# How many computers do you have in your home? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 4, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-do-you-have-in-your-home/232508 "2004-03-04T14:35:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-do-you-have-in-your-home/232508/41 "2004-03-07T13:52:19Z")
Kferr, have you tried the XP/64 beta? I’ve got 3 PCs in my office - this machine (dual P3-1000), my Shuttle (P4-2400) which I use for games, and an old 486sx-25 which is for the very old games. The fourth (dual Celeron 400) is currently waiting to be rebuilt with Linux. I also have a domain controller, a firewall running Smoothwall, and what is to be a webserver. I also have a 486 tower system in bits. That’s eight. I’ll probably hit double figures later this year. ---
**Author:** ![broys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@broys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broys)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-do-you-have-in-your-home/232508/42 "2004-03-08T06:13:44Z")
4 working, 1 not. 1 - IBM Intellistation P4 2.8ghz (mine) 2 - Sony Vaio Ultrathin laptop P3 600mhz connected to lan wirelessly (mine) 3 - NEC Versa laptop P2 400mhz (gave to mom) 4 - IBM PC 300PL P3 500mhz (mine) 5 - dead - Compaq Presario 1640 laptop AMD 266mhz Recently set up an SMC Barricade that is a router/switch/WAP and a bunch of other stuff built into one. Not bad for 20 dollars. Waiting to set them all up to roadrunner if my crappy cable company will ever offer it. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-do-you-have-in-your-home/232508/43 "2004-03-08T06:21:24Z")
> [@misstee](#): > > We just bought a new computer. We are keeping the old one for the kids. > How many computers do you have in your home? One P-3 1.2 gig running XPpro and mandrake One 233 mhz running win2k/mandrake both hooked up to a kvm switch , so I can surf on the windows box,and read email in the linux box And the Xbox for game play Unlike the other two console games , XBox is more of a computer so I am adding it. Was nice to be able to play halo online , with out needing the pc version. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-do-you-have-in-your-home/232508/44 "2004-03-08T07:26:42Z")
Ummm… Mine (Pentium 4 2G) His (Pentium 4 2.4G) Server (Celeron 600) Laptop (Pentium 4 2.6G) a couple of junk machines Apple IIGS in the wardrobe and a couple of hundred [old computers](http://www.thepcmuseum.com) out in the shed (estimate maybe 300 machines) > [@declan](#): > > And the Xbox for game play Are we including consoles? If so, we have a GameCube, a Playstation II, three Dreamcasts and a Nintendo 64. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-do-you-have-in-your-home/232508/45 "2004-03-08T07:35:14Z")
> [@cazzle](#): > > Ummm… > > Mine (Pentium 4 2G) > His (Pentium 4 2.4G) > Server (Celeron 600) > Laptop (Pentium 4 2.6G) > a couple of junk machines > Apple IIGS in the wardrobe > and a couple of hundred [old computers](http://www.thepcmuseum.com) out in the shed (estimate maybe 300 machines) > Are we including consoles? If so, we have a GameCube, a Playstation II, three Dreamcasts and a Nintendo 64. I dont think think the GC and PS 2 count , but could be wrong , on the console threads , Xbox is constantly mentioned as a puter that plays games and not as a game console specifically. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-do-you-have-in-your-home/232508/46 "2004-03-08T08:43:12Z")
Two. One Centrino-class notebook (P-M 1.4GHz), which I use for just about everything. It’s networked to my desktop computer, which has been upgraded so many times I forget exactly what it is (P3 1GHz+, possibly). I’ve been seduced by the almost noiseless operation of my notebook, so I don’t use my desktop anymore. I can’t stand the sound of the fans whirring away. ---
**Author:** ![EarlGrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecd19e/32.png) [@EarlGrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarlGrey)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-do-you-have-in-your-home/232508/47 "2004-03-09T06:25:50Z")
We have two. One being a lap top - relatively new. The other is around 4 years old. Still going strong though. ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-do-you-have-in-your-home/232508/48 "2004-03-09T19:38:18Z")
3 + 2 I have my desktop, and my wife has her laptop and her old desktop (which she rarely uses anymore). We rent out a room and our roommate has two machines himself, a desktop and a laptop, which I don’t count towards our total (since they don’t belong for us) but mention them because they are in the home and all 5 machines are on the network. Plus, I have enough old parts to literally build another complete machine, minus a monitor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-do-you-have-in-your-home/232508.md?page=2)