Author Topic: How many computers do you have? (Read 12734 times)

microsoft windows · « **on:** Sun, 25 October 2009, 09:10:22 »

I have 7. How many do you have?

Kraicheck · « **Reply #1 on:** Sun, 25 October 2009, 10:41:09 »

Only 3.
One old desktop that I bought about 5 years ago.
One 2 year old laptop (Dell latitude D630).
One 1 year old home build desktop.

chuckading · « **Reply #2 on:** Sun, 25 October 2009, 11:03:19 »

I have 5

Portables
13.3" Macbook (10.6.1), 10.2" Lenovo S10 (XP)

Desktops
Dell Dimension L800r, Dell Dimension 8200 (Both XP Pro)
Sony Vaio RS430G (XP Pro, and awaiting Ubuntu 9.10)

I only have a matching monitor for the Sony, and I'm seeking Monitors/Keyboards/mice for the others.

Part of what keeps my interest in keyboards and mice is having missing pieces and the urge to have only complete standalone setups. I like the idea of having a home computer lab. If I had only one computer, I'd stick with my CH trackball and HHKB. Having more computers/towers around justifies keyboard and mice purchases.

timw4mail · « **Reply #3 on:** Sun, 25 October 2009, 12:07:23 »

Let's see...

I have 6:
4 desktops
2 laptops

And only one is on the level of M.W.'s, I'm sure.

Hak Foo · « **Reply #4 on:** Sun, 25 October 2009, 12:57:41 »

Workable:

Three desktops (Phenom II, 386SX, PowerPC WinNT 4 workstation)
One netbook

In parts:
One desktop (Pentium D)

kode · « **Reply #5 on:** Sun, 25 October 2009, 13:04:31 »

I have 16 or so;
My current workstation
My old workstation
My laptop
My netbook
My mini-itx router thingamajig
My 2 Sun Ultra 10 (One is dev webserver, the other is planned to be backup server)
My 2 Apple eMacs
My silicon graphics O2
My 2 Ericsson E-box (which I count because they're x86 based)
My old old workstation
An old 486 I got off my high school, it runs FreeDOS, but is in storage
Two Pentium 100MHz I got from the same place, also in storage

Yeah, that about covers it. I am hoping to be able to move to something bigger soon (that is, I hope to get a real job), so that I can rethink the whole computing situation. As it is now, I have about 3 stationary computers actually running at home at the same time, due to noise and heat. If I had more room it'd be actually worthwhile having the eMacs being thin clients, for example.

ch_123 · « **Reply #6 on:** Sun, 25 October 2009, 13:08:33 »

Too many.

InSanCen · « **Reply #7 on:** Sun, 25 October 2009, 16:11:04 »

Quote from: ch_123;128161

Too many.

Yeah, this...

Varies between 3-4 and over twenty.

In my defense, I buy em, sort em out, and sell them on, or cannibilse them to make others to sell on.

My own, actual computers, is 4 (If you count the Missus Notebook and the Rendering Rig).

ricercar · « **Reply #8 on:** Sun, 25 October 2009, 23:46:20 »

ug. today I have

2 - VADEM Clio tablets
2 - Fujitsu Pencentra 130
1 - Toshiba Satellite x205 Sli1
1 - PowerBook 5300 engineering seed
1 - Samsung Q1 Ultra UMPC tablet (MS Origami)
3 - Apple PowerBook G3 Firewire Pismo
1 - Dell Latitude C800
1 - Lenovo Thinkpad T60
1 - iBook clamshell FireWire SE (G3 466)
1 - iBook dual USB (Icebook)
1 - Toshiba Libretto CT50
1 - Hitachi Traveler 3000
1 - Apple 20th Anniversary Macintosh
1 - IBM ThinkPad R31

(offers invited)

And about as many made-them-myself desktops.

ak_nala · « **Reply #9 on:** Mon, 26 October 2009, 05:32:26 »

Oh my, that's a good question.

Just what's technically mine, and not counting family members' computers that I admin.

Desktops -
1 Mac 512
2 Mac SE's (upgraded to SE30's)
2 Mac Plus's
2 Apple II GS's
1 Mac II
1 Quadra 800 w/ PPC Card
1 PowerMac 7600
1 G3 Beige Tower
1 PowerMac G4 AGP w/ CPU Upgrade Card (main desktop - 10 years old and still ticking)

Laptops/Handhelds -
1 Powerbook 540
3 Powerbook 1400's
1 Powerbook 3400
2 G3 iBooks (1 Blueberry 300Mhz, 1 White 800Mhz (what I'm typing this on))
4 G3 Powerbooks (3 Wallstreet/PDQ's, 1 Lombard)
3 Newton eMates
1 Newton 110

Admin another five, including a Pismo, an iPod Touch and an Acer Netbook (XP), but most are in storage.

Oh, and a couple of Roland synths that I'd consider computers despite being musical instruments.

As you can see, I think I have a problem only Computers Anonymous can address properly

Glad you didn't ask about the typewriters...

timw4mail · « **Reply #10 on:** Mon, 26 October 2009, 06:16:07 »

I am jealous of the collections of old Macs.

hyperlinked · « **Reply #11 on:** Mon, 26 October 2009, 07:44:53 »

Quote from: ak_nala;128285

2 G3 iBooks (1 Blueberry 300Mhz, 1 White 800Mhz (what I'm typing this on))
4 G3 Powerbooks (3 Wallstreet/PDQ's, 1 Lombard)
3 Newton eMates
1 Newton 110

Dude! Are you a collector or are you just really bad at throwing stuff out? I'm jealous of the early handhelds that you have there. I've got a soft spot for early portables that resembled souped up calculators more than they resembled actual computers.

I only have two computers that are used regularly and one that's used only when I need to check a website in IE6 (yuuuuck). My main rig is a Mac Pro 8-core with one drive for WinXP run through virtualization. I also have a laptop which is mostly used by my wife around the house when I'm not toting it along for client meetings. My IE6 computer is a Dell Latitude 600.

Whenever I move up, I always sell my old machine. I don't have space to collect them and I can't justify not using the proceeds of the sale to give myself a discount upgrade.

I'm thinking of adding a mini book style PC to my collection though. While the virtualization of my Windows OS on my Mac is real convenient the extra few seconds it takes for programs to load or pages to come up sometimes really add up and disrupt my thought process... but to that end, so does getting distracted on Geekhack.

TheSoulhunter · « **Reply #12 on:** Mon, 26 October 2009, 12:12:18 »

2! One as main machine, and another "junky" one (build from leftover parts) as backup (in case the main one dies) and to experiment (ie. checking "non save" software)

TWX · « **Reply #13 on:** Mon, 26 October 2009, 21:42:53 »

Regular use:

My Dual-Xeon rackmount workstation
Wife's P4 desktop
Racked P4 server in the entertainment center for PVR duty
GW clone of E-machines laptop with AMD Athlon 64

Infrequent but fully assembled:

Fujitsu Lifebook P-7120 Laptop
450MHz server with 360GB fault-tolerant space, been off for years, built a decade ago
Sony R505 subnotebook at wife's parents' house

Plus enough parts to probably build four or five more. I've got some more dual-Xeon boards and an SAS controller laying around for when I build my new file server. I'm thinking about four to eight 1tb to 2tb hard disks striped and mirrored...

Mr.6502 · « **Reply #14 on:** Mon, 26 October 2009, 22:11:17 »

I have 4 desktops and 2 laptops at the moment.

5 desktops if you include a Mac SE (dual floppies + external HDD).

ak_nala · « **Reply #15 on:** Tue, 27 October 2009, 04:20:35 »

Quote from: hyperlinked;128309

Dude! Are you a collector or are you just really bad at throwing stuff out? I'm jealous of the early handhelds that you have there. I've got a soft spot for early portables that resembled souped up calculators more than they resembled actual computers.

A little of both, I think. It just sort of happened.

Yeah, the eMates are cool tech - closest thing to stock Steampunk anybody's ever sold mainstream retail. They're buckling tube keyboards, btw. A bit stiff and a bit small (being essentially the first netbook), but not too bad. They're great for things like NaNoWriMo and just general on-the-fly stuff. In some ways Newtons come closer to the original concepts for the Mac (pre-Jobs) than what actually evolved - instant on, long battery life, solid state storage, semi-modeless infinite scrolling paradigm, rugged as hell appliance, etc.

The MP110 is cool too (especially considering what I paid for it), but I find myself yearning for a MP2K or 2100

roaduck · « **Reply #16 on:** Tue, 27 October 2009, 10:39:52 »

How many computers do you have?

1 - A little black Dell desktop and a pile of 3 old pc's and a printer that I used as a footrest that have been canibalised and are going to the rubbish tip soon.

hacfed · « **Reply #17 on:** Tue, 27 October 2009, 13:49:46 »

Desktop, Q6600 @ 3.8GHz with triplehead, 3x22" in portrait (1080x1920 a piece)
Laptop, Macbook Pro 13.3", unspoiled so far
Netbook, Asus EeePC 1005HA, warranty truly voided

Media PC, PIII 933MHz -> VGA-to-SVideo box -> 28" 16:9 CRT television

Slackware 12.2 all-round

williamjoseph · « **Reply #18 on:** Tue, 27 October 2009, 14:56:58 »

2 desktops (one AMD phenom II quadcore 955, overclocked to 3.7HGZ)
(one AMD XP 1.4 GHZ)
2 netbooks (both assus EEE PC 900, 900mhz pentium mobile)

Manyak · « **Reply #19 on:** Tue, 27 October 2009, 15:47:38 »

Between me and my girlfriend we've got 10:

Desktop - i7 920
Desktop - Athlon 64 6000+
HTPC - Phenom II 545
HTPC - Pentium 4 630
Laptop - Pentium 4 Northwood
Laptop - P8700
Hackintosh - Atom 230
Server - E3110 (E8400 Xeon)
Router - Dual 3.2GHz P4 Xeons
Spare I don't know what to do with - VIA Pico ITX

itlnstln · « **Reply #20 on:** Tue, 27 October 2009, 15:49:34 »

Quote from: Manyak;128641

Between me and my girlfriend we've got 10:

Desktop - i7 920
Desktop - Athlon 64 6000+
HTPC - Phenom II 545
HTPC - Pentium 4 630
Laptop - Pentium 4 Northwood
Laptop - P8700
Hackintosh - Atom 230
Server - E3110 (E8400 Xeon)
Router - Dual 3.2GHz P4 Xeons
Spare I don't know what to do with - VIA Pico ITX

...So which one does your GF have?

iMav · « **Reply #21 on:** Tue, 27 October 2009, 15:51:49 »

Usually between 15 and 20 at any given time. A couple of netbooks, half a dozen laptops, and the rest mid tower systems.

timw4mail · « **Reply #22 on:** Tue, 27 October 2009, 15:52:35 »

Quote from: Manyak;128641

Between me and my girlfriend we've got 10:

Desktop - i7 920
Desktop - Athlon 64 6000+
HTPC - Phenom II 545
HTPC - Pentium 4 630
Laptop - Pentium 4 Northwood
Laptop - P8700
Hackintosh - Atom 230
Server - E3110 (E8400 Xeon)
Router - Dual 3.2GHz P4 Xeons
Spare I don't know what to do with - VIA Pico ITX

When did you build the VIA box?

D-EJ915 · « **Reply #23 on:** Tue, 27 October 2009, 15:59:18 »

I'm going to go with the too many option lol. Anyone want one of them? I'm starting to thin out the collective.

microsoft windows · « **Reply #24 on:** Wed, 28 October 2009, 15:06:26 »

Any of you guys have "pizza-box" computers?

kode · « **Reply #25 on:** Wed, 28 October 2009, 15:55:32 »

Yeah, sure do.

timw4mail · « **Reply #26 on:** Wed, 28 October 2009, 18:09:33 »

I do, and mine's about the size of a personal pan pizza.

Hak Foo · « **Reply #27 on:** Wed, 28 October 2009, 23:38:48 »

Quote from: microsoft windows;128890

Any of you guys have "pizza-box" computers?

I used to have a HP 712/60. Cute little box; bought it from my college's sale-of-spares shop. I like CDE; it's a classy environment even today.

The WinNT box is a little Motorola PowerStack which is riser-card based-- not quite pizza-box thin but close.

timw4mail · « **Reply #28 on:** Thu, 29 October 2009, 06:01:25 »

Quote from: Hak Foo;128959

I used to have a HP 712/60. Cute little box; bought it from my college's sale-of-spares shop. I like CDE; it's a classy environment even today.

The WinNT box is a little Motorola PowerStack which is riser-card based-- not quite pizza-box thin but close.

(*Quivers at the thought of CDE being considered 'classy' *)

microsoft windows · « **Reply #29 on:** Thu, 29 October 2009, 07:53:02 »

Currently, I only have one pizza-box computer but I used to have an old Hewlett-Packard Vectra XM Series 3/90 from 1995. It had a 90Mhz Pentium and 64MB of RAM. It ran well on Windows 95 and did the job quite nicely.

TWX · « **Reply #30 on:** Fri, 30 October 2009, 11:45:00 »

I never had an NLX or LPX form factor PC, but I had a Centris 660AV that was 17" wide and worked well in the entertainment center. Ultimately I got rid of it because Motorola 68K became ridiculously obsolete.

D-EJ915 · « **Reply #31 on:** Fri, 30 October 2009, 13:07:16 »

660s work great! I've got one, kind of funky on boot though with the video...think I might put it up on ebay.

TWX · « **Reply #32 on:** Sun, 01 November 2009, 10:49:12 »

I just didn't have a use for it anymore. For a time I had it set up effectively as a movie machine with an old Laserdisc player hooked up, but the novelty wore off quickly. I tried running M68k Linux on it but it took about a week to compile a kernel. I tried Seti@home just for kicks and it took several weeks to process one packet.

For a time I had an IBM PS/2 Model 95 (386 tower with 8MB Ram and microchannel bus) set up with Linux, and it took about a week and a half for a single seti@home packet. Never compiled a kernel on that one.

D-EJ915 · « **Reply #33 on:** Sun, 01 November 2009, 15:20:21 »

ah I run 8.1 on mine, works great for doing word processing and chatting

microsoft windows · « **Reply #34 on:** Tue, 03 November 2009, 13:39:14 »

I bet you could get Windows 3.1 running on that 386.

JohnMD1022 · « **Reply #35 on:** Tue, 03 November 2009, 20:24:57 »

20 at present, plus one for a customer...

I junked 20+ recently.

Building an i7.

This thing is an AMD Phenom 9550. Good enough for XP.

My wife has an E8400.

The customer machine is a Phenom II X3 720. I've built several of these for different people. They work out well.

TWX · « **Reply #36 on:** Wed, 04 November 2009, 12:58:45 »

Quote from: microsoft windows;130197

I bet you could get Windows 3.1 running on that 386.

Why would I want to though? If I were going to pick a Microsoft OS for that, it'd be either an early NT variant or OS/2. The PS/2 Model 95 was built to be a server or high end workstation, not a run-of-the-mill desktop PC.

I'm pretty sure that this particular computer was a Novell server in a previous life, probably 3.12 or older.

microsoft windows · « **Reply #37 on:** Wed, 04 November 2009, 15:51:01 »

It's still fun to get with the nineties and play around on Windows 3.1.

TWX · « **Reply #38 on:** Thu, 12 November 2009, 17:22:39 »

I still remember how to install sound drivers via MCI control panel. I had a Win 3.1 box with a Sound Blaster Discovery CD-16 kit, which was a $400 kit with a sound card with integrated MKE-Panasonic CD interface as well as the necessary 2x drive. It came with Aldus Photostyler and a bunch of other tools. Cool stuff.

itlnstln · « **Reply #39 on:** Fri, 13 November 2009, 08:12:06 »

That was a great package. I wanted one for a long time. I ended up getting a Logitech Soundman and some OEM CD-ROM drive. Later, I got one of the Soundblaster kits.

Shawn Stanford · « **Reply #40 on:** Fri, 13 November 2009, 11:31:10 »

Quote from: microsoft windows;130405

It's still fun to get with the nineties and play around on Windows 3.1.

I miss OS/2...

Oh, and... Uh... I have 2 laptops, and a desktop, my wife and son have one of each and my daughters each have a desktop. So... 8-ish?

Moparx · « **Reply #41 on:** Fri, 13 November 2009, 14:32:00 »

microsoft windows · « **Reply #42 on:** Fri, 13 November 2009, 16:47:18 »

No Power Mac G3's?

Moparx · « **Reply #43 on:** Fri, 13 November 2009, 17:37:57 »

Quote from: microsoft windows;132267

No Power Mac G3's?

Unfortunately, I don't have any Power Mac G3s.

I would love to find a cheap Blue & White Power Mac around here some day.

microsoft windows · « **Reply #44 on:** Sat, 14 November 2009, 11:13:07 »

Sounds like you've got a whole computer lab there!

microsoft windows · « **Reply #45 on:** Sat, 14 November 2009, 13:54:28 »

I've only got 8 computers right now and most of them are sitting on tables in my basement.

Computer-Lab in Basement · « **Reply #46 on:** Sun, 15 November 2009, 18:10:34 »

I have 7, soon to be 8. Most of them are old clunkers, my best computer is a 2.8ghz P4 with 1.75gb RAM.

ricercar · « **Reply #47 on:** Mon, 16 November 2009, 00:44:29 »

Quote from: Moparx;132274

Unfortunately, I don't have any Power Mac G3s.
I would love to find a cheap Blue & White Power Mac around here some day.

How cheap is cheap? I have one.

D-EJ915 · « **Reply #48 on:** Mon, 16 November 2009, 00:59:21 »

anybody need a spare G3 B&W board? lol I've got one sitting here...and a G4 one too

lmnop · « **Reply #49 on:** Mon, 16 November 2009, 03:06:01 »

I have 2 computers. one dedicated to gaming and the other dedicated to ripsters obsession with lego.

Big Christine

Modified Cooler Master HAF 932
Aqua Multiswitch Fan Controller
6 120mm Scythe S-Flex F

Intel Core i7 920
eVGA X58 SLI LE
6GB Corsair Dominator GT
Western Digital Velociraptor 300GB
Corsair 1000HX

Dell Ultrascan P992 19" CRT
Das Ultimate Professional
Modified SteelSeries Ikari Laser

Auzentech Prelude 7.1, Logitech Z-5500, Cyber Snipa Sonar 5.1 Headset

Modified XFX GTX 285 and XFX 9800GT

Swiftech MCR220-QP, Swiftech MCR120-QP, Swiftech MCW60-R2, Swiftech MCW60-R, Swiftech Apogee GTZ, Swiftech MCP355 with XSPC Laing DDC Top, EK Multioption 250, 3 120mm Yate Loon High Speed, Tygon 7/16", Distilled Water with PT Nuke -PHN

Little Christine

Cooler Master Centurion 590
Modified Sunbeam Rheobus
5 120mm Yate Loon High Speed

Intel Core 2 Duo E5200
DFI LP P45 JR
2GB OCZ Flex
Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB
Corsair 520HX

Samsung 226BW 22" S Panel LCD
Microsoft Comfort Curve 3000
Logitech Optical

Asus Xonar DX, Logitech Z-680, Sennheiser HD515

Modified XFX 9600GSO

Xigmatek S1283, 1 120mm Scythe Ultra Kaze 3000

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Author Topic: How many computers do you have? (Read 12734 times)