How many machines is enough/too many?

[You_are_a_cunt]

So I was talking with some friends and we couldn't decide if I had a problem or not.

 

I currently have:

 

1x desktop that I constantly use

2x backup desktops in case my main rig is unavailable (one of them is decent-er, as far as old PCs go, so I sometimes use it when I have friends at lan parties, since we mostly play SC:BW or AoE)

1x laptop I use when I'm feeling lazy and cba get out of bed

1x netbook I haul around with me pretty much everywhere I go

1x local NAS I made out of an old PC

1x remote NAS I keep at my parents

1x HTPC that I can't use due to not having a TV anymore

 

 

Admittedly I could get rid of some of them, but I see no point in doing that. Most people around here have at most 1 pc and 1 laptop and having a NAS is already too much to deal with (for them).

 

 

So, do I have a "problem" (with having too many computers) or is it common(ish) techie sense to own most (if not all) of the above?

[comicsansms]

<4 PC's is a crime

[Guest]

I have one PC.

[VioDuskar]

no such thing as too much tech. even old tech can be repurposed for streaming, home media, storage, or VMs.

 

2 desktops. one gamer, one media machine

2 laptops. one windows, one linux.

1 phone in use. 1 backup.

1 squid rig for hardware testing.

 

wish i had a tablet for school web surfing.

[You_are_a_cunt]

no such thing as too much tech. even old tech can be repurposed for streaming, home media, storage, or VMs.

 

2 desktops. one gamer, one media machine

2 laptops. one windows, one linux.

1 phone in use. 1 backup.

1 squid rig for hardware testing.

 

wish i had a tablet for school web surfing.

 

I didn't even count phones, tablets and benches D:

 

4x phones (1 daily driver, 1 mobile hotspot, 1 backup and 1 home)

2x tablets (1x kitchen and 1x bathroom, because reasons and they were free)

2x test benches somewhere in storage, long forgotten and probably 55% dust

 

 

does the iPad doorstopper count as a tablet? I feel it shouldn't, since all it does is stop the door knob from banging into the wall

[EllieThePurpleFuzzy]

I haaaaaaave (working right now C: having fun)

 

1x Rad Big pootpoot (Desktop) (in description)

1x Rad Laptop/Laptop-Tablet (lenovo X220T i5 2520M)

1x Mobile (Iphone 4)

1x Console (PS3)

[minibois]

1 PC.

4 consoles

8 handhelds

1 phone

[kipper]

3 PC's

1 phone

5 consoles

[FireFox]

I have my desktop and laptop which are currently residing in my signature but due to the amount of components I have all I need is a case which with allow me to build another PC.

[GlassBomb]

You only have too many machines when your breaker goes off all the time.

[DigitalHermit]

1 machine is minimum...

2 is nice..

3 is good...

4 is great...

 

too much is 5 times the number of people living inside the house...

unless you're running an internet cafe...

[cragger89]

My Study PC

My Wife's Study PC

My Laptop

My Wife's laptop

Lounge HTPC

Bedroom HTPC

CCTV Server.

 

[Trik'Stari]

No such thing as too many.

[DimasRMDO]

I own 1 machine, but how many machine is too many? I don't care how many, the more I own the happier I am.

[Dezz]

<4 PC's is a crime

 

I have one PC.

I think are are a criminal

 

 

3 desktops and 3 laptops (for 4 people it seems reasonable) +4 smartphones and 2 tablets

[Fatelinha]

I have a PC for heavy home stuff, a laptop for wandering around the house and taking to shool, and a tablet just for the lolz (and Candy Crush at the toilet )

 

So like today I don't think theres is a real number that says it is too much.

[You_are_a_cunt]

I have a PC for heavy home stuff, a laptop for wandering around the house and taking to shool, and a tablet just for the lolz (and Candy Crush at the toilet )

 

So like today I don't think theres is a real number that says it is too much.

it got weird when I had family over at one point after just having installed the permanent tablet charging dock in the bathroom...

[Lethal Seraph]

It's a problem when you can't communicate intrapersonally. No matter how many devices you have, there should be off limits/no-no, i.e dining table, driving or walking. Other than that, go nuts.

1pc, 1 phablet and 1 netbook.

[You_are_a_cunt]

It's a problem when you can't communicate intrapersonally. No matter how many devices you have, there should be off limits/no-no, i.e dining table, driving or walking. Other than that, go nuts.

1pc, 1 phablet and 1 netbook.

 

 

It was more a matter of me being some sort of technology hoarder.

I'm not a hoarder. I'm a collector :3

[spwath]

I have-

1 desktop

10 emacs (now only 2)

1 powermac g4 cube

1 iMac g4

1 PowerBook g3

[BurgerBum]

1 PC.

4 consoles

8 handhelds

1 phone

(although some of them are dead due to cooling restraints, still work i just need to clean them out and replace the original heatsink with something better) i have every nintendo and sega console. (including the japanese versions) and an original xbox im planning on making into a pc. (not putting a PC inside, like straight up just loading a really low power OS onto it. the proc in the original xbox is a pentium. (a really old one though *grits teath*)

 

dont even get me started on handhelds and phones.  

i have an issue. ;-;

 

 

 

 

computers, i have my laptop (currently my daily driver, going to be replaced by my new rig SOON)

my new rig. its half alive. need a new harddrive and some software updates and im ready to go. (the q8200 in it will be part of my backup rig if i can get my BF's proccessor.  ) 

an old pentium4 dell opliplex/dimension (dontremember which one, or the model number) (gonna make that somesort of storage thing, if not im making the pentium4 into a necklace SWEGG) 

 

oh and a shit-ton of intel atom teeny tiny computers i have reserved at freegeek. because reason. (singular intended) 

[KWelz]

If you don't count my wife's laptop I have 6 computers. 

 

27 Inch 2011 iMac.  

13 inch 2015 Macbook pro. 

2008 mac Pro that I use as a Media server. 

2012 Mac Pro I use as a rendering machine.  

First Generation Surface Pro. 

Custom Water cooled Gaming computer.  

 

I will have 7 once I finish building my Mini ITX machine.  

[minibois]

(although some of them are dead due to cooling restraints, still work i just need to clean them out and replace the original heatsink with something better) i have every nintendo and sega console. (including the japanese versions) and an original xbox im planning on making into a pc. (not putting a PC inside, like straight up just loading a really low power OS onto it. the proc in the original xbox is a pentium. (a really old one though *grits teath*)

Nice!

I only have a GameCube and Wii for consoles from Nintendo or SEGA. Still want to get at least an NES, SNES and N64

 

And I believe Linux on a Xbox original is pretty easy

[BurgerBum]

Nice!

I only have a GameCube and Wii for consoles from Nintendo or SEGA. Still want to get at least an NES, SNES and N64

 

And I believe Linux on a Xbox original is pretty easy

OS suggestion? something that wont be too slow?

[0ld_Chicken]

I have 5. My main i7 rig, my backup g3258 (the lady friend thinks it's hers), unknown hp/amd laptop, and two old workstation desktops that are really no good for anything but they do work. I've really only used the workstations to tear apart and reassemble when i was first start to build pcs.