Perhaps it's related to what age you were when that particular computer caught your attention. I don't have any attachment to any hardware that came out after I

Perhaps it's related to what age you were when that particular computer caught your attention. I don't have any attachment to any hardware that came out after I was 18 or so. But my parents bought the Compaq Presario 5030 when I was like 10, and even looking at a picture now fills me with excitement. A computer could not be less important to computing in general: A bog standard mid market Pentium II from one of IBM PC clone companies. But to me it represents my first connection to the internet, and a huge part of what grew into my identity. Perhaps you'd feel the same way about a machine or tool or toy that you used when you were 10?