I'm afraid to take that Geek test!

[robby]

I ordered a new computer online yesterday. It's a Dell 1.8 Ghz P4, with a large, fast hard drive and a nice video card. In the past, I've always built my own computers, but it was CHEAP (about $700), and I couldn't have built it for that price. My first computer was an IBM with a 8088 processor that I boosted from 4.7 Mhz to about 6 Mhz. It originally had only 2 floppy drives, the large 5-1/4" ones, and 640K of RAM. I had a 1200 baud modem, and was online before there was an internet. I was a member of a bbs, and we used to remotely link our computers to swap files. I used it, upgraded it, and felt so cool when I bought a used 386-DX20. Over the years I've accumulated a lot of computer hardware, and everything I've saved is now obsolete. I have an old Apple Lisa, (pre-Macintosh) that is actually becoming a museum piece.

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[twgan.livejournal.com]

I still remember our Apple II computer... I never could figure out how to use the casette tapes.

Cassette Tapes

[robby.livejournal.com]

Yes, that first IBM I had connected to a cassette tape recorder, and you could save and load programs that way, because there was no hard drive. It also booted up in BASIC, if you didn't put a boot disk in the A drive. All this geekyness led to me starting my present business.

Go ahead, take the test !

[ankh156.livejournal.com]

You may be reassured.

(I'm 29% geek - disappointed !)

[lolamontez.livejournal.com]

did i fuck up? i helped my dad get a computer, i ordered a dell 1.6Ghz P4, 256, 40HD, 16MB ATI Rage car, 17" monitor, 16xDVD Rom, and all the other usual junk, with a free printer (big whoop), 6 months MSN internet access (whatEVer), and a 1 year warranty.

so it's okay, not the greatest, but it should do, since we can upgrade the RAM, but it cost $1,100, including shipping. did i do my daddy wrong?

Daddy should be proud of you!

[robby.livejournal.com]

You got more stuff than I did, for about $400 more.I don't need a monitor (that's what I sell), and I only have 128 Ram (I can load it up cheaper on my own), and got the CD, but not DVD. I was able to get shipping for free, but not a printer. I splurged on the fast processor, the 40 Gig Hard Drive and and a 32MB video card.

Anny the tranny stalker sez:

[(Anonymous)]

Daddy's eyes are probably going
You should have gotten a 21 inch monitor