When I was in middle school, I got really interested in 3D graphics, which led to Lightwave3D. My parents drove us several hours to B&H Photo in NYC so I could look at a video toaster. It was in a box on a shelf and they simply said "Amiga is dying you don't want one of these." Later I got to see one in person at a local computer fair. Not only was the toaster revolutionary for video, Lightwave had a brilliant future as a standalone application. I never owned one (though I'd later own lightwave on Windows), but I subscribed to the magazines and watched tons of demo videos. What a fun time to get into computers.