# How many computers have you got in your house? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387 "2016-04-06T21:29:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/42 "2016-04-07T14:46:10Z")
1. old desktop on son’s room running XPpro that he uses for games and DVDs, which has been his since he was four. It is not connected to the internet. 2. desktop with WIN8.1 and 1T HD, 4G RAM in living room connected to internet that son is allowed to watch youtube videos on. 3 & 4. two tablet/laptop hybrids, one mine, one DH’s running WIN10. 1. Samsung Android tablet running jellybean that mother bought for son to play games in car on long trips. He can watch HULU, Netflix and youtube on it as well, as it has a wifi receiver, and he probably does, in his room, but he’s 9 1/2, so, he gets a little trust. Grandma gave him a $25 Google Play card so he can buy games last Hanukkah. 6 & 7. Two smart phones. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/43 "2016-04-07T14:57:39Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Nobody is counting computers in their cars . . . My wife complains when I park them in the living room. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/44 "2016-04-07T14:58:39Z")
> [@Dunmurry](#): > > Well now I have a desktop computer running Windows 2000 Professional which doesn’t work and a tablet and a notebook computer running Windows 8.1 with Bing and that’s it so what have you got? But is there anybody who can tell me more about this then? Holy crap, someone uses Bing. It depends on what you class as a computer, I guess. Going for the classic idea of one (rather than including smartphones and games consoles) Off the top of my head I have: 2 x Intel Macs 2 x PowerPC Macs 1 x Win10 /OSX (Hackintosh) 3 x x86 Servers running Linux 3 x Raspberry Pi B (two are on 24/7 as servers) 1 x Raspberry Pi 2 1 x Amiga 1200 In a one bedroom flat. It may surprise you to find out that I am a programmer. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/45 "2016-04-07T15:05:49Z")
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” -[apocryphally attributed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Watson#Famous_misquote) to IBM CEO Thomas J. Watson ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/46 "2016-04-07T15:06:26Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > My wife complains when I park them in the living room. I consider our integral garage “in the house” I guess. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/47 "2016-04-07T15:17:06Z")
Two laptops, one desktop, three smartphones, two iPods, a Kindle, and a smart TV. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/48 "2016-04-07T15:51:46Z")
• My main laptop, a MacBook Pro, one of the last of the 17" models, still running 10.6.8 Allan’s computer museum sits in a wire-rack assembly (I think it’s actually a contraption intended to hold office supplies or something); in it sits these, all of which are in working order: • A basically identical MacBook Pro • A PowerBook G4 17" running 10.4 • An otherwise identical PowerBook G4 running 10.5 • A PowerBook G3 (“WallStreet”) running either 10.3 or MacOS 9 as I see fit • A PowerMac 7100 running MacOS 8.6, 8.1, or 7.6 as I see fit • A Mac LC running System 7.0.1, 7.5, or 6.0.8 as I see fit that’s 7. In the closet are two nonworking spare WallStreet G3 computers. My girlfriend has a Dell tower running Windows 7. In the corner of her studio are two more Dell towers that have hardware issues but would technically boot if hooked up. She has an older Dell laptop running Windows XP as well. I think that brings us to 13 between the two of us. Between 9 and 11 of them functional. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/49 "2016-04-07T16:11:33Z")
Actually operational, we have two desktops (my i7 and my wife’s i3), my wife’s laptop, four tablets and three smartphones. All are fairly modern (Win7 / Lollipop or greater). There’s a few antiquated devices cluttering the closets or shelves but they don’t count. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/50 "2016-04-07T16:22:11Z")
[QUOTE=bump] A home-brew “ship of theseus” desktop PC that I’ve had for about 16 years now. Current config is a AMD FX-6300 processor, 16 gigs of RAM, about 4 terabytes of drive space, and a ATI Radeon R9 380x graphics card. Runs Win 7 [/QUOTE] So what’s left of the original incarnation? The motherboard standoffs and the power cord? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/51 "2016-04-07T16:45:31Z")
A Windows-based 17" laptop. An iMac 27 desktop. An iPad Air. Two Kindles. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/52 "2016-04-07T17:02:27Z")
1 desktop PC 1 MAC laptop 1 IPad ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/53 "2016-04-07T17:20:39Z")
I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop running Windows 10, which is my primary computer. My wife is supposed to be using my old laptop (another Satellite running W7), but tends to use that one instead because she likes the big screen. She also has a work laptop - some kind of Dell - which she hates and only uses for work purposes. We also have a crappy old Gateway running XP which I originally bought for my mother and which doesn’t really run. In terms of “things which can access the Internet,” we have a PS4, Wii, Amazon Fire stick, three Android smartphones (one unused and kept as a backup), and a Kindle Paperwhite. My wife also has an iPod of some sort but I don’t know if it is Internet-capable. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/54 "2016-04-07T17:20:45Z")
Two desktop PCs One laptop PC Does a SmartTV count? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/55 "2016-04-07T18:32:50Z")
In reverse chronological order: Android box used for streaming TV iPhone 5s Mac Mini iPhone 4 Alienware X51 PC Laptop - used rarely iPad - 32 GB Older Macbook used occaisionally iPod Touch 1st Gen iMac G3 - still works, pulled a file off of it last week Mac Plus - upgraded to 1 MB of memory! Our computers never seem to break - and when we upgrade, it is pointless to sell them, as they’re worth about $1.35 at that point. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/56 "2016-04-07T18:40:51Z")
Did we ever get an adequate response to the “Define computers” post. Because, good grief they are all over the place. I have at least 7 within eyesight and that’s not including “unprogrammable” things like the TV. In the next room over there are routers and such. These run a version of Linux and can have their firmware flashed to do various things. What about my DVRs? Also running Linux. Are people counting their streaming devices (FireTV, Roku, etc.)? Oops, I forgot. There’s an Amazon Dash button sitting right in front of me. Make that 8. I’m having … fun … with it, doing things Amazon didn’t expect. [Here’s](https://familab.org/2016/02/hacking-the-amazon-dash-button-to-make-a-simple-cheap-iot-place-anywhere-networked-button-3/) the specs. Pretty powerful for something that’s $5 with a $5 discount on your first purchase. (I.e., free.) Wait: 9. Forgot the old iPod. I’ve run Rockbox on it to get it to do things the original Apple OS couldn’t. Not too hard to make it into something non-media oriented. You can’t swing a dead cat in my house without hitting a computer. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/57 "2016-04-07T19:06:20Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > You can’t swing a dead cat in my house without hitting a computer. Your smart credit card and SIM card could also be considered as computers. They contain a cryptoprocessor and a file system. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/58 "2016-04-07T19:29:08Z")
1 x self-built Windows 10 desktop (i5-6600K processor; 16GB DDR4 RAM; 250GB SSD + 4 HDDs; dual monitors) - this is what i do all my work and play on. 1 x HP desktop (Q8300 2.5GHz quad core; 6GB RAM; 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD) - came with Windows 7, but now runs Ubuntu Linux (12.04 Precise Pangolin); still works great, but it’s basically just sitting there unused right now. 1 x Dell Dimension Windows XP desktop (Pentium 4 3.0GHz; 1GB RAM; 160GB HDD) - doesn’t really work, and needs chucking. 1 x Zotac ZBOX-BI320 small form factor Win 8.1 PC - used at a media center PC, attached to our television. 1 x Macbook Air 13- inch model - my wife’s work computer 1 x QNap T-212 2-bay NAS - acting as a server for video files, as backup for files and documents, and as an Apache/MySQL/PHP server for a Wordpress site construction. 1 x Raspberry Pi Second-gen - just for playing around; it’s not really doing anything right now. 1 x Google Nexus 7 second-gen tablet - for travel, and for reading in bed 1 x Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/59 "2016-04-07T19:50:39Z")
1 HP Proliant dl380 g7 running VMWare ESXi with 15 virtual machines, mostly CentOS, but 2 Windows 2013 domain controllers Does that count as one or 15? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/60 "2016-04-07T20:11:51Z")
Including a smart phone and a Kindle – six. I live alone. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387/61 "2016-04-07T20:25:40Z")
Hmm, currently residing in my house are 1 desktop, 3 laptops, 5 smart phones, and at least 1 tablet. In the basement ‘bone yard’ lie another half dozen or so desktops in various stages of disrepair. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-computers-have-you-got-in-your-house/751387.md?page=4)