave it back to my employer
Amstrad 664 – traded it for a desk
C64 – gave it back to my employer
Atari ST – gave it back to my employer
Home-built 286 PC – got turned into…
Home-built 386 PC – at home in England (used this while at Reading)
MS-owned… 2nd hand Toshiba Satellite Pro 1 – “recycled”
MS-owned… Toshiba Satellite Pro 2 – “recycled”
Home – Compaq desktop - in the garage
MS-owned… Dell Laptop #1 – destroyed
MS-owned… Dell Laptop # 2 – destroyed
Home – HP desktop - in use
MS-owned… Toshiba Tablet – ready to be retired
MS-owned… 2nd hand Toshiba Laptop – ready to be retired
IBM Lenovo T60P – current machine
Have had a few 2nd hand, desktop, test and loaner machines during this time not included in list.
22.Jul.2008 9.31am
Since early 80s
Radio Shack TRS80 - sold in garage sale
IBM PS/1 - sold to sucker graduate student
Toshiba laptop - sitting unused on a closet top shelf
Dell Dimension 4100 - donated to church-based refurb program
Apple Mini - current home machine
Work machines - Apple MacBooks, new version in 02, 05, 08, no idea what they do with the old ones.
22.Jul.2008 9.32am
Oh no, people are going to think that I’m some sort of eco-monster because of the Apple purchasing habits I mention in the thread that you linked to starting this talk :(
Well, I may be an eco-monster, although not because of this. I also don’t have a car, and have been commuting with public transportation to and from work or school everyday since 2002 (with the exception of my year in Reading… here, I walk to school).
As for my four laptops and two iPods since 1999…
1. When my first laptop died I sold it to a repair shop (who wanted to take it apart) for $100. So I hope that many of the parts got reused and not thrown straight away.
2. When so many parts of my second laptop died, I gave it to my mother, who had much of it repaired at her own costs, and now she uses it as a stationary machine.
3. My third laptop still hasn’t died! It lives in Berlin, being periodically used.
4. I’m still using my fourth laptop every day ;-)
As for my first iPod, well, that probably is in a landfill somewhere. My second iPod is safe and sound, right next to me.
From 1995–1999 I had a desktop Performa. This never got thrown away. It lives inside a closet still at my parents’ house.
22.Jul.2008 9.52am
Going back to Jnr High...
C=64 (still runs!)
PowerMac 7200 (Bought in college. Still Runs!)
PowerMac G4 Tower (Still Runs!)
Handful of Compaq Servers (long since recycled)
TiBook (screen died, donated to brother)
MacBook (for me, main computer)
MacBook (for wife, her computer)
MacMini (for the kids)
Treo/Palm Handheld (laying around somewhere unused)
Sony Handheld (inherited, laying around somewhere unused)
10gb iPod rev. 1 (laying around somewhere)
160gb iPod classic (my main iPod)
iPod Mini (wife’s)
HP Desktop something-or-other (my main windows machine)
Playstation (roomate took it)
Playstation II (sat mostly unused, donated to sis-in-law)
Nintendo Wii (fun!)
Out of all the above, I think only the iPod and Wii are the computers I truly enjoy using anymore.
22.Jul.2008 10.54am
Love lists :-) From 1990 till now (and only Apple stuff) ...
Mac LC (pizzabox) with 12” Apple crt (sold to my brother in law)
Centris 610 with 14” Apple ctr (sold to can’t remember who)
iMac Bondi Blue (sold to a colleague)
iMac DV Graphite (sold to another colleague)
eMac (now my wife’s computer for e-mail and surfing)
MacBook Pro (in use) with (recent:just bought it today :-) an Apple 23” Cinema HD Display
iPod 3rd gen (still in use)
iPod Shuffle (in use by my youngest son)
iPod Nano (in use by my wife)
iPod Nano alu (in use by my oldest son)
iPhone G3 (recent)
22.Jul.2008 7.22pm
From 1990, PC only, all assembled, I learned this from my uncle and my father.
1. Assembled AT8088 5 1/4 diskettes only. Owned by my father but intensively gamed by me.
2. Assembled 286 with 2 mb of RAM. Also owned by my father, made first homeworks on it.
3. Assembled 386 with 8mb of RAM. Father owned, first contact with color screen.
4. Assembled 486 with 32mb of RAM. Father owned, first contact with corel draw and sound.
5. Pentium II with 128mb of RAM. Bought for graphic design school.
6. Pentium IV with 256mb of RAM. Second school computer.
7. Celeron 2.66 ghz 2gb of RAM. Bought a couple of years ago for work.
Number 1 to 5 are catching dust on boxes. 6 is being used by my parents and every time I visit them I have to clean and fix the software. 7 is the one I’m typing on and will remain active at least for a year and a half.
Héctor