Ben Adams
Ben Adams (born September 20, 1971) is the father of Philip and Jasmine Adams, and the husband of Diana Adams. He would make his first appearance on the OSFirstTimer YouTube channel on February 11, 2013 in the video "Mum Tries Out Windows Chicago Build 73g (1993)", where he is shown in video footage from early 2009 unboxing a low-range MacBook together with Philip. Later, he appeared in the introduction scene of the OSFirstTimer episode "Mum Tries Out MikeOS 4.4 (2013)", released on May 26, 2013. In the scene, he played the role of PC, as this scene was a parody of the famous Apple ad series "Get a Mac". He would then make his first major appearance as an operating system tester in the episode "Dad Tries Out Windows 98 SE (1999) With Mum Watching", released on May 17, 2014.
Since his initial appearances, he has been featured in several OSFirstTimer videos, such as "iPhone 6 Plus - In Depth Unboxing and Multiuser Review (2014)", "7 Year Old Tries Out Windows XP (2001) With Parents Watching", and "Dad Tries Out Windows Vista Speech Recognition (2007)". He was last featured in "Mum Tries Out South Korea (2025)", released on March 24, 2025, which shows the Adams family's trip to South Korea in an OSFT Historic VLogs-style format. He also appears in several OSFT Historic VLogs videos, mainly ones about the Adams family's various adventures.
Personal life[edit | edit source]
Not much is known about Ben's personal life, as he has not appeared in many of Philip's videos, nor does he have any known presence online. However, we do know that Ben married Diana on October 3, 1992.
Furthermore, it is implied by Philip that Ben is as computer illiterate as Diana was when she first appeared on the OSFirstTimer channel. This is because he originally used Mac OS X on an old MacBook, and had no experience with any other operating systems. Therefore, the typical OSFirstTimer tasks were difficult, and still are somewhat hard for him to complete. Alongside his computer illiteracy, he is also known for being confused and silly and for his narrow-mindedness most of the time, which Diana and Phil often joked about in the past. Diana also calls him a drama queen, due to him tending to act overly surprised or shocked about things/actions that are not major. Running gags of his on OSFirstTimer episodes are continuously misclicking or saying that he has finished and is about to go.
Computing history[edit | edit source]
Ben used a 2010 MacBook which Philip used to own, He replaced it with an Alienware 14 laptop which was given to him by Diana in 2017. After that he passed it down to Jasmine who used it until 2020. He now mainly uses an Oppo AX5 smartphone for his regular computing needs.
| Years of Use | Production Year | System | Latest Operating System |
|---|---|---|---|
| ???-2017 | 2009 | MacBook | Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11) |
| 2017-2018 | 2013 | Alienware 14" Laptop | Windows 10 |
| 2018-Current | 2018 | Oppo AX5 | ColorOS 5.2/Android 8.1 |