NE1 use 2+ PCs in the same room here?

[TravisBickle]

It sounds excessive to some people but... I could use a lowly one for downloading things, whilst keeping my other power computer free. some of the downloads I make are a bit... erratic... and sometimes I have to do quite a search for what I want *cough*... it can be difficult to manage this not in front of the computer. I could play a game whilst keeping a proper eye on my downloads. or playing a game with walk-through guide web pages on the other computer. wheee...

 

[TheOddball]

Got two... my big rig and my server/web browser

 

[SleepyGuy]

yah, i got 2 pc's in my room, 1 in my bro's room beside me, 1 in my other bros room (basement)... 3 pc's in my room if u count my laptop. i pc i use for everything except games (windows 2000 pro) and the other i use for games (windows 98 fe). the laptop i have windows me (yuk)... preinstalled by dell. it's an inspiron 8000 (pIII 700, 256 ram, dvd...etc)... pretty good for games too!

 

[bozack]

I have three computers in the same room, sometimes four.

1. My machine
2. My girlfriends machine
3. The P200 server
4. My company laptop when I bother to bring it home

all are able to connect to the in house network that I have... it was funny last night my girlfriend was having trouble printing something rather large on her small HP printer...in a fit of rage she screamed "why does everything have to be so connected!!!" I laughed, sometimes it sucks to be into computers

 

[Zach]

Three here, mine, the fiance's, and the P166 powerhouse server.

 

[Pakman]

I've got 2 pc's in my room (basement)...One is my main rig a Tbird 1ghz system and the other is a Celeron 600 Server (printing, game server, internet router). One in my brother's room on the second floor which is a P3 600... and a Laptop in the living room. All networked of course ... I need to update my rigs page... hehe

 

[sciencewhiz]

At work, I have 5 pcs in my room Its great for multitasking.

 

[sadb0i]

3 in da house here
2 in my room
p180 gateway/router
and my duron rig...
1 p3-450 in my bro room...

 

[MichaelD]

Travis,

I like your idea. One for downloading, the other as the main box. Good idea. My PIII 550E is collecting dust as we speak. All it needs is a NIC card. I already have a Gateway/Router. Hmmm. But that would mean I'd have to have a second monitor hooked up as well to see what the heck is going on w/that second pc.

Darn! Every time a good idea pops up, something goes wrong. I have a second monitor. Decent one too...the one that came w/the Dell. Yesh, I admit...my first pc was off-the-shelf Never again though. I don't have room for a second "whole setup". My pc desk is rather small. Mainly because my apartment is a roomy shoebox, but that's another story.

Oh well, it was a great idea and I was happy for the two seconds it took to realize I don't have the room for it. Anyway, great idea, Travis!

 

[Pakman]

You could always get one of those switch boxes so you would only need 1 monitor, keyboard, and mouse to control both computers.

 

[MichaelD]

Pakman,

Hmm. That's an idea. Don't those degrade performance or response time or something like that, though?

 

[DarkManX]

2 in my room, main 1.2 GHZ workstation, and a AMD k6-3 bookPC. and about to get the gateway 6400 which will be in my room
1 comp in my dads room
1 in the basement (router)

 

[dowxp]

my sisters celery500 and my rig. i could potentially have 4 computers if i assembled them all together [i have a 1ghz tbird just sitting there on a kt7]. anyways, they are hooked via 16 switch sharing a 26.4 connection. great huh?

 

[Pakman]

<< Hmm. That's an idea. Don't those degrade performance or response time or something like that, though? >>

You know what, I don't know. I've seen one before but never actually used one. I would think it would have minimal performance hit, but your image quality on your monitor might not be as great.

 

[Spearfodder]

I've got four, my main system, a server, my 'play with os's' system, and a an old k6 that runs seti 24/7 for no particular reason other than it's not good for anything else.

All in my bedroom, though I've plenty of room elsewhere. I've just gotten used to sleeping with the white noise from 20ish fans...

 

[MichaelD]

Pak,
Yeah, I was thinking about image quality as well. I'm really big into how it looks; as most of us here are, I'm sure. Good idea though. Hmm...I could convert my 6x8 dining area into my office and eat in the bedroom.... Oh well, some other time then.

Double Hmm.....I could (just a though) build some kind of shelf into the wall, mount the monitor there and .....nah.

 

[Paulson]

2 comps in the same room because that's where my modem, router, and switch are

One's my main Rig, one's my server...

 

[davidsnot]

2 My rig and one I download with. Shared cable, with a 100bT network. 4 total in the house.

 

[Hoober]

I've got three computers hooked up through a KVM switch (the piece of hardware that lets you use one monitor, mouse, keyboard for all the computers) and I've never noticed a slowdown or anything like that. It switches on the fly between the computers and only takes about two seconds for the monitor to resynch itself. Sure beats having three monitors around, believe me.

 

[ElFenix]

3 - main rig, downloader, and a pentium pro which runs seti 24/7 and doesn't even have a monitor or keyboard. has a mouse though.

 

[joinT]

Try 4!!

2 AMD Socket A rigs (Duron@1G, Tbird@1G), my laptop &amp; my server
But soon the server will go downstairs when I get my KVM

 

[panhead49]

probably everyone on anand. has a couple or more runnin.....lol.....my wife and me are back to back in same room on line

 

[paruhd0x]

Two 19&quot; monitors side by side, server and client Client for gaming Server for IRC, ICQ, and webrowsing

 

[Adul]

Sure do, both at work and at home.

 

[Slapstick]

I?ve got 4 running right now, 1 for games and burning (Win98) 1 for office type apps, (W2k) and the other 2 just do RC5 at the moment. Gathering the parts for a 5th. Use a KVM on the main 2 and VNC to control the 2 RC5 boxes. All networked of course