-VOTE- How old were you when you first used a computer?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by GreenGambler, Nov 10, 2007.

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At what age did you first use a computer for a task?

  1. 3 or younger

    5.4%
  2. 4-6

    13.3%
  3. 7-10

    39.8%
  4. 11-13

    14.5%
  5. 14

    3.6%
  6. 15

    3.0%
  7. 16

    3.0%
  8. 17

    1.8%
  9. 18-25

    11.4%
  10. 26 or older

    4.2%
  1. anions

    anions Notable Member

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    #41
    7-10 FTW :D

    It was in me dads office and I played Alan Border Cricket in DOS :D:D

    I remember jumping on me seat when he said - "..and this is called the mouse" :p
     
    anions, Nov 11, 2007 IP
  2. harris17

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    #42
    I was 9 when I first used one. We got one for our house and all I did on it was play Solitaire
     
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  3. 330td

    330td Well-Known Member

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    #43
    i used a computer when i was around 6-7 yo, i don't remember the computer name but the screen was black and the text green. Then i bought my first computer at 15yo
     
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    twistedspikes Notable Member

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    #44
    would have been when I was 7 or 8.
     
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  5. GreenGambler

    GreenGambler Notable Member

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    #45
    Your right, that does seem to be the most popular age brackett. I might have made the category too broad but I also think that is probably the average age at which kids starting using the computer nowdays.
     
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  6. victor78

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    #46
    Mine is around 18 when I enter my high school. I bought that pentium 3 computer with the money earned from my part time job.
     
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    #47
    hmm iwas starting use it at 14th
    little late i know but know im computer master hehehe
     
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    #48
    Yikes makes me feel old and out of date I was 43 :eek:

    lockie :eek:
     
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  9. getjimmy

    getjimmy Prominent Member

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    #49
    when i was 15 years old.
     
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  10. Katy

    Katy Moderator Staff

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    #50
    You will laugh but I got my first computer when I was 14..
     
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    #51
    at age 12! took up computers as a subject in school!

    it was a BBC micro, black and white monitor with a keyboard AND a 5 1/4 floppy drive!

    that was the whole apparatus :eek: running DOS

    no hard disk no mouse! :eek:,...

    M.
     
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    PHPGator Banned

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    #52
    I was probably 6 or 7 I imagine. I remember sitting at my dad's old computer and having "fun" typing in numbers. I know by the time I was 8 or 9 I would no longer had found that fun.
     
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  13. Hecky

    Hecky Like a Dungeon Dragon!

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    #53
    I could type our username on the PC before I could write :)
     
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  14. mammaw

    mammaw Peon

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    #54
    I was 28. One of my college instructors told me I probably wouldn't need any computer classes for my major. I majored in business with a minor in marketing! First day on the job after graduation, my new supervisior was out sick. The office manager showed me to my desk, handed me a note with my user and password scribbled on it and told me to "familiarize myself with the system...

    Luckily, there was a complete set of manuals on a nearby shelf. lol
     
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  15. Tranzemaniac

    Tranzemaniac Active Member

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    #55
    I was 15 and i use to goto internet cafe for watching Porn Sites :D !
     
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    #56
    from 11 years ago , my first computer , Dell
     
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  17. GreenGambler

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    #57
    Wow, I think that is going to become more common place in the coming years probably.. lol
     
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    #58
    I believe I was about 6 when I first started using a computer -- I had a few attempts at designing a business card for my father. I slowly but surely begun using the computer more and more often and wound up as a web developer (I was no good at marketing or anything, just the basics) at the age of 9. Beat that. :p
     
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    #59
    I guess I was like 16 then, when I first use a computer..
     
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    #60
    my first computer was when i was 12..

    but ive used my brothers computer when i was 7..

    :D
     
    zrohder, Nov 15, 2007 IP