Share your first laptop story!

SHAD0WxF1R3 · March 31, 2023

Hey Guys!

Been a while since I last posted, oops.

As an update to my previous post a long while ago (Work and School = no play ) I was able to narrow down the info on my childhood laptop!

As nice as it is too know the model, it was soo uncommon that I will likely never find another.

I have a blurry photo that must have backed up from my ancient Samsung to Google (See Attached) when I was younger, and using that I was able to confirm the model!

It was a Sylvania Synet51601x in Dark Blue !!! (Or for my abroad friends, a Foxconn SZ901P.)

Unfortunately these were NOT popular in the US and are hard to find (I got mine new in box from a family friend back in the late 2000's as a Christmas gift).

Although I own a few PC's now that would make this look like an oversized calculator, I have been searching for one and desperately want one back for nostalgia and modding purposes.

(If anyone happens to come across one I would greatly appreciate the help!)

What interesting stories do you have about your first laptop or desktop?

PcBeExpensive · March 31, 2023

45 minutes ago, SHAD0WxF1R3 said:

Hey Guys!

Been a while since I last posted, oops.

As an update to my previous post a long while ago (Work and School = no play ) I was able to narrow down the info on my childhood laptop!

As nice as it is too know the model, it was soo uncommon that I will likely never find another.

I have a blurry photo that must have backed up from my ancient Samsung to Google (See Attached) when I was younger, and using that I was able to confirm the model!

It was a Sylvania Synet51601x in Dark Blue !!! (Or for my abroad friends, a Foxconn SZ901P.)

Unfortunately these were NOT popular in the US and are hard to find (I got mine new in box from a family friend back in the late 2000's as a Christmas gift).

Although I own a few PC's now that would make this look like an oversized calculator, I have been searching for one and desperately want one back for nostalgia and modding purposes.

(If anyone happens to come across one I would greatly appreciate the help!)

What interesting stories do you have about your first laptop or desktop?

I got my first laptop when I was 10. It was a shared family laptop but I used it the most for playing games (mostly roblox). Ran it for about 7 years before it started being weird. After a fresh windows install. Works like a charm. Still works today (been about 8 years now)

TylerD321 · March 31, 2023

My first laptop was a hand me down from my cousin. It was an Asus ROG laptop of some sort at 16 inch display and with a 660m gpu. I recall the model number being something along the lines of G##VW. He gave me the laptop because the charging port was broken and he got a new laptop, I had to pay like 150 dollars for the new charger port off of ebay and then have it installed. This was my first machine with a dedicated GPU.

ChaitanyaDS · March 31, 2023

My first Laptop was a Sony waio. I still have it, however, it randomly turns off and sometimes does not boot. it also does not hold any charge. My mother gave it to me after she got a Lenovo yoga in 2016.

ThatGuyJupe · March 31, 2023

15 hours ago, ChaitanyaDS said:

My first Laptop was a Sony waio. I still have it, however, it randomly turns off and sometimes does not boot. it also does not hold any charge. My mother gave it to me after she got a Lenovo yoga in 2016.

The first family laptop from when I was born was also a Sony VAIO, but one of the ones where all the buttons were a rubber strip. My dad had got it just so we had a computer. The wifi card must've went out because when we still used it I remember we had to use a USB Wifi adapter. It held tons of old pictures and videos that I've since gotten off and onto other more reliable means of storage. My first personal laptop was an Asus G14, which I used for school and gaming.