I felt like making a nerdy list. The computers I have owned.
BTW also worked with DEC 10, VAX, ICL mainframe – VME, IBM mainframe – System 390 and beyond, Solaris, Aix.
TI-99/4A. Talks BASIC. Peek and Poke to move you directly into its memory.
![Unboxing the History Behind the Texas Instruments TI-99 4A](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.retrothusiast.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F12%2FTI-994A-624x261.jpg&f=1&nofb=1)
Toshiba MSX computer HX-10AA. Failed MSX standard. Could already do a lot more with it.
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.msx.org/wiki/images/thumb/5/51/Hx10aa1.jpg/210px-Hx10aa1.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1)
Tulip PC compatible.
![https://i0.wp.com/www.homecomputermuseum.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/tulip-compact-2-museum-1920x1599.png?resize=1200%2C999&ssl=1](https://i0.wp.com/www.homecomputermuseum.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/tulip-compact-2-museum-1920x1599.png?resize=1200%2C999&ssl=1)
IBM PS2. Unimaginative bin. Dialed into the Internet with it for the first time. Via Compuserve.
![](https://i0.wp.com/niekdegreef.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-5.png?resize=400%2C318&ssl=1)
IBM Thinkpad 500. My first portable, in quotes. Thing weighed like lead.
![The IBM ThinkPad 500 was a subnotebook with a monochrome screen. Image via eBay](https://i0.wp.com/www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/_processed_/1/e/csm_s_l300_6f620aef42.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1)
IBM Thinkpad T20, T30, T41. All very good.
![ThinkPad T20. Images via ThinkWiki.org.](https://i0.wp.com/www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/_processed_/f/7/csm_T20_763bffd5f7.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1)
Lenovo T410. Na de verkoop van de PC divisie overgestapt op Lenovo.
![Lenovo Thinkpad T410 (2537-BU1) i5 520M 2.4Ghz 6GB DVD ...](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aiexports.co.uk%2Fwebsite-laptop%2Flenovo-thinkpad-t410-4gb%2Foptimized%2Fthinkpad-t410.jpg&f=1&nofb=1)
Lenovo T410
![Thinkpad T30](https://i0.wp.com/niekdegreef.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-6.png?resize=765%2C800&ssl=1)
Apple MacBook 2009. This was my first MacBook. Only then did I notice that the user experience of a Mac is so incredibly better than that of Windows. It also boots within 10 seconds, whereas my Windows machines always take over a minute or even (much) longer.
Apple Macbook Pro 2013.
By far the best of them all. Still performs top notch. Indestructible.
![MacBook Pro 13" 2013, 8GB 256GB SSD - Apple Bazar](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.letemsvetemapplem.eu%2Fbazar%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F05%2FIMG_6991.jpeg&f=1&nofb=1)
Lenovo Ideapad 510. Plastic device. Poor touchpad. But then again is by far the cheapest in the list.
![Lenovo IdeaPad 510S-14ISK 80TK0063MH](https://i0.wp.com/tweakers.net/i/iheJHokhF998c-wTe0mdxWIdTew=/fit-in/656x/filters:strip_icc():strip_exif()/i/2001139089.jpeg?w=1200&ssl=1)
HP EliteBook 1040 G3. Pretty robust and comfortable.
![](https://i0.wp.com/niekdegreef.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-7.png?resize=800%2C587&ssl=1)
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MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020). With touch bar. Could have left that out from me.
Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro.
![Lenovo IdeaPad 5i Pro Gaming PC 120Hz และ IdeaPad 5 Pro ...](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gizmochina.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F01%2FLenovo-IdeaPad-5i-Pro-14.jpg&f=1&nofb=1)
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