So, How Many Computers Do YOU Run?

[zak89]

How many running, usable computers are in your home?

Note that I don't mean just your own, but also any that belong to others living in your household (kid's pc, your spouse's laptop, etc).

I suppose if you directly administer someone else's pc directly (not as your day job), that might be worth a mention.

If possible, please post a line or two about what sort of hardware you're running. I think this could be fun and enlightening (how's that for an ambiguous statement?).

[zak89]

Currently there are eight (8) computers runnable in our home. A Dell Dimension 3000 is our file/print server, main desktop is a Dell Inspiron 530. Then we have my Dad's Macbook Pro, three Dell Latitude laptops (one of which is ancient and probably will be put out soon), and the latest addition, an MSI Wind U100 netbook (love this machine by the way, we'll probably get a couple more (to replace the two most ancient Dell laptops)).

A few PCs we have semi-recently given away to friends include two Dell Latitudes (cheap, low power versions), a nice Dell Inspiron, and another Dell Dimension desktop.

So we're a very Dell "shop" (I am the oldest of thirteen siblings; I think that qualifies as a shop) here; except for the Wind and the fairly popular non-pc. Though my Dad wants to add an iMac to the collection as well.

The plus side of that, the iMac outa keep my sisters off my machine!

[hendersj]

On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:36:01 +0000, zak89 wrote:

> How many running, usable computers are in your home?
>
> Note that I don't mean just your own, but also any that belong to others
> living in your household (kid's pc, your spouse's laptop, etc).
>
> I suppose if you directly administer someone else's pc directly (not as
> your day job), that might be worth a mention.
>
> If possible, please post a line or two about what sort of hardware
> you're running. I think this could be fun and enlightening (how's that
> for an ambiguous statement?).

Probably 10 on any given day; 5 here at my desk alone, my wife's laptop,
my stepson's gaming system and his laptop, and a remote desktop in the
office that I use regularly.

There's a couple in the basement that are in working order (older
systems, 486s and even a 386) that aren't used any more, and a few that
have bits missing that are used mostly for spare parts these days.

Jim

[zak89]

Should have mentioned that we also have the stack of 486 pc carcasses in our basement. I suppose if I was ingenious enough i could probably get another box running with the various parts.

As if...

[thekernel]

Dell optiplex with 2.X P4,2gb ram and 160? HDD, that's my daughter's pc. Running Suse 11.0
HP desktop can remember what model, 3.0 P4 1gb ram and 300 HDD, running xp my wife's, trying to make her change to Suse
And for myself laptop IBM T42, Suse 11.0

[ken_yap]

Please be nice to the earth and don't try to make a cluster out of those 486s. One modern computer has the computing power of perhaps 100 486s, and only takes maybe 2-3 times more energy to run.

I have one workhorse, a dual Athlon-64, a Pentium-1 firewall, and I also work from a thin client. I suppose you could also count the wireless AP running DD-WRT that I sometimes use with my notebook as a computer. There are lots of other machines in storage, but they are not used in any regular fashion. One or two I use for testing OSes while the rest just satisfy my pack rat tendencies; many were rescued from the nature strip. Occasionally I put together a machine for a friend.

[hendersj]

On Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:36:01 +0000, ken yap wrote:

> Please be nice to the earth and don't try to make a cluster out of those
> 486s. One modern computer has the computing power of perhaps 100 486s,
> and only takes maybe 2-3 times more energy to run.

Actually, 2 of my 486 systems (come to think, "both" is the correct word)
probably consume more power than my 64-bit HP workhorse - individually.

They're Compaq Prosignia servers, both with RAID controllers in them.

There's a reason they're in the basement - can't quite bring myself to
get rid of them, but generally don't have a use for them, either.

Jim

[69_rs_ss]

zak89 wrote:

>
> How many running, usable computers are in your home?
>
> Note that I don't mean just your own, but also any that belong to
> others living in your household (kid's pc, your spouse's laptop, etc).
>

Going off this I count 8 computers that run, 1 dead.

> I suppose if you directly administer someone else's pc directly (not
> as your day job), that might be worth a mention.
>

I have access to directly administer at least 29 other computers if
needed but only really 5 on any type of regular basis. The others are
friends computers/servers.

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[Prexy]

Sounds like you are planning a burglary.

Anyway, I have a white box P4 as my main machine, a Dell 8250 for my wife, an old HP with a Celeron and 256 MB that I use as a lab rat (currently running 11.2 Alpha0 and KDE 4.2), an identical machine hooked up to the tv in case I have to jump on the web while watching a program, and two HP tablets.

So, 6.

[Chrysantine]

4 at home (2 desktops, 2 laptops - all Mac)