How many computers do you have?

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tnthomas

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Inspired by Lon's thread: Do-You-Have-A-Large-Flat-Screen-TV, I thought it would be interesting to find out

How many computers do you have?
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I'll go first, but I have to tell you up front that building computers is my hobby.

I've owned and/or built many many computers over the past 17 years, currently I am down to just:

(8) desktop computers(tower case); (4) are in use at the moment, two share keyboard+mouse+monitor through use of a KVM switch.

(6) laptops. A 5 year old Dell Inspiron 15.6" AMD laptop(wife's), a 7 year old 10" Asus eeePC netbook, a 2009 Macbook 5,2 laptop, it was a favorite of mine, but the display is bad, so it is on the repair bench, waiting for me to take the time to fix it. I have another Apple laptop, a 2006(1st generation) Macbook Air that my son gave me. It had a bad battery, and trackpad messed up by the swollen battery. Audio is damaged. I replaced the [internal] battery, the laptop is in service and operates normally, except for the sound. Another Apple product I have is a 3 year old iPad Mini, with the Retina display. I wanted the better quality display for doing FaceTime with family members that have iPhones or Apple laptops+ipads. I guess that was pretty much a fad, nobody wants to do FaceTime anymore. :shrug: I have another Dell(Dimension) laptop, older but does work well, acquired from friend I originally repaired for her, she gave it to me because her daughter gave her a newer laptop.
 

I have a desktop iMac, an iPad 2, a Windows laptop which originally came with Vista but recently upgraded to 8.1, a recent home build desktop PC with Windows 10 featuring a 2tb SSD hard drive! I felt the need for it because I had a collection of favourite software that wouldn't work on a Mac plus an iPhone 4 and a Motorola android phone.
 
I have one old desk top PC and a Kindle. I dread getting a new one. It took me years to figure this one out and probably gave my daughter premature gray hair from her trying to help me.
 
One new desktop computer with windows 10, an older one with windows 7 that I plan to hook up in my basement to replace my old 2000 computer with windows 98...we're getting rid of that one. So I pretty much have 2 desktops only. Technophobe here, haven't gotten into laptops, tablets, iPhones, smartphones, etc. Just getting by with the basics, and that's okay with us. We both share the computers.
 
Don't have any at present. Only an iPad right now. Had a laptop that I got burned on. Had more problems with it, became too expensive, Geek Squad sent it out twice, last time they had it for over a month. Before that I had a desktop but as technology advanced, I had to upgrade. IPad is great but cannot do things computers can do. No virus issues though!
 
I just have a Dell desktop. Used a laptop at one time, but using it made my neck hurt and I hated the little mouse pad thingy. I haven't any reason to use a computer anywhere but home, so the desktop is really all I need.
 
One PC, two Chromebooks, a tablet that is never used, and our smartphones are used for the internet when not home so I guess they are mini-computers. Oh, and a smart tv we watch Youtube and other things on.

Don't think of them as computers, but also have an Ipod and two kindles.
 
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I simplified my array this year, after having at least three computers for a long time while I was active in the IT field, by trading in an iPad, Mac Mini and MacBook Air for a new MacBook Pro (powermax.com).
 
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Just one desk top; a Dell all-in-one and a smart phone (a Boost, which I can talk to)

Used to have a lap top to take with me when I traveled, but gave it away.
 
I just have a desktop in my computer room (man cave). I worked on large computers all my life, and built a couple of PC's over the years. When my last one began to show its age, I shopped around and pretty much rejected any of the PC's sold in the stores....marginal quality components....and found a company called CyberPowerPC, online. I bought one of their mid range "gaming" systems, and it has been great. If anyone is contemplating a new system, I would highly recommend this brand. If you want a great system, and have a limited budget, you can even order one of their entry level systems from Walmart.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Cyberpow...and-Windows-8.1-Monitor-Not-Included/17811825

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/
 
Don M. said:
I just have a desktop in my computer room (man cave). I worked on large computers all my life, and built a couple of PC's over the years. When my last one began to show its age, I shopped around and pretty much rejected any of the PC's sold in the stores....marginal quality components....and found a company called CyberPowerPC, online. I bought one of their mid range "gaming" systems, and it has been great. If anyone is contemplating a new system, I would highly recommend this brand. If you want a great system, and have a limited budget, you can even order one of their entry level systems from Walmart.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Cyberpow...and-Windows-8.1-Monitor-Not-Included/17811825

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/
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We switched over to Apple several years ago. Have been very happy with my MacBook Pro, but I'm thinking that I may get an external monitor for it, which would be useful when editing pictures.
 
Ameriscot said:
One PC, two Chromebooks, a tablet that is never used, and our smartphones are used for the internet when not home so I guess they are mini-computers. Oh, and a smart tv we watch Youtube and other things on.

Don't think of them as computers, but also have an Ipod and two kindles.
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Oh yes, a smartphone is just a handheld computer, many of which are vastly more powerful than the desktops of not-to-long-ago.

Even the little Google Chromecast "stick" that plugs into a TV to give it Youtube and Netflix(internet) connectivity is a computer; makes a 'dumb' TV a smarty.
 
I keep my checkbook & some games, on my 1993 IBM Aptiva that is not connected to the internet. We have one other desktop w/tower that we never use and really should get rid of. DH & I both have a Dell laptop that we use daily and send each other "pins" on Pinterest :) We also have an external hard-drive where we keep the important stuff in case one of the laptops burnout.
 
Myquest55 said:
1993 IBM Aptiva
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Oh, now there's a collector item. I love the legacy computers from bygone era; here's a couple pics of computers I've collected:

Sun Sparc Ultra 10, 3D Creator

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The Sun Sparc is in use, has a later model AMD based system board retrofitted. It runs a 42 in. LCD monitor for the elliptical in the exercise area.

Another favorite legacy machine that I have is a IBM 300GL:

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The IBM 300GL is not in service, but was recently run and had installed a recent release of Linux, Ubuntu 16.04, i386 version.

Another "ole' gent" that I had acquired was an Intel 486dx-33 machine, I believe it came with Windows 95 preloaded.

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Foolishly, I sent it off to e-waste...don't know what I was thinking. :shrug:
 
We have one desktop, an HP Windows Vista that needs replaced but to tell the truth I hate the thought of getting a new one.I would never get a laptop cause I have a 22" screen and just love it.This is the only one we ever had so I have nothing to compare it to, Kids kept telling us to get one and we kept saying no, but now that we've had one, I'm just sorry we didn't get it sooner.
 
like tnthomas I have built many computers over the last 30yrs. currently I have an older p3 running winme for my older games. two dell p4 identical except for the bus speed. one quadcore tablet. no ipods/ipads. mostly I use dialup because it is cheap but I do have a hotspot that is very fast and very expensive. I will not upgrade to any newer versions of windows. I currently use winxp home and with different browsers. when that won't get me on the net I quit!
 

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