Were you even Netscaping in 1994?

[nameraka]

The internet is the future, bro. 😶

Edited May 3, 2023 by nameraka

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

No. But I was in 1997.

[The_annoying_one]

I didn’t have the internet at all until like 1998.

And I think I started with IE. Never used Netscape.

[nameraka]

3 hours ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said:

No. But I was in 1997.

Dude. The internet was over by 1998. You practically missed it.

[nameraka]

2 hours ago, The_annoying_one said:

I didn’t have the internet at all until like 1998.

And I think I started with IE. Never used Netscape.

Honestly, I don't really remember what browser we had. Either way it took 45 minutes to load a page.

[The_annoying_one]

7 minutes ago, nameraka said:

Honestly, I don't really remember what browser we had. Either way it took 45 minutes to load a page.

My phone still takes 45 minutes to load some pages. 😟

Should have a laptop pretty soon, though. 🙂

[Gemini]

3 hours ago, The_annoying_one said:

I didn’t have the internet at all until like 1998.

And I think I started with IE. Never used Netscape.

This, except we had AOL.

[The_annoying_one]

9 minutes ago, Gemini said:

This, except we had AOL.

Don’t think I’ve ever used AOL either.

[[classic swim]]

Started with my personal computer in 2002-2003. 

I got to use Monk-E-Mail later down the line so it wasn’t a complete loss.

[Gemini]

4 hours ago, The_annoying_one said:

Don’t think I’ve ever used AOL either.

I liked it, personally. But then again, I was in high school and thought the fact I could chat with people on the other side of the world was awesome!

Of course, when we discovered about five or six year later that we didn't have to rely on AOL, the whole world opened up tremendously, because AOL, while great when you're first discovering the possibilites of the internet, ended up becoming archaic when all you needed was just an internet connection and a web browser.

Edited May 3, 2023 by Gemini

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

5 hours ago, The_annoying_one said:

Don’t think I’ve ever used AOL either.

When ever you were talking with tech support with whatever issue, did the techies ever congratulate you for never having used AOL? That happened to me on more than one occasion. 😄

[The_annoying_one]

2 minutes ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said:

When ever you were talking with tech support with whatever issue, did the techies ever congratulate you for never having used AOL? That happened to me on more than one occasion. 😄

I’ve never actually talked to tech support either. 😂

My dad worked with a guy who was a computer whiz. He handled all of our computer problems for us, free of charge.

[DragonSinger]

10 hours ago, nameraka said:

The internet is the future, bro. 😶

I loved Netscape so much back in the day because it was the first time I experienced a page loading nearly as soon as I clicked on it and that shit was magical.

6 hours ago, Gemini said:

This, except we had AOL.

The rage I'd feel when after taking forever to connect to the internet, someone would call and bounce me off. 

[Gemini]

33 minutes ago, DragonSinger said:

I loved Netscape so much back in the day because it was the first time I experienced a page loading nearly as soon as I clicked on it and that shit was magical.

The rage I'd feel when after taking forever to connect to the internet, someone would call and bounce me off. 

We had a separate landline when we first got it so we didn't have that issue. My issue was my brother being online at the same time I wanted to get on. Now that was pretty annoying.

[Seight]

My first PC was a Gateway with Windows ME.

[scoobdog]

1 hour ago, Seight said:

My first PC was a Gateway with Windows ME.

My bro had one of those!  I still have the Boston Acoustic speakers that came with it.

[The_annoying_one]

1 hour ago, Seight said:

My first PC was a Gateway with Windows ME.

I don’t have a clue what my first PC was.

 I can still somewhat picture it, but no idea on the brand or specs.

[DragonSinger]

My first computer or well family computer might have been an Amiga. That looks closest to what I remember.

[Gemini]

Ours was a Daewoo that had Windows 95 on it. We bought it a few months before Win98 was released. (Dad with his legendarily bad timing, of course. lol) (Well, it was branded as a Daewoo, anyway.) The first computer that was actually for me was an HP laptop bought for me by my grandfather for college (my first attempt at college, anyway), and it had Windows ME, which required DOS, on it as well. It was serviceable for what I needed it for at the time, but it quickly became outdated a year later when Windows XP, which didn't require DOS, came out.

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

My first computer that was actually "mine" was a Toshiba Laptop with Windows 95.

Long before that my family had an Apple II GS.