Personal Technology Acquisition - Chris Silvano

By silvanoc

  • Chris Silvano's Birth

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    Chris Silvano's Lifetime

  • First Use of a Landline Without Any Help

  • Used a Desktop PC for the First Time

    It was in Kindergaten and was used for educational learning programs.

  • First Time Using Calculator Without Any Help

  • My House Acquired its First Desktop PC

    It was a Gateway desktop with maybe 50 GB of hard-drive space, 1 GB of RAM, and maybe 0.5 to 1 Ghz of processing power.

  • My House Acquired its First Laptop PC

    My mom acquired a HP laptop with 4 GB of RAM, 250 GB of hard-drive space, and about 2 Ghz of processing power.

  • First TIme Using Skype

  • Acquired My First Cell Phone

    It was a pay-as-you-go TracFone my parents gave to me for "emergency communications only". I didn't text on it, it was only used for phone calls and cost about $30.

  • Acquired My First Personal Laptop

    It was a Toshiba Satellite running WIndows Vista with about 4 GB of RAM, 175 GB of hard-drive space and 1.5 Ghz of processing power.

  • Acquired My First MP3 Player

    It was a SONY MP3 player capable of storing about 150-200 songs.

  • Acquired My First Smartphone

    It was a Samsung Galaxy Nexus from Google. Unlocked for $350 and was on the market for about 18 months before I bought it.

  • Acquired My Second Smartphone

    It was a Nexus 6 from Google. Unlocked for $750 and was on the market for about one year.