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Within your household, how many computers?

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2 decent desktops (one in my office and one in my "lab")
1 old desktop (this will go in my garage at some point to power my CNC)
2 old laptops (1 is delegated to server duty)
2 tablets (iPad2 and Nexus 7 - use both daily)

For about the past year, I've done most of my causal (read-only) web browsing on the tablets.
 
Kroze said:
Wow that's serious. What do you do for a living ()🙂
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NOC tech, I used to be a server sysadmin though, but I found the NOC position more attractive. I like playing with server stuff at home, but not so much in a business environment, too much politics. 😛 Right now I don't have much going on but once this project is all done I plan to start saving up so I can build one or two VM servers. I want to get back into some of my coding projects and always good to have proper test environments and what not. I have a pic log here of the work I've been doing:

http://gal.redsquirrel.me/?level=album&id=32
 
Currently:

1 desktop
1 laptop
1 server
2 smartphones
1 router
1 printer
1 tv set top box (Appletv, so not a real HTPC)

Going to be adding another desktop soon (wife is setting up a home office) as well as a tablet, and probably a new router and server. The current router is just the verizon fios thing, so we'll keep that as the gateway to the ISP and add a real router and switch, and actually probably add a new wireless access point too.

Hoping to get one of those mini server racks like some of you cool guys have. 🙂
 
ultimatebob said:
I think so... I know that I still have a few Linksys WRT-54G's in storage that I used to play around with DD-WRT and Tomato firmware.
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I had one I was using as a wireless bridge in my condo up til we moved earlier this year. Current setup in the house is that I don't need it for that or anything else but it's ready to come out when needed.
 
Red Squirrel said:
NOC tech, I used to be a server sysadmin though, but I found the NOC position more attractive. I like playing with server stuff at home, but not so much in a business environment, too much politics. 😛 Right now I don't have much going on but once this project is all done I plan to start saving up so I can build one or two VM servers. I want to get back into some of my coding projects and always good to have proper test environments and what not. I have a pic log here of the work I've been doing:

http://gal.redsquirrel.me/?level=album&id=32
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How much does it cost in electricity each month or how much power is it pulling? Must be a fortune.
 
2 Desktops
2 Laptops
1 Box running WHS (thinking of moving to a Synology box from this)
1 Printer
2 Smartphones
1 Router
2 Switches

Why? The desktops I'm not sure about anymore. They may not be replaced at the end of their life. Laptops for convenience. Printer is obvious. WHS box for backups and remote access. But the old version of WHS on it won't do a bare metal restore of Win 7 or 8 and probably not Vista, yes my wife's desktop is still on Vista ,so it will no longer fulfill a part of what I put it in place for. Backups and remote access yes.

One wireless router covers the house and the switches are for ports for the WHS box, my house alarm panel, Dish DVR and Blu-Ray player, etc.
 
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4 desktops
3 laptops
IP Phone
2 Ipads
1 itouch
1 Kindle
3 smartphones
2 routers
2 switches

Also connected to network: DVR, PS3, Wii

Dam, didn't realize there was so much crap connected to the network at my house. Lot of junk here mainly because there are 4 of us, me, the wife and two kids.
 
2 desktops (1 is acting as HTPC)
2 laptops (1 is for work)
2 smartphones
1 tablet
1 kindle
1 router
1 printer
PS3 on the network
 
4 desktops (5 monitors)
3 kindles
2 smartphones
2 routers
1 printer
1 ps3 on the network

soon to add at xmas
1 tablet
1 more kindle
1 wii u

oh yeah, and 2 boxes of random cables / mice / adapters
 
1 desktop (gaming, home office)
1 4x750gb RAID5 NAS (file storage)
1 2x2TB RAID1 NAS (file storage - afraid older nas will die)
1 nexus 10 (go-to device at home)
1 galaxy s4 (wifes phone)
1 nexus 5 (my phone)
1 gaming laptop (for LANS and when i want to game in the home theater)
1 ultrabook (wifes main rig)
1 canon all in one laser printer (copying/scanning/printing)
1 verizon router (for fios)
1 5 port switch (networking)
1 8 port switch (networking)
1 ipod (rarely used, replaced by wifes smartphone, finally got her streaming over bluetooth)
1 netbook (rarely used, replaced by tablet)
1 older laptop (rarely used, replaced by ultrabook)
1 kindle (mine)
1 kindle paperwhite (wifes)
1 nes
1 snes
1 n64
1 wii
 
1 NAS device/server (runs 12 hours a day)
1 desktop (powered off 360 days of the year)
2 laptops (powered off unless being used)
1 tablet (not actively used anymore)
1 Xbox 360 (used often)
2 smartphones (iPhone 4s and DROID Razr used constantly)

I'm actually going to likely purge my desktop soon.
 
1 WHS 2011 Server
3 Desktops
1 HTPC
2 Laptops
2 Routers and 2 switches
3 Tablets
2 Smartphones
1 Wireless Laser
1 Wireless Inkjet

All for 2 people 🙂
 
4 deskops
* Main desktop
* Secondary desktop
* HTPC
* Media player in bedroom

1 phone
* Samsung Galaxy Nexus

1 tablet
* Asus Transformer Pad Infinity

1 printer
* HP Laserjet P2015

2 routers
* Linksys E3000 main
* Linksys E3000 wireless bridge
 
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2 laptops
1 ipad
2 smart phones (one is barely smart)
1 printer
1 microwave from the 80s that probably has a computer in it
1 digital receiver that is apparently computer enough to piss me off when it changes surround settings AGAIN.
1 Wii that hasn't been on in years
1 360 that hasn't been on in a year and a half
 
*shrug* define "computer"

If you just count anything that pulls an IP address, my housemate and I between us have over a dozen.

2 Laptops
Gaming Rig (Mine)
Media Server/NAS
iPad
2 iPhones
Nintendo Wii
Roku
BluRay Player
Nintendo 3DS XL
Nintendo DSi
2 Printers
WiFi Bridge
Fax Machine/Scanner
Router

That's just what's on. I also have a TI-99/4A under my bed, and a modded mITX rig that's on the desk at work. It will be coming home tomorrow though, since I'm changing jobs.
 
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I'm surprised to see this many HTPC's

I ditched mine years ago when devices like Roku's became common/cheap (my living room TV is a smart TV with hulu, netflix, and plesk... roku's on the bedroom and office TV's). I've got a bunch of locally stored files, but I just use Plesk to manage those so I can watch them on my Roku's (which don't support DLNA for god knows what reason; I'd much rather just use DLNA than Plesk)

just seemed like more hassle than it was worth to have to worry about managing multiple desktops (and the noise, heat, and power usage factors)
 
2 Desktops
1 Laptop (Sometimes 2)
2 Smartphones
2 tablets (Kindle HD, Ipad Mini Retina)
1 Router/switch
1 Printer
1 PS3
1 ChromeCast
1 Digital Ink Kindle
1 Comcast HD STB
 
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