November monthly poll

[boredom113]

Yeah....im only 15...so ive pretty much been using computers....forever...lol......

[Jonas Wauters]

I don't really know how old I was but it was somewhere between 4 - 8 years
Sow I went for the category 6-8 years.
My first  Internet connection was true Windows Messenger.
I started with developing my computer skills (next to just the basics) 6 months ago.
When I joined CH.
I started with a question and I stayed till now.
I've learned almost everything I know on CH.
And I'm really thankful to all you guys for teaching me everything I know(about PC' and correcting my English). And especially Nathan for starting this wonderful site and helping me out to.

Jonas

[Zylstra]

I was either 4 or 5 years old when I first used a computer, it was our house computer.

Our very first computer crashed at an early age, so I don't remember the specs at all. Our second computer, which worked much better (since it wasn't broken ) was an IBM Model 30, had 2MB of RAM, an unique keyboard (see below*), 80MB HDD, and Windows 3.1 for Workgroups on it. (I think it came from my brothers school)
See picture (not my picture, but almost exactly like it) http://mastodonpc.tripod.com/personal/images/8530-h31.jpg
Similar specs (not quite the same)
http://mastodonpc.tripod.com/personal/8530-h31.html
Edit: Mine isnt quite as new as the one linked to above


*
The keyboard looks EXACTLY like this one:
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/img/2007/04/ms_interview/ibm_kb.jpg
BUT, the IBM logo is on the right side, which is VERY hard to find in that model of computer (its also not a tilted logo, its just a silver square with IBM written in it)
(Similar to this logo: http://wotsit.thingy.com/haj/images/ibm-keyboard-1.jpg but on the right side)

[mavmin]

Technically, since I did keypunch work for a UNIVAC 1050-II in the USAF I guess I was maybe 19 or so but my first real work with a Word Processor and PC was not until I was 34.  Now I am getting close to retiring from an IT career at 56.  I'm come a long way baby from 8 in floppies to an 8 GB thumb drive.  DUDE!  I'm gittin' old!!!!

[Miramikhail]

I was 24  years old when I used computer first time in work .I do not remember the type I think it was NEC work with Dos and floppy disk 5.25 inch. I used  Louts 123 Ms word and a program called Mifes it was a Japanese program for data base
Then my home computer with windows 3.1and another with windows95 so on…
Now I am trying to learn Linux

[michaewlewis]

My dad bought a 80/88 IBM PC for his business when I was about six years old. It had a nice old green screen and two 5 1/2 floppy drives. No hard drive, you had to load MS-DOS 4.0 in one floppy drive to boot the computer and then another programs floppy in the other drive to do anything else.
I remember playing games on gwbasic like nibbles, pango, space invaders, and castle. Wow, those were the days. Oh, and Willy the Worm....

[patio]

Willy the Worm.....

[michaewlewis]

Willy the Worm.....

Did you ever play that game?

[patio]

Step Back in Time...

[michaewlewis]

Step Back in Time...

Thanks patio!!!

[cool.intelli.]

For the month of November we thought it would be interesting to see at what age you first started using a computer. You're also welcome to mention what you did when you first started using a computer, what type of computer you started on, etc.

All past monthly polls and results can be found on the Computer Hope poll page.

[dairyman]

The first computer I used was an IBM with Windows 98.

[Mutinda]

Hey, i used a computer way back in 2003. My friend was introducing me to yahoo mail and liked to hear the WWW.xxxxxx.com. I had such a great interest in computers that in 2005 i joined a college and studied a diploma in IT. In 2003 i could sit on a machine and access my yahoomail on my own. What annoyed me was the fact that there were 4 and 5 year old kids 10* better than me, while i was 21 , and the little knowledge about comps had gotten it from that friend of mine who taught me how to move the cursor with the mouse, and simple operations. I felt 

[boo]

lol, like boredom113, im only 16.
im quite proud to say that i had broadband b4 nearrly all my friends. thats the best i can come up with 
 started using computers very early on i think although we cudnt really afford stuff like that. we bought it anyway!!!

[michaeldadmum]

I first used a computer at about 4 year old and the PC was running Windows 3.1
I started to write programs when I was in form 2