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Dell finds "Oldest PC"

Posted by Hemos on from the but-it-still-boots dept.

Alowishus writes "Dell's contest to find the oldest PC still in use has found a winner. It's a MITS Altair 8800b, being used by a lawyer, who has had it for 22 years. Dell's submitting it to a museum and giving the lawyer a bunch of modern hardware. "

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  1. Not the first PC by UncleRoger · · Score: 3
    I hate to nitpick, but...

    Shepard's old Altair, considered to be the world's first PCs,
    Bzzzt... Wrongo! Not even close. Go try for yourself at the Blinkenlights Archeological Institute's quiz on the first PC. I think you'll be surprised.

    As to trading a working Altair for $15K worth of Dell crap; I wouldn't even think of it. It's easily worth that much on eBay -- and you could buy a bunch of really good stuff for a lot less and pocket the change.

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  2. What they left out.... by DonkPunch · · Score: 3

    They packed the Altair in styrofoam and bubble-wrap and gingerly loaded it onto a Dell truck. The winner smiled as he looked around at his $15,000 in new hardware....

    ...then ran out of the office after the truck, screaming, "Wait! I've still got to get my data off that thing! WAIT!"

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