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[coraa]

Another poll just for the sake of random curiosity....

Since I know people will ask: define 'computer' however you want to define it. For myself, I define it to exclude game systems (so, not NES, not that I had one) and single-purpose tools (so the Speak-n-Spell doesn't count ;) ).

EDIT: As several people have noted, I should have added an age question; since this was idle curiosity, I didn't think that far. Anyway, for reference, the average age of respondents so far seems to be 27-33, ish.

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Comments

[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

I'm betting the spike in the "computer that was mine" question is due to college...

[coraa.livejournal.com]

I'm betting you're right. That's when I got my first computer-of-my-own.

I'll be interested to see how different that is for the next generation. I might very well get a kid a computer of their own earlier, especially with the advent of cheap, sturdy things like the OLPC.

[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

Yeah- The next generation will be (is already) interesting. I'm now curious to see the stats for when people in our generation got their first cell phone vs. when kids these days (get off my lawn?) get their first cell phone.

[mbrubeck.livejournal.com]

I bought my first computer with money from my first summer job in high school.

[neonelephant.livejournal.com]

I got my first computer in high school, but that also falls into the 15-20 age bracket. It still runs, although the screen has been smashed to hell since I dropped it in college (this is the machine that's on day 4000+ of its 30-day trial of Paint Shop Pro 4 :-)