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- technically my dad's first computer, but let's not split hairs. The IBM Aptiva 2144, a 486 system which originally came with Windows 3.1. By the time I used it, it'd been upgraded to Windows 95.

Our original one is long gone, unfortunately - would love to get hold of another.

(Pic source: vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=580 )

Of course, my ACTUAL first computer looked a little more like this...

I don't recall what the model number was or anything; only that when you started it up, it said "WHAT do you WANT to PLAY??" in a very strange manner. Burned into my braincells, that one. I wanna say the mascot was a little robot dude with an oval-shaped head, too.

@lunarloony she's a 'beaut! I grew up with its soviet brutalist older cousin - the 2133... a 486 SX-33 with 4 megs of ram.

absolutely wonderful machine for early 90s #DOS gaming. win95 ran like a lada.

@vga256 I remember spending every waking hour playing the shareware episode of Jazz Jackrabbit on this machine. Good times.

@lunarloony so this is from the last series of 'real' PCs then? Falsely remembered the PS/-Series as IBMs latest consumer-PC products. Always good hinting going on here :)

@kurth I guess so! It depends if you count the NetVista or not, think that was a bit later.

@lunarloony I have a lovely 2144, but it's a later model with a Pentium 120! I love the G40 monitor as well, mine works perfectly.

@yestergearpc I bet that is a delight to use! I'm not sure which model we had exactly - all I know is that my dad said it cost about £1,000 and that it was "top of the line". Then again, my dad does tend to exaggerate!

@lunarloony The 2144 chassis/model had several configurations over the period of 2-3 years. They started in the 486 era, and went through the pentium MMX era. I'm sure he bought it early on when the 486 was still king, and that price sounds about right!