Thread: What was your first laptop ?

I got my first one in 2007. It was a Toshiba Satellite A105. I loved it and took good care of it. It looks modern even in todays standards. The screen was so crisp. It had media controls on the left side of the keyboard and a volume wheel. It was sure hard to get used to having no volume wheel after the motherboard died on me. I also liked the row of status lights on the bottom left of the keyboard bezel.

After the thing died 4 years later, I realized they are just consumables and you don't have to take very good care of them. The next Toshiba was a piece of shit. You could tell that they were getting out of the game. I feel like buying one on Ebay if they're still around. Just as a vintage item.

What a unit

I think her name was cherry or something like that back in the late 80s

1982. A ZX Spectrum I think - if you can call it a laptop.

First proper laptop was in the year 2000. I've still got it somewhere. I'll try and find it to see what brand it is. I can remember the cost - £1200. It was a good spec for the time.

IBM; can't remember model or year but it ran Windows 2000.

Was given to me by brother in law

I loved it.

Still use IBM (Lenovo)

Difficult to remember the exact name and model. I bought it while I was in Penang in 1996/97. I am pretty sure it was a Sony Viao but could have been an earlier model.

I never bought a Sony again.

Next laptops were Dells and I was very happy with them.

Next I bought a Toshiba, never again, preferred the now outdated Dell at the time.

Then I moved over to HP and have bought HP ever since. Not so keen on their cheaper models but the high end ones are pretty decent. Current one is a Z book with 32GB of RAM and has been pretty solid for several years now. Main reason for choosing is the mil spec allowing me to use it in silly high temperatures and humidity on the farm...still runs perfectly with ants marching out of every crook and cranny...and I can open up and upgrade or replace any item without losing warranty (although warranty has long run out now)

IBM Think Pad. Still have it in a cupboard but about to be tossed in the bin as I make the final move to TL.

Originally Posted by Neverna

1982. A ZX Spectrum I think - if you can call it a laptop.

First proper laptop was in the year 2000. I've still got it somewhere. I'll try and find it to see what brand it is. I can remember the cost - £1200. It was a good spec for the time.

1982???

1200 pounds for a laptop in 2000....sheesh

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

Sony Vios. I still have it but can't find the charger. It ran XP when I got it then I upgraded to Windows 7 I think? If I can find the charger I'll try fire it up one last time to recover some photos.

I had a mini HP thing for a while for travel.

2013 I got a Macbook Pro which lasted me 9 years until they stopped making updates. It became a dukebox in the bar until the lack of updates could no longer load YouTube properly.

Then I bought another Macbook Pro, why wouldn't I?

Sony Vios ended up being the slickest looking laptops out there for awhile. I had one for my 3rd laptop. 2011 to 2015. I still have it. But the hinge fuct up and cracked and went to shit. I have a charge cord for it.

I can't remember.

A little 12.1 inch Sharp that was the thinnest unit in 2001. Took that thing all over the world!

That thang was heavy.

DEll (Inspiron 1300, maybe). 2005-ish. About to set out traveling around the world with no intention of going back home or no idea where I might end up. 500 quid. 512gb. I remember feeling like King-Shit sitting in the departure lounge, it open on my lap, in Championship Manager bliss.

The trouble was. Lack of internet long term. For 2-3 years I would take a USB stick to internet cafes, download whatever, then insert into the lappy that was rarely connected to the net so no protection was ever updated. Not that it had anything but one antivirus anyway.

After 3 years it was so full of virus/malware/bloatware/spyware crap it had to be thoroughly deep cleaned with everything reinstalled.

Lesson learned.

Bought my first one from my company as surplus in about '91 or '92. No idea what is was or the specs.

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

IBM Think Pad.

That's the one

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

Still have it in a cupboard

Yep

Don't know if it counts but I had one marketed as a pocket computer in the early 1980s. It was a Sharp PC-1500 with a massive 4KB onboard memory, an external cassette tape recorder for additional memory and a 4 colour printer/plotter. It could be programmed in Basic, which was part of the fun. I had to throw it away because it used to make girls swoon in airport lounges around the world.

Or so I thought.

PowerBook 140 in 1993 used to teach myself statistics for the results I was collecting doing my fieldwork in Little Robbers Gulch near Baggs, Wyoming. Bought a PC once I got home to get the Bay Area and began writing my thesis. Between a real screen and time-share using a terminal emulator on an Unix workstation over a 9600 baud modem I never touched an Apple computer again.

Originally Posted by david44

In 70s had George 3 ICL under my palm

I'm not sure a 1900 mainframe can be classed as a laptop...

Originally Posted by Troy

I'm not sure a 1900 mainframe can be classed as a laptop...

Absolutely was a monster monitoring h eproles took up the suze of wimbledon tota power probbaly less than my Samsung and wifes iPhone

I prefeedr the griddle system by Texas steaks from friend at PX and grill with hot fraulein, curry wurst sauce or Shaslik , oh BAOR Being An Oversized Ranger with real Dunkel beer for pfennigs twas paradise off duty

Originally Posted by david44

In 70s had George 3 ICL under my palm, Hollerith cards and thise spinning discs you see in Bond
ZX81
Then around 97 a Tosh and a few others inFlorida Spain , many Macs and Tosh Acer, Dell and Sonys later my littel cell can do what took an entire room in 1970s
My Macbook air was ligh as a dreeam but many faults luckily I lived walking distance from theor Genius bar at Stockton and Market? in tthe BART area when in Oz had to schlepp all way from Hunter Valley Sydney, once here so little support in th esticks when apple locked me out , will neve rbuy ther products again, wife has an iPAD I have switched to OS do me until my final upgrade/re set

i'm going to read that again later

Never had a laptop. My iPad is good enough. Shoot …. Never had a phone either except the two times I’ve lived in Thailand. Two cheapie by the minute phones.

Originally Posted by Backspin

1200 pounds for a laptop in 2000....sheesh

Not bullshit, my Dell Inspiron (or similar) with 12GB RAM and running Windows NT cost around that in 1999/2000.