My landmark moment
Really was when I got my first PC...a Commodore 64. That's when my programming life began. Programming BASIC from the Commodore 64 Programmer's Guide, then joining the local Commodore 64 Users Group, getting C and assembly and FORTRAN and Pascal.
Of course, another moment was when I upped my first pre-built PC I bought from 16MB to 64MB...then, I later found my old Seagate ST-251 MFM drive and controller card in a box...and realized...my PC now had more RAM in it that the first hard drive I ever owned had.
Now, I have USB flask disks with 64 times that capacity.
Ain't life grand. 
bloatware and its impact
Have we advanced? From the hardware aspect and the speed at which it operates...of course.
Has Microsoft advanced? I think (some might argue otherwise) that Microsoft really hasn't advanced. Maybe they made the interface look prettier or cooler or whatever, but what strides in operations have they made? Have they implemented parallelism yet into their OS? Do they really have true multi-tasking yet?
I think that Microsoft really would be best served by re-working their core, rather than making 3d effects and window translucency that impress people with "cool effects".
Oh Lord...10:40am and I'm already on a rant about MS on a Monday. Not gonna be a good week. lol
My first memory upgrade
Removing four banks of 1 x 128 chips (9/bank) and replacing them with 1 x 256 chips. Gave my Zenith 8086 a whopping 1M of expansion RAM.
I also learned the importance of using a chip inserter while doing that job.
What was a landmark moment for you with hardware?
Man, you should have seen that system hum along.
Do you have a land mark moment that stands out in your mind?
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