On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Thayer Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Jan de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Fri, 2008-10-17 at 09:55 -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote: >>>> LOL, did they even make P2 laptops? I imagine they'd be huge and heavy >>>> by today's standards >>> >>> Hey, don't shit on P2 laptops! I became maintainer while I was using a >>> P2 366 as laptop! And no, it wasn't heavy, it was quite lightweight with >>> its 800x600 screen and 3-4 hours of battery life. >>> >>> BTW: I could compile packages and watch xvid rips at the same time >>> without framedrops on it without having an XV-accelerated videochip. >> >> The first laptop I ever bought was a P4 :) >> > > That really shows your age...or lack of =) > > Granted, my first (and only) notebook is a dual core *ahem*, but hey > my first workstation was an Amiga 1000. Ah, those were the days! I > remember carrying buckets of floppy games uphill both ways. > Barbarians...Pirates...Ports of Call *sob*
Hey man, my first computer was a 486! I think it was 66 MHz. Then I upgraded to a Pentium 233 later. I even played Everquest on the 233 for a long time. Next I think I bought a 866 P3. And then we hit the P4 range. For the record, I didn't get "my first laptop" until I was out of college...