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My family's first computer was a Gateway 2000. 486 25Mhz SX (no math coprocessor). Was worried it would have trouble running Wing Commander, but it ran just fin
by crabasa 11y ago
My family's first computer was a Gateway 2000. 486 25Mhz SX (no math coprocessor). Was worried it would have trouble running Wing Commander, but it ran just fine. I was sad to see the company go by the wayside, but they were victims of the PC industry's commoditization.
- rhowell 11y agoMy first computer was the very same! I remember it had an optional external cache; it was 128kb for $200+ I believe. I doubt I'd be where I am today if my parents hadn't given in and surprised me that Christmas. The view sonic monitor passed away, but the computer is still ticking at my folks place.
- crabasa 11y agoDitto. I learned how to program Basic and Pascal on my Gateway. It was also the device that I connected my first modem to. First Prodigy, then AOL, then this weird little thing called the World Wide Web.
- ronyeh 11y agoWow, a bunch of us must have had the same computer. Mine even came with a 1X CD-ROM. Unfortunately I found out the hard way that my copy of 7th Guest didn't run well on it. The animation was super choppy, since it recommended a 2X CD-ROM... :-( I don't recall if I was able to return the boxed software to the store. Luckily, Microsoft Encarta and Microsoft Dinosaurs, which came with bundled with my Gateway 2000, ran fine.