what age were you when you first used a computer?

January 25, 2011

Question by MadeInIreland: what age have been you when you 1st employed a pc?
Just wondering, due to the fact computer systems have often genuinely been right here given that ive been born. I 1st used a single when I went to college when I was about five.

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49 Responses to what age were you when you first used a computer?

Julie E on January 25, 2011 at 7:19 am

3

jules on January 25, 2011 at 7:43 am

5

Anonymous on January 25, 2011 at 8:23 am

IDK? elementary

Dr House on January 25, 2011 at 8:59 am

I first used one when i was 14. I’m 32 now.

silvs on January 25, 2011 at 9:56 am

I started when I was 6, but went hardcore on it when I was 10

ClaireBear on January 25, 2011 at 10:16 am

I used to play Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo when I was like, four. LOL I love that game.

mcgrathiv on January 25, 2011 at 11:16 am

4-ish

Bluberry-Muffin on January 25, 2011 at 11:17 am

I was probley around the same age. But i bet i didnt really know what i was doing lol

iWanna See You Dance on January 25, 2011 at 11:52 am

I was like 7 or 8 and I used this type-only computer to type a letter to my friend. It took me like half an hour to type a paragraph and I was like “Wow, I typed a lot!” lol

edit: No wait I was 5 and I was in Kindergarten and I had to play this educational video game

tingtown on January 25, 2011 at 12:09 pm

1985 commodore 64.

Naughty Nurse♥ on January 25, 2011 at 12:14 pm

What kind of computers? The first game I ever played was Super Mario on Nintendo.

KarlosCharlos on January 25, 2011 at 12:35 pm

at around 14… in Iraq.

girl. on January 25, 2011 at 1:21 pm

since i was really young, like 3.

tnuc_denots_gnikcuf on January 25, 2011 at 2:08 pm

i used a commodore 64 when i was 4 or 5 years old.

The Yeti on January 25, 2011 at 2:59 pm

I was in my early teens, but this was the early 1980s when computers were pretty rare, and the ones that were around didn’t actually do that much yet.

Astronomy is Physics on January 25, 2011 at 3:48 pm

when i was 6 1/2 i was really fascinated with computer and learn it very early

neiceywalker on January 25, 2011 at 4:19 pm

6 or 7 an Atari 2600 )

Will on January 25, 2011 at 4:53 pm

About 5.

Cheers
-Will

Sarah B on January 25, 2011 at 5:22 pm

i was born in 1986 and remember using a computer when i was in nursery aged 4!!!

Luckygirl on January 25, 2011 at 6:12 pm

wow! i can’t remember, but i think i was in 5th grade or so. my family had computers before most families did.

i can remember the first one i used was the vic 20. this was around the time of the “atari” days (todays version of xbox or nintendo). the atari was really lame.

good question by the way.

Pip on January 25, 2011 at 6:51 pm

Maybe 5 or 6.

smurfette165 on January 25, 2011 at 7:15 pm

I can’t remember how old I was. But my grade school got them when I was in the fourth grade. We played the organ trail game. Does anybody else remember that game?

- CRAZY PILLS 3 on January 25, 2011 at 7:58 pm

I was 7. Geez, that was back in ’94 I think. Wow…

I looked at porn too.

susannna_kaysen_420 on January 25, 2011 at 8:07 pm

probably 6 or 7. 1st grade

Silly Girl on January 25, 2011 at 8:47 pm

6 or 7….that was 1981…. we had one of the first Apples… with that terrrible green monitor….but very progressive at the time!!!

Jojo on January 25, 2011 at 9:45 pm

4

Pink Princess on January 25, 2011 at 10:17 pm

I don’t know about me but my second son is only 3 and has been using one since he turned 2.

shizzle on January 25, 2011 at 10:46 pm

18 – and since my dad was/is a tekkie, it was one of the first on the market! (yes, i’m VERY old!).

luckynumber5 on January 25, 2011 at 10:51 pm

when i was in the first grade and i was about 6 years old.

Happy Murcia on January 25, 2011 at 11:27 pm

About 21 back in the the early 80s,Commodore 64K

#1 Cards Fan☺ on January 26, 2011 at 12:19 am

I think I first used one in Kindergarten in 1993. I remember it had these crappy learning games on it.

Silver Wizard. on January 26, 2011 at 1:08 am

6.

♂♀ on January 26, 2011 at 1:57 am

When I first starting using computers,
I was taking my first communion classes,
so I’m guessing I was 9 or 10 years old.

My mom won a computer before that.
I was probably 5 or so,
but I had no idea how to use it
and I was never allowed to use it.
It was used by my parents and sister.

I’m 14 now.
And I’m addicted to my laptop.

Lindzey on January 26, 2011 at 2:33 am

8… But it was just typing and stuff.

No internet for me then.

Jenn:D on January 26, 2011 at 3:15 am

4. (:

ß¡ģ ζĦәәŠë on January 26, 2011 at 3:22 am

15.
But then – it depends what you define as a “computer”. The “PC” as we know it today, was NOT around in 1975. What I used WAS a computer but it looked nothing like what you know. There are NO screen (monitor) and I had to program it myself using a type of punch card.

The first computer I ever owned was the Commodore 64 and the TV was the “moniotr”

Cheese to you from Australia

*~*~*Erika-Marie*~*~* on January 26, 2011 at 3:33 am

I think I was 2 or 3, lol I remember playing Seseme Street and Barney and Barbie and Madeline Games on it for hOURS! lol

good times, Good times.

(and I’m 14 now.)

luv2seashore1 on January 26, 2011 at 4:24 am

I didn’t use a computer until I entered college at the age of 44 years old. I wasn’t privileged enough to own a computer but I am on my 3rd computer and love it. I am self-taught and now 60 and have become computer literate! I have had a cell phone for just a little over a year. Well you CAN teach and old dog new tricks!

Timothy L on January 26, 2011 at 4:37 am

24. And I’m 61 now. It was an IBM mainframe and we fed data in with punch cards !

Jessica on January 26, 2011 at 5:26 am

Probably about 6 or 7

thephilipinokidnotthefatkid(nico on January 26, 2011 at 6:22 am

idr but i remember using kidpix.

bookish on January 26, 2011 at 6:59 am

You all make me feel really old. I have to guess and say maybe in my early thirties? Somewhere in that age frame. I was taught how to use the keyboard but I don’t know the kind of computer it was. This was back in the early 90′s probably 1990. We used programs called DOS? Like I said, it was a really long time ago. I am still learning and loving it!

Ashy on January 26, 2011 at 7:15 am

11

Come,here-smile(: on January 26, 2011 at 7:52 am

About 7 to play on games and that.
Then 10 when i was allowed on the internet!

Andy on January 26, 2011 at 8:21 am

3/4

AhhhhKrap on January 26, 2011 at 9:02 am

19. At the plant. The guys would always bug me to dial up to AOL, download porn, and print it on the new fangled ink jet printer.

Baps . on January 26, 2011 at 9:05 am

7

Harry H on January 26, 2011 at 9:12 am

I think I was about 20 and it was at uni. It was an IBM 1620 with a massive 2k (sic!) memory and a removable hard disk of about 12 inches in diameter and four layers deep!. Mind you that was about 40 years ago!

Aliza on January 26, 2011 at 9:37 am

between the ages of 10-12