Richard Owlett wrote:
Bret Busby wrote:
Surely, it would have all been so much simpler, if the original poster
in the thread, had put the question "To what personal uses, do people
put their computers?".
What correlation need there be between *simple* questions and *useful*
answers?
The OP correctly phrased the question as "How is typical home computer
used today?"
As I'm the OP, I should know. <GRIN>
Well... not sure we're typical, then again, as others have asked, what's
typical? Anyway, in our home:
Context:
- house
- FIOS connectivity, WiFi to most machines, hardwired ethernet to my laptop
- Chromecast dongle on order - expect to be streaming to TV from various
machines
- TV is digital, has a computer in it, as do various game boxes, Netflix
via Xbox
- remote backup for all machines (CrashPlan)
Myself:
- Mac laptop used for personal and my own business
-- email, web, facebook, etc.
-- writing (MS Office)
-- bookkeeping and billpaying (Quicken, under windows, under Parallels)
-- personal files
-- games
-- remote admin of servers (servers/cluster, running in leased rack
space - from small hosting business I used to run - now used to host
community email lists and as a sandbox - currently Debian Linux,
probably will become LSF, Gentoo, BSD or SmartOS shortly, maybe GNU Linux)
-- some development - mostly Linux, running in VMs, under Parallels
-- various stuff
- Windows laptop from work
-- email, web
-- ms office, sharepoint, server
-- visio
- Homebrew desktop/server sitting under my desk - usually off, use to
play with various O/Ss
- Android Smartphone
-- email, calendar, etc.
-- web
-- various apps
-- use as hotspot when travelling
- Android Tablet - mostly use as book reader - probably will use to
stream video to TV
Wife:
- Mac laptop
-- email, web
-- music
-- mostly personal and school use (teacher, finishing up masters)
- iPad and iPhone - the usual uses
Son #2
- Mac laptop (used to be Windows, also has a netbook floating around)
-- email, web
-- LOTS of videos
-- photo, video, and sound editing (art student and musician)
Son #1
- old laptop, variously Linux and Windows
- no longer living at home, I sometimes still provide tech support
- uses our backup service
Son #3
- Windows (school) and Mac (personal) laptops
- email, web, office - all the usual
- some sound hacking
- uses our backup service
Miles Fidelman
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In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
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