Computers and the people who love them.

[yoda291]

Hey guys, I was wondering, what about computers makes them so derned interesting to you? I did a search, but sorry if this is a repost.

 

[Tates]

fascination with shiny objects....

 

[Ulfwald]

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Escape from reality

 

[Elledan]

They're a multi-purpose tool.

Yes, you can do more with them than playing games and watching pr0n!

I use my PC's for research, programming, entertainment center (note: no pr0n =) ), communication, work and other, related stuff.

 

[CraigRT]

It's not computers that interest me as much as what i can do on the computer... if there was no internet then I wouldn't even care if i had a PC. games are no fun unless they are online, (most) and certainly i would not have half the sys. i have now, if i didn't play online games.

because of the internet and online gaming, it got me into computer hardware, alot!

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

i just like technology in general, and computers seem to be the holy grail of technology, at least at a consumer level. i liked computers in the Dos days, before i knew of the internet, though it took me awhile to get one finally. there was a long period of time where i had no computer yet knew 1000% more about them than 99% of people.

hey remember when the internet was just getting popular, on tv they would be like:

H-T-T-P, COLON, FORWARD SLASH, FORWARD SLASH, W-W-W.(blah).COM

remember that?

now they're like "abc.com"

so funny

 

[aphex]

versatility! With what other device can you write a paper one minute, then look at pr0n the next...

 

[AkumaBao]

I agree with the rest of you, games are not the strong point in my computer. Yeah, it can play them really well, but there is so much more to do with them. I'm just facinated with the evolution, since my first computer was a VIC 20. It's become a hobby of mine now. I mean some people like to restore cars, and modify them. That's what I like to do with computers. The ability of these machines we build are endless. Look at some of those computer animated shows you see. It wasn't so interesting to me until I started to see what you could do with such power, and understood how it was capable. Have you seen those new Pentium III's that are now just a keyboard, like the old commodores?

 

[skace]

Computers are so complex and versatile that they have the ability to not only create their own world, but millions of worlds within that world. So asking why people love them is like asking why people love life itself on this planet.

 

[rippy]

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aaaahahahahahaa.... true, true

 

[MWink]

<< versatility! With what other device can you write a paper one minute, then look at pr0n the next... >>



You're living in the past! Get a multi-monitor setup!

Oh and...

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[Phunktion]

My computer is my lifeline without it I am lost.

 

[dave5317]

It's full of entertainment. I may also use computer to sell/buy stuff, contact ppls, get informaitions and etc.....can't live without it.......

 

[fatalbert]

sooooo pretty (the computer not the pr0n on the monitor).

Plus online gaming rules!

 

[gopunk]

some of the stuff is challenging and it's rewarding to work through the challenges.

 

[lepper boy]

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oh so true.........

 

[Sir Fredrick]

Computers are indeed quite versatile, and that suits me very well, as I am constantly multitasking.

They're also better at keeping track of data than my brain ever will be - I've always had a hard time remembering things. Now my computer remembers for me.

The internet makes computers a thousand times more fascinating as well.
I have been intrigued with the idea of communicating with people all over the world, since I started using the inernet (back in the days of Mosaic, before AOL and Prodigy were even hooked up to the net).
The enormous amount of resources and information on any subject imaginable makes the computer arguably the greatest research tool ever.

Programming leads to further fascination with computers. I can write a 70 line program to handle a mundane task that would take me hours upon hours to perform otherwise.

I understand computers better than I understand anything else; I can build them, repair them, and make them do what I need them to do. In a technology centered world, that's going to be the key to success. A lot of people are getting into the tech industry, but few are actually very good with computers. I'm the guy my classmates go to when they're having computer trouble. So the money is more incentive to like computers.