My first computer. My first computer. My parents bought the first computer for me and my sister when I was at fifth grade of a school. That was pretty cool for that ancient times and that computer was

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My first computer. My first computer. My parents bought the first computer for me and my sister when I was at fifth grade of a school. That was pretty cool for that ancient times and that computer was really powerful. It had Pentium 3 processor, 128Mb of RAM and 16MB of video memory which was crazy. Also, it had amazing 20GB hard drive. Much later the most part of that space was reserved with gigantic Sims Magin' Magick game for my sister :) There was not so much software installed at first: a couple of games and some graphics apps for my father's work. Among them was 3ds max (at that time – 3d Studio Max 3) and it was so interesting that I started to learn it. I had a book and plenty of time but didn't know what vertex or vector are or even how does XYZ coordinate system work. It was so fun to learn all of that and make simple 3d scenes. Later on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone game partly replaced my new hobby, but from that time I've already knew that computers are great, that you will never feel boring with them and there is so much to learn and to know about them. And now, almost fifteen years later, I'm a programmer. What a coincidence.

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My first computer.

My first computer.
My parents bought the first computer for me and my sister when I was in fifth grade of a school. That was pretty cool for such ancient times, and that computer was really powerful. It had a Pentium 3 processor, 128MB of RAM, and 16MB of video memory; which was crazy! Also, it had an amazing 20GB of hard disk-drive space. Much later the most part of that space was consumed by the gigantic Sims Magin' Magick game for my sister. :)
There was not so much software installed at first: a couple of games and some graphics apps for my father's work. Among them was 3ds max (at that time, 3d Studio Max 3) and it was so interesting that I started to learn it. I had a book and plenty of time but I didn't know what a vertex or a vector were, nor even how the XYZ coordinate system worked. It was so much fun to learn all of that and to make simple 3d scenes.
Later on the "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" game partly replaced [or "displaced"] my new hobby, but from that time on I've already known that computers are great, that you will never feel bored with them and that there is so much to learn and to know about them.
And now, almost fifteen years later, I'm a programmer. What a coincidence.

My first computer.

My first computer.
My parents bought our first computer for me and my sister when I was in fifth grade of a school. It was pretty cool for that ancient times and that computer was really powerful. It had a Pentium 3 processor, 128Mb of RAM and 16MB of video memory which was crazy. Also, it had an amazing 20GB hard drive. Much Later the most part of that space was filled with the gigantic Sims Makin' Magick game for my sister :)
There was not so much software installed at first: a couple of games and some graphics apps for my father's work. Among them was 3ds max (at that time – 3d Studio Max 3) and it was so interesting that I started to learn it. I had a book and plenty of time, but didn't know what vertex or vector were or even how the XYZ coordinate system worked. It was so fun to learn all of that and make simple 3d scenes.
Later on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone game partly replaced my new hobby, but by that time I learned that computers are great, that you will never feel bored with them and there is so much to learn and to know about them.
And now, almost fifteen years later, I'm a programmer. What a coincidence.
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Lovely story, thanks. It is always very interesting for me to hear of how someone was first inspired to their work or some project they work on. It is always a little .. mysterious..... (PS your then PC specs seem similar to mine today. I have no intention to upgrade, though, as the comp does what I want it to, sometimes)

nice story ! :)

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