trav1085 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 (edited) Lots of us have been computer users for many years. And we are probably using XP, Vista, Linux, Mac OS X 10.4/10.5 today. But remember back, what was your very first operating system that you used? Or remember using most. I'll say that mine is Windows 98 SE. I just remember in 1998 and until late 2005 I was using 98 on my many, many different PCs (Compaqs and other brands I don't know if exist anymore). It was reliable and I only switched to XP (Mac OS X 10.4 and Vista know) because I got a new Dell. Remember, the OS you remember using most. It may have not been the exact first but the one you remember is fine. Sorry about the very long poll Edited December 13, 2006 by trav1085 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 The first computer I ever touched was a Commodore 64, then the Macintosh's in computer classes in elementary school but my first real OS would be Win95 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-254044 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bikedude880 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 The first computer I ever touched was a Commodore 64, then the Macintosh's in computer classes in elementary school but my first real OS would be Win95 Lol... so you're my long lost twin. Commodore 64 -> System 8 -> Win 3.1 / 95 / 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / Vista -> OS X 10.3 -> OS X 10.4 -> OS X 10.5 My computer history Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-254046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 (edited) Lol... so you're my long lost twin. I was wondering what happened to you, I could never figure out why all the baby photos were ripped in half Edited December 13, 2006 by joe75 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-254049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBits Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 (edited) None of the above... my first one was Amiga workbench 3.1 after that was: Mac OS 7.6, 8, 9, win 95, 98, 2000, XP, OSX... few linux distros in between Edited December 13, 2006 by coolbits Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-254060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktear Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 I started using windows 3.x at school, Later I bought my first pc wich had win95 (Floppy Disk setup) Still, I feel that most of my early pc days was DOS based Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-254076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 First computer I used had punch cards for input and white and green computer paper for output. The following year, we had terminals with real CRT's to type at. A few years later, bought my first computer - a TRS-80. So, my first DOS was TRS-DOS later replaced by NewDOS and others for the TRS-80. Atari's, Commodores and finally the original 1984 128K Mac followed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-254143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
user2 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 The first computer we had in our home was the Osbourne executive "portable" dual 5-1/4 drives and sporting a 5" mono screen, CPM was the OS. The first one I personally owned was a commodore Vic-20 I don't remember what they called the OS. My Dad once showed a machine he used at work called th PDP11 it had a series of switched for binary input and it would spit out a tape with the punches. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-254152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddicus Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 I used apple IIe at school sometimes. the first I bought myself was a Mac Plus, got it broken and had to crack open the case and fix the power connection to the logic board. I had a few different boot floppies, the oldest was System 1.5 I believe, it was crazy. Eventually I sangged a massive 17.6 MB hard drive and got a free copy of system 6.0.8 from apple, they were giving it away because system 7 was out. 6.0.7 was requried to use my shindy new Style Writer printer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-254164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 System 7 Pro (System 7.1.1 with some goodies) was first OS sold by Apple. Up until then the System software was free. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-254167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSkywalker Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Well, the year was 1984 (1st year of primary school) and I don't really know what OS it was. But I do remember there was an Apple. And maybe there was an Apricot, too. Too foggy.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-254174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 it was 1993 when my dad came home with a computer a Amd386 (40hz of power) runing Dos. i guess it was the end of 1993(dont remember exacly) when we upgrade it to an Amd486 (60hz runing and with turbo on 100hz) with win3.11 for workgroup. Then in 1995 was the "boom" of Pc´s with Win95 .i guess you know the next Os´s that were release after. So i was born with microsoft tho i dislike them but in the past it was fairly good to me until winMe. Saludos greeetings Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-254211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Marvin Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 The first computer I used was my dad's Packard Bell Win 95. Since then, it has been a progression through the Windows. The first OS I owned was Tiger - lol I only got my Powerbook a year ago Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-254384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oregano Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 windows 95! yay! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-254387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 windows 95! yay! Me too i used it until xp was in sp2ish era (maybe sp1...) and then finally bought a new pc although that one could run xp (like {censored}...). and unlike most people never had a crash or anything in it (and i used it, alot.) did you joseafus (or anyone else for that matter)? and it was on 64mb ram 300mhz pentium (III i think...) not sure about harddrive space broke the front power button by pressing it too hard (had to leave it on and use the powersurge protector strip to turn it on/off) oh, and it is the most stereotypical beige box ever (although its white... but close enough) and on a pseudo off topic thing, really good thread trav1085, it was a good idea just as long as there is no fanboy flames (witch everyone has stayed away from so far ) :thumbsup_anim: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-254393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_muad_dib Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 zx spectrum >commodore64>amiga500>dos and... win 3.x is not an OS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-254410 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 zx spectrum >commodore64>amiga500>dos and... win 3.x is not an OS Cool! i love how you had a commodore64, my grandpa did! and what was the zx spectrum like? oh, and on the 3.x thing, heres what i googled and got. OVERVIEW Released in 1990, Microsoft Windows 3.0 was a revolutionary operating system for the PC as one of the most used GUI operating systems. Later Windows 3.1 was released in 1992 by Microsoft and was one of the first major PC GUI operating systems widely used. Windows 3.1 allowed users to utilize several features previously not available in MS-DOS. Some of these new features were the use of a mouse which allowed the user to navigate and manipulate data on the computer with one hand simply and easily and now did not have to memorize MS-DOS commands. In addition to the mouse, Windows now allowed the user to multitask, meaning the user could now run multiple applications at once without having to close out of each program before running another. Windows along with other GUI operating systems are one of the many reasons computers have become easier and more widely used. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-254423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
odrex Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Mac OS 7.5.1 when I got an Apple Performa 6116CD. Processor Type: PowerPC 601 Processor Speed: 60 MHz Standard Hard Drive: 700 MB Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-254431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenchicken Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 DOS 5... then 6.22, Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Win 95, Win 98, Linux, Win 2000, Win XP, Mac OS X... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-255521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 NONE of the above. Apple DOS for Apple II, did the Radio Shack Tandy TR80 Color have an OS? Then DOS, don't remember the version. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-255831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 NONE of the above.Apple DOS for Apple II, did the Radio Shack Tandy TR80 Color have an OS? Then DOS, don't remember the version. it used ether OS-9 or DECB (Disk Extended Color BASIC), but im not sure if DECB was a full os, but more than likely you used OS-9 on that Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-255848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonz14 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Aww, I remember my first OS, it was Windows 95, and the first application I ever used was a Monster Truck game. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-256035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostgame Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 The results tell us a lot about the average age of the people on this board. Also, DOS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-256103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
my1stmacisaHACK Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 mine is win 98... prince of persia man POP Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-256110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 DOS! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35703-what-was-your-first-operating-system/#findComment-256121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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