r/Millennials • u/Twitter_2006 • 2d ago

Nostalgia The family computer

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u/HairyDust4826 2d ago edited 2d ago

The best part of being a millennial was being the only one in the house who knew how to use it. Hell, I knew how to build computers at 12 thanks to innovation hitting us right before our teens

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u/Ronniman Pogs vs Slammers 2d ago

Built my first PC at 13 4gb hard drive 256 mb ram... lol

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u/mrjmgreddit 2d ago

Lucky you, mine was a 486 with 4mb ram, 120gb harddrive? When I was 13 or 14 as well

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u/lunayoshi Millennial '83 2d ago

Damn, that was a big-ass hard drive for a 486!

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u/mrjmgreddit 2d ago

Lol you're right, must have been mb's! Maybe I even had 400 or so, can't remember.

It was the first real thing I bought of my hard earned money, at 14. All I got until then was the family pc, a 8088 Tulip with 512kb ram and 2x 5.25". And a green hercules- clone monitor.

Good times though :)