Love and PCs: Your first computer memories

First Days

My father always tells me the story of when I was not more than four years old and first began to use the computer. According to the legend, he showed me how to left-click and drag objects around. I then proceeded to drag every icon off of his desktop until it was completely empty, and then proudly showed him my work.

First PC

It was a Dell with a single-core Celeron and Windows XP from roughly 2006. I used that PC until 2012, and it ran Windows 7 when I retired it.

Later Years

There was a day, when I was not more than 9 years old, when I told my father I was bored. He proceeded to give me a boxed set of Visual Basic 6.0 and told me I might enjoy figuring it out. I did.

How did technology influence your childhood? Reply in the comments!

P.S. I'd love to hear from one of the children who grows up on Windows 10.