My first was my mum's old work PC - she took it home when she was upgraded, then gave it to me about Jan 2003. It was, I think, identical specs to JU_88's first.
Then at the back of 2003 I got a laptop, Acer Aspire blah blah. It was ok, but crap for gaming so then in 2004 I bought a Medion PC -
2.66 GHz P4 processor
ATI Rage Pro 128 Mb (later updated that year to Nvidia FX5700 graphics card (with free Far Cry), later upgraded in 2005 to ATI X800XT)
1 Gb DDR 333 RAM (upped to 2 Gb, then 3Gb)
XP Home, then Pro.
Donated to stepson, still working.
2010 - now, I've a custom built (through work) PC
Xigmatek Utgard case
Gigabyte EP41-UDL3 (not overclockable!) Mobo
Core2 Duo E7500 2.93 GHz processor
GTS250 1 Gb graphics card (upgraded to GTX560Ti OC)
4 Gb DDR2 800 RAM
Win 7 Pro
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