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Weekend Open Forum: How many computers do you own?
I can vividly remember wanting a computer for several years before I actually received my first one, a lovely AMD K6-2 333MHz beast (or so I thought) as a Christmas gift way back in 1998. I was always fascinated with technology and wanted to learn more about it but my parents weren’t able to make it happen financially until I reached high school.
Here I sit nearly 14 years later and it’s amazing how times have changed. Few could have predicted the overwhelming success of the Internet and how technology in general would be injected into every aspect of daily life.
A PC was once considered a luxury item but in the world we live today, it’s becoming closer to a necessity with many people owning several computers. I can’t help but think back to one of my favorite movies, Back to the Future, when Marty McFly tells his mother and grandparents (in the past) that he has two televisions, to which Stella replies, “Oh, honey, he's teasing you. Nobody has two television sets.”
Pictured: Steve's triple monitor setup, as showcased in our Triple Monitor Gaming review last year.
With that, we want to know how many computers you own today and actively use (those dust buckets in the basement don't count). For the sake of staying on a level playing field, let’s limit it to true computer systems and exclude things like smartphones and tablets.
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User Comments (107)
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Guest
on January 30, 2012 8:28 AM |
Even though I'm in IT, I only have 1 computer at home for the whole family. |
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LNCPapa
on January 30, 2012 8:35 AM |
I find that a high percentage of the IT folks I work with do very little with computers outside of work... so I don't think it's that unusual Guest. |
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gamoniac
on January 30, 2012 9:10 AM |
A total of 5 -- 4 Desktops, 1 laptop. |
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Guest
on January 30, 2012 9:42 AM |
I have Games PC (2500k, Z68, 2 x 4600GTX etc) Media PC (Win Media Edition 2005) Netbook (XP) Server (Linux) (plus media NAS drives) |
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GeforcerFX
on January 30, 2012 10:47 AM |
Well working desktops i have 3, one for a project the other 2 just sit in my closet at this time. Working laptops i have 9, i mainly use 2 and i am working on a 3rd for a project. Non working computers i prob have like 5, and i have enough good parts to make another 3 towers. |
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GameJunkie72792
on February 6, 2012 11:34 AM |
Lets see... I have over 10 working computers in my house, running a variety of operating systems, my main box is a quad core AMD Rig... 1. AMD Phenom x4 desktop, custom build, main box 2. 3 AMD Athlon x2 rigs, custom builds, Web server/file storage, Linux 3. Various Intel Macs, hate on it 4. Various G4, G5 Macs, hate on it some more 5. 2 AMD Laptops I have over 20 TB of storage between my servers and main desktop, lots more including the other rigs... |
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Guest
on February 19, 2012 1:43 PM |
Alienware M11x portable gaming laptop Asus G70 gaming laptop, CPU upgrade, ram upgrade, Bluray, GPU overclock, Bigfoot Killa, 256 SSD Gateway NV52 everyday laptop Custom I7 920, 6GB ram, two 256 SSD raid 0, 1TB WD, SLI EVGA 460 FTW, EVGA 450 FTW Phyx Custom Q9650, 4GB ram, 512GB Momentus XT, EVGA 295 Co-Op FTW Custom Q9550, 4GB ram, 150GB Rator, EVGA 260 core 216 FTW Custom E8400, 4GB ram, 320GB WD, EVGA 260 core 216 FTW The Alienware is for gaming on the go, the Asus is for gaming on my porch or for Serato when I DJ (soon going to buy a 17" Macbook Pro for Serato), the Gateway is the knock around laptop that my wife usually uses, the I7 is my main gaming machine I built, the Q9650 is my back up to my main machine that I built, the Q9550 I built for my son but I also use from time to time, the E8400 I built for my daughter that my wife uses from time to time that I also built. |
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