It was 2005, which as of this writing, is 20 years ago.
It was months after my Second Computer
A VOBIS HIGHSCREEN SKY from 2000,
Kicked the bucket and suffered hard drive failure.
I knew that my parents weren't gonna be without a Desktop Computer but at the time, I barely knew about Computer brands.
To me, Computers were just Computers that you play on.
While I had an iMac G3 in my bedroom, My parents felt that the living room needed a family computer.
Plus, it was 2005, and almost everybody that followed Microsoft were running WINDOWS XP to an extent on their computers.
I thought after all those years, My father bought the computer as he was often the one who was more tech savvy compared to both me and my mother....
at least for the time period.
But later in life, it was discovered that it was actually my mother who bought the COMPUTER while it was actually my father that brought the computer from the warehouse and was also the one to set up the computer.
I distinctively remember that night during the start of Second Grade in Early Fall 2005 when my father set up the computer and he actually let me see the OUT OF BOX EXPERIENCE setup.
And yes, for those who will probably comment with your bouts of nostalgia, it was absolutely PEAK when I heard VELKOMENN(AKA title.wma) playing through our new computer's SUPERWOOFER Speakers.
For a good four years, the Computer was situated on that corner in the living room near the mini-hall to both my bedroom and the bathroom.
Just ignore my Halloween 2008 Costume where I dressed as Anakin Skywalker during his Post ORDER 66/Pre-Mustafar Injury Phase.
Like I said in a previous post about my past computers,
My MDG HORIZON PC was not really used for the hottest PC Games that were released at the time.
Because not only did my parents at the time prohibited me from tampering with the innards of the computer just to upgrade the Graphics or memory, but they also wanted to make sure I didn't play the M-Rated Titles which was sort of where the most popular PC games were on.
Instead, I ended up playing many of my former Edutainment titles but occasionally, I played other games.
Many that included a Train-Simulator,
A Battleship Simulator,
A Dragon Spin-Puzzle Game,
A Game(Which I can't remember the name) where you play as a Polar Bear throwing Ice Blocks to his Penguin Friend, while avoiding Sharks, Fire Monsters, and Mad Pianos.
And later in the years, I was able to emulate some old consoles on my Computer using a various amount of emulators for consoles like the Gameboy Advance, N64, SNES, Genesis, etc.
And for those who are nostalgic for old YOUTUBE, yes, I started with YouTube back in the day.
While I still enjoy today's YouTube, It's mostly watching TechTubers like LGR, 8-bit Guy, JAYSTWOCENTS, The Nostalgia Mall, Ben Heck, etc.
If you don't believe me, Here's proof that I did witness old YOUTUBE via this 2009 photo of me with the computer:
Back then, YouTubers were obsessed in being in the PARTNER PROGRAM which they thought was a status symbol for unlimited size and length uploads but in reality, they need approval from Google as well as credentials since YouTube Partners do get paid real cash into their Bank Accounts.
As indicated by the different room layout seen here, Sometime in Late January or Early February 2009, my parents decided that I should have this computer.
So my father wiped the hard drive, set up this computer on the desk that you see in the photo above, and replaced the old SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER CRT Monitor with that VIEWSONIC LCD you see above.
Alas, it was not to last.
My parents didn't let me upgrade the computer to either VISTA or 7.
And I don't know how it happened but the computer eventually got a trojan horse accidentally installed that hampered some performance when loading from startup.
By late JUNE 2011, my father decided that it was a lost cause to save the computer so before my mother and I went to MEXICO for our 4 month Vacation,
My father took the computer into his Surrey, BC, HIGHRISE Apartment, and reformatted the computer..... presumably performing the GUTTMAN METHOD on the hard drive.
Ahh MEMORIES.
To this day, I still miss my MDG HORIZON Windows XP Computer,
But at the same time,
I'd wish my parents let me have more freedom with tinkering with the machine so I could at least upgrade not just the operating system but also upgrade things like the CPU, the Graphics Card, the DDR2 Memory, etc.
And yes, I could still have upgraded the machine as the MDG HORIZON was one of the first PENTIUM 4 Machines to use the then BRAND SPANKING NEW! LGA 775 Socket.
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