I got a PC after I went to university, and wanted to able to write essays at 2 o'clock in the morning (386sx, 2Mb of RAM and 100Mb hard drive). Around the same time my Dad got an Acorn Archimedes, which was the update to the BBC micros.

Our BBC was still working up to a couple of years ago, though. They don't make them like they used to. :-)