Ditto for me with the OG XBOX. I was in high school and had no clue what I was doing with static ip addresses and crossover cables. We didn't even have a router hence the static ip address. Each cool homebrew XBE I FTP'ed over to my XBOX was another exciting adventure!
My computing journey started earlier on DOS but XBOX kept me going through a period of post 9/11 depression where the excitement of childhood and an amazing future was slowly disappearing. I stopped even playing video games after the end of the XBOX lifecycle (despite continuing to buy new gen hardware just so I could take it apart and admire the internals).
Now living in the post ChatGPT days and wondering about my future, i'm looking back wishing I could live through those late nights one more time.
My computing journey started earlier on DOS but XBOX kept me going through a period of post 9/11 depression where the excitement of childhood and an amazing future was slowly disappearing. I stopped even playing video games after the end of the XBOX lifecycle (despite continuing to buy new gen hardware just so I could take it apart and admire the internals).
Now living in the post ChatGPT days and wondering about my future, i'm looking back wishing I could live through those late nights one more time.