How many PCs does your household have?
 

Obviously, they can have an impact on your electric bill, spare time, distract from social interactions and relationships etc., but we can't seem to get enough of the little blighters!
They're so great!

We have '8' in current service (and two spares [both SFF], used for various projects and troubleshooting).
2 Laptops
1 living room desktop (tower)
2 bedroom desktops (both SFF)
3 desktops in my rumpus room :D (2 towers 1 SFF)



(If someone could fix the title, that would be peachy. Was going to add a poll, but ho-hum!)

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5 :shocked:

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Malfunction.
Was just putting a thread together, and had a personal crisis! :D

(Was actually having a phone conversation with someone, while flicking the dust out of my keyboard with a paintbrush, and it got sent off!)

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1 desktop, 1 laptop, 2 work laptops and a netbook between the two of us :)

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2 desktop.

3 laptops.

1 Netbook.

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3 x Desktop (Office, son's bedroom, daughter's bedroom)

3 x Laptop (Lounge, son's rec room, work laptop)

1 x iPhone

1 x iTouch

(and there's only four of us....:D)

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1 laptop in my daughter's room
1 laptop for work
1 desktop for my photography and games (i7)
1 desktop as media centre in the livingroom
1 desktop waiting to be sold
1 iphone

in truth, way more than are necessary.

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5 laptops and 1 desktop. 3 years ago it was 1 laptop and 1 desktop. :erm:

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1 Laptop and 1 Desktop actually in use with 2 old desktops in the cupboard

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Exactly the same, I just can't bring myself to chuck them out, maybe I'll need a spare part one day. :shrug:

And an iTouch if that count as a PC

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2 lappys and a desktop at home + 3 work desktops........at work :D

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We have

4x Laptops (3x PC (includes work laptop) and 1x Mac)
1x Desktop
1x Netbook
1x iPhone
1x Google G1

also...if these count...

1x Wii
1x Xbox 360

:D

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1 x laptop
1 x netbook
1 x shuttle PC in the lounge
2 x desktop PCs in the study/guest room

...and enough parts scattered around to build 6 desktop PCs, sans hard drives & cases

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Hadn't considered game consoles! :dozey:
Feeling a little better about my computer dependence now though, after reading some of these posts.

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I have the following active machines....
Dell Studio 1735 as main laptop
Dell Optiplex 745 sff as media centre
HP DC7600 as office machine/internet browser and software troubleshooter
HP d530 same as above
Nokia N900 (If you can count the iPhone you can definitely count this!)

Also will be ordering a HP 311 netbook later in the week

And a pile of old machines, some shuttle barebones and an o2 XDA mini-s

That's technically for two of us but realistically My partner only uses my laptop and even thats only until her HP 311 arrives so most of those are just for me.

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I still have my first PC's K6-II processor and motherboard somewhere!

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I have a friend who cut off the legs and drilled a hole in his first CPU to use as a keyring (Also a K6-2). He still has it now.

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Self built Core2Duo Tower
Dell GX270SFF
Compaq P3SFF
Fujitsu Scenic T mini tower
Work Dell Latitude D620

2 x Nokia 5800
PSP

......and as other people have mentioned, enough bits and bobs laying around to make another 2 machines.

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Was only the other year that I threw away my 486 Vesa motherboard, complete with 486DX4/100. Also a Dell Pentium Pro 200Mhz(try using that CPU as a keyring!)

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2 x Laptops (My MacBook Pro, and mums Vista based laptop)

1 x Netbook which is my sisters

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2 laptops, 1 ps3, 1 xbox 360, 1 google n1

My first laptop had twin 3 1/2 floppy disc drives, think it was 360 kB..damn thing weighed a ton lol :)

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3 Desktops, did have 2 laptops but as iv`e only got one pair of hands the Inspiron 1525 had to go, and good riddance to it (it did have Vista)!

2 x XBox 360`s, iv`e actually got 2 wireless controllers (1 black, 1 white) a 20 GB hard drive + spares going if anyone makes a decent offer :angel:

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1 desktop but its out of order due to me removing the CPU cleaning the fan and breaking a pin off when putting it back in, you wouldnt think I used to build pc's :(

1 laptop now on its 5th (I kid you not) charger which I have to fiddle with the cable to get some power, the battery aint very good either, honestly its a miracle Im ever online

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HHHmmm

1 desktop
1 Netbook
2 Laptops
1 iPhone
1 HTC Desire
1 wii
1 xbox 360
1 ps3

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Wouldn't that be something to do with the power socket on the laptop then if it is now on its 5th charger?

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1 desktop.
1 laptop.
1 netbook.

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1 desktop and 1 xbox 360 o and 1 laptop

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3 desktops, 3 servers, 2 laptops, one workshop PC, 2 pocket PC's and two mobiles with built in windows mobiles..

Oh and the Satellite and the Media player all have linux kernels

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2 desktops
1 Laptop
1 Netbook
1 Iphone
1 Itouch
1 Wii
1 ReadyNAS, 1 1gb Switch, 1 ADSL router & 1 router for Samknows testing.

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1 'business' desktop for email and serious stuff
1 'gaming' desktop
1 'sacrificial' desktop for customer repair/cloning/cleaning work.

1 HP server ML310 for FTP and occasional gameservers.

1 elderly Dell laptop that bumps around in the car for site work.

and enough sprawling untidy boxes of bits for my partner to give me a lot of grief..

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3x Acer laptops
1x Acer net book
1x Media centre
1x 360
2x Nokia 5800

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hmmm
2x desktops
1x mac mini (needing new psu probably)
1x Wii
and enough parts to build another pc.....

oops but at least I aint as bad as some of you.

I'm just awaiting Sirius' count including the monster from Damien.

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2 x towers (only one is used regularly)
1 x SFF PC (which will be a media centre when I get a new router, my current Linksys can't transfer data quickly enough).
1 x Mac Mini.
1 x Laptop.

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I have one Desktop & Laptop here although there is another of each in our flat.
Son has a Desktop with recently kaput GFX so he`s been using a spare laptop for the last couple of weeks.
2 Oldest daughters have Netbooks while the youngest 2, and their mum, share a laptop set up in the sitting room for them.

It wasn`t that long ago i actually began using computers but it really wasn`t much long after that the wife found herself threatening to leave me if the number of computers i had ever outnumbered the 5 children we have.:D
If you count the 2 broken laptops out in the shed though then i`ve managed to double the number in question and she`s still here. It`s actually down on what it has been at times so she cant really complain eh. :angel:

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6 laptops, 3 Acers, 2 Hi-Grades and an Advent.
1 desktop up and running, 5 working desktops but all up the loft since we got the laptops.

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The definition of "PCs" is rather broader than I thought when I first read the question so...

In the house: two desktops, three laptops, three iPhones, one iPod Touch, a Nintendo Wii, a Nintendo 64, two Nintendo DS's, an HP iPaq. Plus whatever I'm repairing for friends and family at any given time.

In the loft: a desktop, an Amiga 500, a Dragon 32, a Binatone (the orange one with the twisty-knob controllers), a 48K Spectrum, a Mega Driv a PS1. I'd still like to add a C64 to this collection at some point... I've never had one. :)

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2 Desktops in my Office (1 serves the media to everthing else)
1 Laptop
1 Netbook
1 PS3 (mainly used as media centre in lounge)
1 Wii
2 Xbox 360's
1 Xbox
1 iPhone

Pretty sure I've still got a Mega Drive somewhere.

And a 3rd desktop, currently on loan to a mate.

There's only 2 of us in the house, I guess I see why my electric bill is so high!!:D

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1 x Desktop

1 x Laptop

1 x Netbook

[And also: 1 x Xbox 360, 1 x PlayStation 3, 1 x Wii, 1 x iPhone 3G, 1 x iPhone 3GS]

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Indeed.
I`m not even going there but suffice to say if i counted every console/gadget/phone my lot have it would surely double any previous count.:erm:

We are a relatively large family of course.

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I forgot to include:

1 ITouch

1 Mac Mini

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The next question is 'how many working PCs do you have in your household?'..;)

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That should have probably been the first question.:)
It surely wont be too long before we`re all counting our cars, cookers & fridges too eh.

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And lifts..well the ones that talk to you in case you are blind..

When they learn to sign language for the deaf be very,very afraid. ;)

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Or another question could be, how many extension cables have you needed to buy as you just don't have enough sockets!

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We have the things in every room in the house practically, bar the kitchen.
All the kids rooms have 3 or 4 sockets but they still need the obligatory extensions and double adapters. Even my cubby hole here only has 2 main sockets so i have a 4 plug extension in each.
As far as the young un`s are concerned i have tried using less extensions, thereby forcing them to only plug in what they`re using at that moment in time, but this usually results in a completely unsafe mess as far as the cables are all concerned. The extensions, with the wiring tidied and secured, is the lesser of the two evils i`ve found.
I`m very very stringent when it comes to ensuring everyone has switched everything off at night or when not in use. I`m possibly over cautious due to witnessing the result of a fire in neighbours house many years ago. The Grandmother & her two Grandchildren could sadly not be rescued and the whole street heard the consequences.

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I too am one for making sure everything is off at night. What is the point in wasting electricity!

For my PC and my Hifi setup I have bought some belkin surge protectors as they are too important to me.

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Agreed - I use surge protectors for most electrical equipment, as they are so cheap nowadays.

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All my stuff is surge protected, well it might as well be since the 6 way surge protection extension leads at ASDA were 2 for £8 or £7.97 each :erm:

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my pc is on a UPS, and everything else in the house is on surge protectors.

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my pc and tv are on a monster power center.

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3 desktops PCs

1 old G4 Powermac

1 Laptop

1 iPod touch

Plus loads of old desktops/pc parts in cellar for sale on ebay :)

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2 x desktops
1 x imac
1 x laptop
2 x servers

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1 desktop. Please don't laugh and point at me, I already feel inadequate. :o:

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1 iMac
1 MacBook Pro
1 Wii
1 DS
2 iPods
1 ipod Touch
1 Mac Mini in the loft
1 Dell tower in the loft
OH wants an iPad

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If you can somehow get your hands on a surge protector with Internet access you`ll surely win hands down, even with your solitary Desktop.;)

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My surge protector has a telephone socket, does that count? ;)

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A lot of us have all their PC's, multimedia, networks, hifi, TV's, all linked together.
Imagine if you got a huge surge or lightening strike!

It would be the end of the world as we know it!

Which is the reason why I bought my surge protectors. Thet are really cheap these days.

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There I was thinking that I was excessive. Looks like I'm just fine.

1 x work laptop
1 x personal / study laptop
1 x desktop

Apart from those wife and myself have a PDA each for when on the move, and there's a Wii.

Other than that a couple of routers, one for each Internet connection, one of which is a PC of sorts.

These are between 2 adults and a child. Unsure what else apart from a perhaps a file server, which is in progress, we'd need, more than 1 machine per person strikes me as being unnecessary but each to their own I guess :shrug:

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well at my house there is:

Mums laptop
My Tower
Dad's Tower
Dad's Work Laptop
Media Center Pc
Server For Film's Etc

Then we have about 2 or 3 dell small form facter pc's plus another tower that are just there for spare's if needed for anything.

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the OP did say PCs to be pedantic only one of those is a PC lmao lol iirc PC originally used to refer to the IBM PC and Clones although nowadays the Mac is closer to the original methology than it used to me lol

Mac are however are Personal computers but that is not I believe is not the spirit which PC was intended :)

http://lowendmac.com/musings/08mm/th...-not-a-pc.html

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and the peripherals damien ;) comon I wanna know your leccy bill :D

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well we are using about 2.0kw per hour when both of us are gaming and my mum is watching tv and using here laptop at a night, but when i sort my pc out fully i would expect that to be around 3.0kw at a night, due to running sli'd 480's and a 6 core if i get them we shall see what my dad say's he wants for electric of me a month when i get one of the card's.

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The 480s are very power hungry. Are you really really considering a 6 core cpu? that for me is deffo a wait for a sensible price £850 for 2 extra cores I dont think so somehow lol

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I will be waiting for the lower priced one's for that as i refuse to pay that price for a cpu that is not any better for gaming than my current quad core, but when they are cheaper then yes i probably will get one but not paying more than £350 for a cpu.

Once i have paid a few bill's of i will be spending around another 1.5k on my pc, dependent on how things go of course and if i can afford the elecy bill :D.

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Just counted.

Four Laptops, Four Desktops.

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take it your not interested in getting your own pad yet then lol

still dude its your dollar so fair play :)

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with my credit rating it's going to be another a while yet but i will see how it goes, with the new job.

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Leaving the parents in peace would mean having to pay his own utility bills, rent, etc which would put a real dent in the electronics budget. :)

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3 x Desktops
3 x laptops
1 x ps3
1 x xbox 360
1 x Wii
1 x N97
1 x IPhone
1 x Netbook

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How come so many in this thread have waved all sorts of gadgets and gizmos around? Most of which could not be further from a "PC" if they tried?

Ive got an electronic calculator thats got a chip in does that count where does it end?

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I think if it links to a network, it is being counted (so I could have added my BluRay player....)

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thats a bit thin of a link though aint it . The OP says PC I aint even gonna bother listing my kit ;)

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We'd have to set up a separate site for all of that....:D

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1 x Laptop.

But as others are listing them:
1 x Wii
1 x iPod Touch

In that case, my Freesat box is connected to the router.

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2 PC's and 2 lap tops

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1X iMac
1X MacBook
1X iPhone
1X PS3

I dont want an iPad....

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In 1943, Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, said: "I think there is a world market for about five computers." In 1977, Ken Olsen, president of Digital Equipment Corporation, said: "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer ...
--Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943. "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." --:dunce:

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One Shuttle desktop and an old (but trusty) Dell Inspiron 5150.

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3 x desktops (Media Centre, kids PC and main PC)
2 x laptops
1 x work laptop (though obviously try and avoid using that)

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I feel cheap

1 Desktop.

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1 Dell Studio 540MT Desktop

1 Dell Studio 17 Laptop

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1 home build desktop and 1 macbook.

The desktop is hardly used, 99% of the things I do are on the laptop these days.

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1x MacBook Pro
1x iMac 27" i7 (On order!)
1x Works Laptop
3x Older Laptops of varied specs
4x Towers (3 Home Built and a Dell)
2x iTouch
2x Blackberry
1x MacMini


I need a bigger house!

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One laptop and thats more than I can handle.

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2 PCs running Windows 7
1 Server PC running Fedora
1 Media Centre PC in the lounge
1 Laptop
2 Playstation 3
1 Xbox 360
1 VoIP phone

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Why do people have all those. You can only use one at a time :erm:

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I know households that have more than one people in them. :)

Seriously, leaving aside consoles etc, in my household of 2 adults and 2 kids, I frequently have to wait until the kids are in bed before I can get on CF ;)

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Thats a good trick to be able to go in them. Tell me how can I go in mine :erm: :D :D :D

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Looks like you will have to buy another so for your household :)

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Wanna bet?.........;)

Regardless of just how many one person can use at once we have more computer users here at home than the average household generally does and 5 children are always a great excuse for needing umpteen computers.
We did try the sharing thing for a while but that just cause too much grief, they could never get me off the thing of an evening. :angel:
I also get offered quite a lot of the old, unloved uncared for machines that the local populace no longer want as well so there`s always spares lying around.

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Sorry for consecutive posting but couldn`t upload the pic`s in an edit.

It seems i dont even get asked now if i want the old unloved machines that people are forever offering me......they just leave them at the door now with notes attached. :erm:
Judging by the state of this latest heap i`m not surprised mind you. Not only is it quite ancient but it`s probably in the worst state of repair i`ve seen so far.....as far as actual hardware is concerned anyway.
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Rarely are any of the unloved machines i`ve had pass through my hands physically broken in any way and asides from the odd knackered jack or kaput RAM/Drive etc it`s usually always just software issues the machines in question suffer from.
The hinges on this sad old thing though were completely ripped out with the screen inverter hanging out the side like a panting dogs tongue. The bottom the the screen plastics were held together with sellotape and the solitary USB socket has somehow been mangled beyond repair.
Considering the age of the thing i`d never even contemplate buying the parts to fix the thing properly so there was only one thing for it.......

Upgrade the sellotape................. to gaffer tape.:D
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Those poor sad machines must feel so gratiful for giving them a good home. :D :D :D

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1 desktop
1 laptop
1 netbook
1 works laptop

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2 desktop PCs (my personal one and my works one; 3 TFT monitors total)
1 old-ish laptop for my electronics bench
1 PDA (WinMo 5)
1 SmartPhone (WinMo 6)

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It`s better than just putting them to sleep for sure...well, most of them anyway.:)

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2 desktops and 2 laptops

Desktop 1: In my room.
Desktop 2: In spare room for my dad.
Laptop 1: Downstairs in frontroom.
Laptop 2: In my room.

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Snap! That's what the laptop I use on my electronics bench is. It's connected to my PIC programmer.

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3 desktops & a Macbook.