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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by HuntForTheWOrst, Jul 15, 2012.

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  1. HuntForTheWOrst TechSpot Member Posts: 35

    For E.X Some people use it for their bussines other's use it for personal stuff,while people like me use it to browse the internet and play games.
    HuntForTheWOrst, Jul 15, 2012
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  2. davislane1 TechSpot Booster Posts: 367   +80

    I use mine for school, work, and research. Occasionally I'll use it for gaming, but a MBP is pretty limited in what it can do in that arena.
    davislane1, Jul 15, 2012
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  3. Marnomancer TechSpot Booster Posts: 801   +46

    College stuff, minor coding, beta-testing, casual gaming, and social networks.
    Marnomancer, Jul 15, 2012
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  4. Zen TechSpot Paladin Posts: 938   +40

    Primarily for serious on-line gaming, and a lite dose of web surfing, e-mail checks and sends through Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, and the very rare typing of word documents through Microsoft Office 2007 Word.
    Zen, Jul 15, 2012
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  5. Jay Pfoutz Malware Helper Posts: 4,286   +49

    For me, development and research. School even. Other studies. It's a multi-use PC. Gaming too!
    Jay Pfoutz, Jul 15, 2012
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  6. Benny26 TechSpot Paladin Posts: 1,514   +35

    I don't use mine for gaming like most people, just for sorting things out over the Internet mostly (online banking, ect..) I also use it as a media center storing my vast library of music and photos, plus other stuff.
    Benny26, Jul 15, 2012
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  7. Leeky TechSpot Moderator Posts: 4,344   +59

    Everything from gaming to office work and running VMs and everything in-between.
    Leeky, Jul 15, 2012
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  8. ReederOnTheRun TechSpot Booster Posts: 232   +36

    Mostly web browsing and games, but I also have programs for school and some coding software.
    ReederOnTheRun, Jul 15, 2012
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  9. LNCPapa TS Special Forces Posts: 3,946   +120

    I separate my needs to specific computers. This machine that I'm typing from now is my gaming machine... it has no productivity software on it at all and is only for playing games and viewing media. I have a central fileserver that hands out media and documents for all of my other machines as well as provide scratch space for any running projects. I have a torrent machine that also doubles as a transcoding machine. There's an HTPC that does only media playback to my home theater. There are machines for testing and at least one machine for every other member of my family.

    http://www.duke.edu/~mepm/Computers/
    LNCPapa, Jul 16, 2012
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  10. SNGX1275 TS Special Forces Posts: 11,891   +117

    I'm in the same boat as Papa.

    My MBP is used for web surfing and chatting while watching tv, and occationally it is taken somewhere so I can do some school work on it, Office stuff and ImageJ mostly.
    I have a Mac Mini connected to my tv and stereo system for video playback and that is all it does.
    I have a dedicated torrent machine that just dls and serves stuff out - typically to be played by the mac mini.
    A windows machine for gaming and school stuff.
    Another Windows machine that dual boots Win 7 and Win 8 CP that I use to play around on, nothing real serious. It also has a serial port which gets used to get runs/rides off a Garmin Forerunner 201.
    SNGX1275, Jul 16, 2012
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  11. fimbles TechSpot Evangelist Posts: 1,016   +53

    Gaming and media center mostly.
    fimbles, Jul 16, 2012
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  12. Marnomancer TechSpot Booster Posts: 801   +46

    Now that I think of it...a Raspberry Pi would be a somewhat more economic option that a netbook...
    Marnomancer, Jul 16, 2012
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  13. Leeky TechSpot Moderator Posts: 4,344   +59

    I think it would be even better as a torrent machine Marnomancer. ;)
    Leeky, Jul 16, 2012
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  14. Marnomancer TechSpot Booster Posts: 801   +46

    Haha, I don't use torrents in the first place! ;)
    Anyway my usage will be Geany or Gedit most of the time, if not Abiword for writing stuff and Chromium for TS.
    Let's see. But I don't think I can persuade the office-girl to lend me the lab's monitor every time I want it. :p
    Marnomancer, Jul 16, 2012
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  15. Jay Pfoutz Malware Helper Posts: 4,286   +49

    Good! :)
    Jay Pfoutz, Jul 17, 2012
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  16. Leeky TechSpot Moderator Posts: 4,344   +59

    Not all torrents are bad, just requires the user to exercise some common sense in judgement, that's all.
    Leeky, Jul 17, 2012
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  17. Marnomancer TechSpot Booster Posts: 801   +46

    Obviously. :)
    Just that my connection is too bad for it, and I don't have much stuff to get from them anyway.
    Marnomancer, Jul 17, 2012
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  18. Technochicken TechSpot Paladin Posts: 900

    School work, web, music, photo editing, programming, occasional gaming, and some 3d modeling/CAD work.
    Technochicken, Jul 22, 2012
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  19. Dawn1113 TechSpot Booster Posts: 340   +54

    The computer I'm using now was built specifically for gaming. Apart from that, I also use this PC to shop online for hardware. I rarely use it for anything else, except maybe to visit Techspot and two other sites: a muscians' website and site dedicated to Hemingway readers.

    I use a laptop for work-related tasks, research and sundry communications. I have a copy of MS Office installed in that laptop. For now, I have Windows 7 on it, but will be switching to W8 soon.

    I'm not much into the internet, I think, and am becoming less and less so these days. I am not a member of any online social network. I do not have a Facebook account, or Twitter, or whatnot. I will play online once or twice a month, maybe.

    That's about it.
    Dawn1113, Jul 22, 2012
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  20. learninmypc TechSpot Guru Posts: 3,000   +100

    I'm a news fanatic. I have numerous news sites both local & International bookmarked. Alot of my friends have told me
    its easier going to their inbox to get it from me, than channel surfing on tv.
    Of course the latest tragedy is Aurora Shooting Victims
    I also use this for pac man & keeping in touch with friends.
    And like Dawn1113 said, I don't do ANY social media
    learninmypc, Jul 22, 2012
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