I've noticed an interesting trend in my computer usage.

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DnetMHZ

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As the title says I've noticed that as computers continue to get more and more powerful, my need for this power has gotten less and less.

For many years I was just like most people here, upgrading constantly always looking for bigger, better, faster.

Nowadays my home computer usage has almost flat-lined..

I don't game anymore.
I don't edit photos
I don't create any documents
No special apps I use on a regular basis.

Essentially if I've got a web browser, I've pretty much got everything I need.
Web mail, online docs, and general browsing.

In fact if it weren't for my iTunes library, there would be nothing tethering me to any one specific computer.. stick me on a 5 year old laptop and it wouldn't really affect me much..

Anyone else seeing this same trend?
 
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Tim

Seems like you're just getting old.
And yes, that's an obvious trend. :p
 
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brtspears2

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When I was in college, I would upgrade my computer every 6 months. The moment I graduated from college, I stopped participating in the pissing race of seeing who got the fastest computer. I currently use a 5 year old P4 system.
 
Jeff7

Jeff7

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I've done less gaming because there's been less money available to buy games, and less time available to kill playing them.

Want. College. To. End. Dammit.
Working full-time gave me so much more time. It sucks when I can think back to when I worked at Walmart, back when I had both time and money.
This college time had damn well better pay for itself.



Though when HL2: Ep3 comes out, I will make time for it, though that probably won't be for another 15 years.

 
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So

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The thing is, I don't even bother upgrading for games that much. I bought a midrange system and I can play the games I want to at an acceptable level. <shrug>
 
Kirby

Kirby

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I'm 20 and I'm getting to that point. The only intensive things I do is extracting RARs and FLStudio.
 
clamum

clamum

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I'm not into hardware nearly as I once was but I still use the computer just as much. I don't play quite as many games though, but I still do about every other day for an hour or so.
 
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DnetMHZ

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Originally posted by: dNor
Originally posted by: Chryso
Some days I don't even turn the computer on when I get home.
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This is madness
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Actually, ever since I got my iPhone I can sometimes go several days without a computer .(excluding at work).
 
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DnetMHZ

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Originally posted by: darkxshade
Originally posted by: dNor
You stream porn, right?
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You bring up a good point, no where in the OP did he mention that he "doesn't watch porn anymore"
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The title of the thread isn't "I've given up living!" ;)
 
Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

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I find there's a huge trend going towards "dumb terminal to server" type setups. Lot of stuff is web based and the back end is on a server somewhere. Most of my stuff at home is like that. Either web based, or in a VM which I VNC to. I don't game too much, mostly do programming. For big companies its also the ideal setup. Cheap low cost machines as workstations, and powerful expensive servers as a central point to manage. Someone's machine goes bad, swap it out and they're ready to work, troubleshoot the other machine offline with no time restraint.

Though that's in a perfect world. Being in IT I see so many bad setups like people who have really weird apps or specialized setups such as shared printers, that make the "thin client" approach defeated. Where I work lot of apps are even profile based where they'll only work under one profile. That's what happens when you outsource coding to some really crappy company.
 
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AmpedSilence

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things really haven't changed for me. I upgrade my computer about once every three years. When i do i build a computer one step behind bleeding edge and under $500. I used to be all about the best/fastest, but its not worth the money.

I think Colossus in my sig will last me quite some time, expecially considering the most demanding game i play is AoE3 and the like.
 
xanis

xanis

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I had my first desktop PC for a good 4 years before I got my laptop and stopped using it. The most demanding thing I do is stream video from Hulu or wherever and do some work in PS or Illustrator.
 
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