# Computer habit inst-A-poll
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [January 12, 2001, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778 "2001-01-12T22:15:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@TheThill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheThill)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2001, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/1 "2001-01-12T22:15:44Z")
How many windows do you have open/activated right now?
I’ve got 8.
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### Author:  [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2001, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/2 "2001-01-12T22:19:31Z")
I’ve got 4:
Outlook
Excel
Hyperion Pillar
IE
1st three are pretty much the cover for the last one, which is the only one I’m paying attention to - _shh…don’t tell my boss_
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### Author:  [@racerx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racerx)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2001, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/3 "2001-01-12T22:20:50Z")
three.
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### Author:  [@jeyen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeyen)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2001, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/4 "2001-01-12T22:22:05Z")
Well, since I don’t have too many open to type them all down, I’ll answer this one:
5:
Eudora
Winamp
Word
Netscape (2 windows)
I’m contemplating making the move to Calculator too. Oh, the drama.
The average is more like 6 to 10, but it’s Friday and I’m unmotivated.
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### Author:  [@beakerxf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beakerxf)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2001, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/5 "2001-01-12T22:23:06Z")
7
Outlook
Spinner
IE (2 windows)
Dreamweaver
Homesite
Real Player
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### Author:  [@smaft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaft)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2001, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/6 "2001-01-12T22:24:26Z")
8, as well:
e-mail
cd player
word perfect
SDMB (5 times)
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### Author:  [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/7 "2001-01-12T22:34:52Z")
I only have one…AOL.
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### Author:  [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2001, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/8 "2001-01-12T22:47:37Z")
1.
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### Author:  [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2001, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/9 "2001-01-12T23:02:12Z")
Ohh good think you didn’t catch me at work. At home only 1 window open right now. I generally don’t open more than three or four with my 64 Megs of RAM before I can feel the windows crawling over each other.
If I had seen this thread at work, I’d have well over **20** windows open since I’m supposed to be carefuly watching the ATM trunks & frame relay clouds that connect the MD/DC/VA/WV regions. But it’s not a problem there because I have over 1 Gig of RAM on that machine.
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### Author:  [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2001, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/10 "2001-01-13T00:32:51Z")
Four:
1. Outlook Express
2. SDMB - BBQ Pit
3. SDMB - IMHO
4. SDMB - Reply to Topic window
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### Author:  [@Brunetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brunetter)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/11 "2001-01-13T00:52:32Z")
Two ICQ chat windows.
Internet Explorer: straight dope.
Inbox, Outlook Express.
Winamp.
Would be more, but I’m not actually doing any work right now!
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### Author:  [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2001, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/12 "2001-01-13T01:25:40Z")
9, but it’s slow right now. Sometimes I get so many out of Netscape that it puts a scroll bar on the task bar… that’s when there’s more than 25!
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### Author:  [@Queen\_Isabella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Isabella)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/13 "2001-01-13T01:57:59Z")
Three:
Internet Explorer
Napster
AIM Buddy List
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### Author:  [@orion007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orion007)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/14 "2001-01-13T01:58:42Z")
9- 1 Realjukebox and 8 IE.
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### Author:  [@rackety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackety)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/15 "2001-01-13T02:04:29Z")
Four:
IE
Excel
Outlook
DesignCAD
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### Author:  [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/16 "2001-01-13T03:19:59Z")
One, but I’m at home right now, and even here I usually have three; IE, Eudora, and a solitaire game of some sort.
At work I will normally have at least seven; 1 to Outlook, 5 BosaNova links to the AS/400, and IE to SDMB. Sometimes A seagull link to JD Edwards, sometimes a window to Progress (production system) on the network. Sometimes Word.
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### Author:  [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2001, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/17 "2001-01-13T05:46:19Z")
I have atleast 7 open at once during my normal work day – Outlook, Vantive, 5 IE windows. at times it balloons up to 9 or 10
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### Author:  [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2001, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/18 "2001-01-13T05:56:02Z")
4 - Photoshop, Netscape, and 2 open in SoundJam.
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### Author:  [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2001, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/19 "2001-01-13T06:51:07Z")
2 Netscape-- 1 for the SDMB, the other for my web e-mail
1 BetterTelnet-- accessing my UH UNIX account
1 SoundApp playlist (now playing: Aerosmith’s “Dream On”)
1 Stickies (in yellow, of course!)
1 ICQ
… for a grand total of 6.
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### Author:  [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2001, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-habit-inst-a-poll/49778/20 "2001-01-13T09:15:49Z")
Five including ICQ. It’d be about 8 if I was at work.
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