Valerie's tech timeline

  • Dell Desktop Computer

    Dell Desktop Computer
    My family had one computer (and no cell phones) that we shared. We only got to be on the computer for limited amounts of time (if at all) each day. It looked a lot like this one!
  • Computer Games (CD-Roms)

    Computer Games (CD-Roms)
    My favorite computer game to play as a kid was Barbie Magic Hairstyler, which we had on CD-Rom. You used the mouse to do the barbie's make-up and hair style for the day!
  • Walkman

    Walkman
    When I was a pre-teen, I had several of my favorite CD's (that is what I would save my money to buy), and I felt so cool with my walkman!
  • AOL Instant Messenger

    AOL Instant Messenger
    When I made new friends, I would communicate with them in the evenings when it was my turn to have our family computer via AOLIM.
  • MP3 player

    MP3 player
    My first MP3 player was small and could only hold around 100 songs. It was hard to even get songs onto it!
  • My First Cell (Flip) Phone

    My First Cell (Flip) Phone
    When I was 16, I got my first cell phone. All it could do was call and text, and texts cost a lot of money. I was only allowed to send about 100 texts per month, and no long distance calls!
  • My First Laptop

    My First Laptop
    I got my first laptop when I graduated high school. It was huge and heavy, and I rarely used it in college because I preferred carrying notebooks and pencils.
  • My 2nd Cell Phone

    My 2nd Cell Phone
    I loved this phone because I rarely accidentally hit buttons (they slid behind the screen). I still had limited texting and calling, but it was really cool because it could slide.
  • My Third Cell Phone

    My Third Cell Phone
    This is the phone I had through most of college. It made it a lot faster to type since it had a full keyboard, but I could still use the front when I wanted. I also had unlimited texting and could call long distance!
  • My current laptop (Macbook pro)

    My current laptop (Macbook pro)
    I still have an old macbook pro, which I love and still functions well. I was adamant about having a disc drive (and most newer computers don't have those)
  • My current iPhone SE

    My current iPhone SE
    This is my current iPhone (which is actually a bit outdated, but still does everything I need it to, and I'm way too cheap to buy a new one, they are expensive!)