Today I finally assembled the long pending PC and installed Windows Vista. It has the following configuration, and guess what, I got it within INR 26,000/-
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H Mainboard
AMD Phenom X4 9550 Quad Core Processor
Hyundai 4 GB DDR2, 800 MHz RAM
Sony DVD RW, 20X, Dual Layer, LightScribe
Samsung 17" Widescreen TFT monitor
Seagate 750 GB SATA Hard Drive
iBall Cabinet, Mouse & Keyboard
And then I went back to 1995, when I used the first computer (used, not owned as I was told that price was more than INR 1,00,000/-). So I remember, it had the following configuration
Mainboard: Don't know
Processor: Intel 80386 running at 16 MHz
RAM: Probably 4 MB
Hard Drive: None
Flopy Drive: 5.25" (1.2 MB)
Keyboard: 86 keys
Monitor: 14" Monochrome
That time I used to believe that I was using the best computer available . It had MS-DOS 6.22 as Operating System and applications we used to run were WordStar 4.0, Lotus 123, GW Basic, LOGO etc, and I was so contented with that configuration, used to wonder, what will I do with so much space that still remained in one 1.2 MB floppy disk!!!
....and today, after assembling my latest PC, I am wondering, may be a better PC with higher configuration will be available at a lesser price by tomorrow.
