Pc Usage

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I just fnishing building a rig for a friend of mine, and boy was that a struggle! ...its been soo long since i built a pc! lol!

Anyway, the main question i had to ask the person was;

What are you planning to use your PC for, and then the £££ willing to spend.

So ladies and gentlemen of the forum, what do you use your pc(s) for???

mutiply choice

 

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Everything.

 

Also amongst other things not listed, I watch a fair amount of TV on my workstation as it's in the kitchen/informal lounge.

 

Great poll !!

Mine are all used for loads - streaming media, work, games for the kid, communications, and learning networking.

And online drinking with you Guys

 

Anything I can.

 

I use if for most of the above..

just finished building my system again, and almost done my sons one too (he's having a custom case and its taking time). Then we can do some LAN play too!!

 

I find it interesting that 100% of us so far use our PCs for listening to music nowadays.

I can highly recommend MCE 2005 for this, as you can use a remote and see the really excellent Media Centre GUI from a distance. Everyone is knocked out by MCE even the dreaded iMac fraternity

Oh and I can highly recommend the Creative Inspire® 2.1 25002.1 speaker system, for the money they are the dogs! They sound better than my Altec Lancing jobbies which cost twice the price.

 

yeah u forgot watching movies, editing movies, downloading, editing music, converting files, splitting files, joining files....oh wait thats me otherwise I havent yet started the server side of things...but hope to soon...I love my 5.1 surround set up especially when watching movies, oooh its like having ur own mini cinema next up 7.1 baby!!! woohoo!!!

 

Perhaps a better question would have been what do you NOT use your PC for?

 

What you even use it for making a cup of coffee??

 

I seem to spend less time these days playing computer games and more time on Forums, listening to music

That is when it's not in parts on the floor

 

I use mine for:

1. Offline gaming.
2. Online gaming.
3. Programming.
4. Modelling 3D game assets.
5. Surfing.
6. Listening to music (forgot to vote for that one.)

 

Aaa - Men to that Pete! I've got Creative surround sound and with Wide screen TFT it's better than being in the cinema. Although I do miss the annoying person who talks all the way through the film and then talks about how crap the end was. (Not!!!)

 

Well my friend, you can slightly re-create that scenario by having a missus who decides to make a cup of tea halfway through then asks a hundred questions when she gets back, who's phone continually bleeps with text messsages, before falling asleep on your shoulder and waking up as the credits roll.

Wouldn't have it any other way though, bless her

 

funny you should mention this. ive just ordered a set of components to build myself for a new system, coming to a whopping £954 ex vat. although i have to say... im not actually paying that even though its for me.

You know, it would have been easier to ask me what i DONT use my systems for.