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After my previous PC bursting into flames when I changed my input voltage to 120v on the power supply my dad never bought me one again this happened when I was aged 12. I was so much in love with computers that I would visit my friends who had ones at home and not leave till their moms asks me to. I remember collecting my lunch money and buying a Pentium 4 mb for dog cheap at a local store and as soon as I plugged in the mb short-circuited and died (I had the other parts as I was scavenging the junk yard for them). I'll never forget the moment I burst into tears seeing my hopes for a PC dieing. So after all the years passing when I was 16 I spent my whole summer vacation working in a construction site doing so much heavy work. There were days that my body couldn't bear and I just fell but somehow by the end of that summer I managed to collect enough money to assemble this 3rd gen dual-core. This is my baby. I'm using it till this date.
**Sorry about the bad English

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  • 9
    Ah also destroyed a PC with the psu power switch one time. All my free money, just gone
  • 5
    Good Job men! Nice story
  • 2
    That's a nice mouse! The company I interned for makes it iirc.
  • 0
    I actually miss having a CRT monitor.
  • 4
    ++ For atom
  • 1
    Remind me my struggle for my first laptop.
    4 month continues working in call centre. Even on Sunday. 😅
  • 1
    Creds for not giving up!
  • 2
    @import-fun This brings back memories to me too.

    The first time was when I needed some sort of storage device for my C16, I literally crashed my piggy bank and poured $40 worth of coins on the desk of the local computer store, to buy a C1531 cassette recorder. I could finally save my code, I was so happy! :)

    A few years later, I worked all summer at a department store to buy my first Amiga and, in order to afford it, had a friend buy it aboard for roughly $100 cheaper than at home.
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    @TerriToniAX *abroad*, not aboard *lol* Have to blaim this specific typo on living on an island, we do buy a lot *aboard* too as it's tax-free, most of our liquor among other things.
  • 1
    Hey there. Share me your email id. I will help you to learn to code :)
    Touched by your story....
  • 1
    @avirajkhare00 aww thank you. E-mail : theloneguy64@gmail.com
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  • 2
    You have all my respect, what OS is it running though?
  • 1
    @simo002m windows 8 and Linux dual booted
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