IT just installed a new box under my desk, so I now have 5 … **FIVE **:eek: … different and distinct computer systems that I rotate between over the course of my day:
Can anyone top that?
I have 5 as well:
Main PC
Spare PC that I use for web surfing/IM/etc
Mac, for fookin’ Mac development
Laptop, for use downstairs
Old Dell that I’m going to make into a server
So I’m at least even with you. Unless I can count my iPhone, that was technically purchased for iPhone development. I figure if you can count PSP and Playstation dev kits, I should be able to count the iPhone. 
I have three. The new, sleek, fast one, that has directory issues and I can’t install InDesign on. The old, reliable one, that has InDesign but takes forever to boot up. And the DOS machine that resides under my desk in case I need to pull something off a 5-inch floppy from the archives. (I also have a ZIP drive, but it’s currently attached to the new computer, and rarely used.)
I thought that was an awful lot of computers.
My old office was not just my office but was a place where many old computers were stored. So that office had about 12 computers, of which only two were actually at my desk. Yeah, I realize that doesn’t count.
ETA: Ooops, forgot teh Mac. I hate the Mac. It’s not really at my desk, it’s on the other side of the room.
I have two, but I rarely use one of them. I can’t even remember why I got it.
At a past job a had two and used them both. I wrote a little applet so that I could copy and paste from one to the other.
Well, I’m only counting the dev kits because they’re actual computers with special hardware added. I’m NOT counting my consumer PS3 and PS2 because they’re just consoles.
If your iPhone makes six, my PlayStations make seven … .
But then I get to count my Wii and my XBox and my PS2! I’m up to 9!
I have seven desktop PCs plus a laptop in my office right now. Most of the desktops are “targets” I’m using to test the switch I’m working on.
You’d think with all that equipment my office would be warmer, but I’m running a space heater today, too.
Geez, haven’t you guys heard of virtualization? Get with the 21st century, man!
For the time being I have 4, although the UNIX box is well on the way to being phased out.
SUN workstation
HP Linux workstation
HP PC
Compaq laptop
Depending on what you count… between 3 and 12
I have two desktops and a laptop, three probes, and 6 target boards for development/testing. If y’all are counting dev iPhones and PS3 dev setups, then it seems like I should count my dev boards. But, hell, one of them’s a hard drive controller, and I certainly wouldn’t count the ones that are part of actual hard drives in my other computers. So, I’ll say 6.
Jeez, apparently we have enough developers and engineers to start our own game and hardware studio!
I have 3.
My main PC where I do my .net work in studio and where I play games.
My HTPC which is hooked up to my LCD TV and where I do my time-shifting, recording, etc.
And finally my netbook where I play classic games and otherwise goof off.
I have only one at my desk.
However, I currently have 16 computers reserved for my use in our test lab. Do they count?
This. I have one computer at my desk running 5 VMs.
I also have a second desk with a keyboard, mouse and monitor, connected to whatever computer I’m currently fixing. I get to it by turning my chair 90 degrees to the left.
I’m a grad student, though. Frankly, I’m lucky to have a chair!
One. That’s more than enough.
Just 3 physical machines, one of which doesn’t get used often. On my big box I can run up to 4 or 5 VMWare images concurrently depending on individual memory requirements.