How many computers do you own?

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pianowizard · #1 Post by **pianowizard** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 12:50 am

Why do you need/want so many computers? How many of them are Thinkpads?

#2 Post by **thePCxp** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 1:04 am

I have 3 computers. 2 of them are desktops and 1 of them is a ThinkPad. I have an eMachines (that I got in 1999), an IBM NetVista A22p (that I got in 2002), and a ThinkPad R51 (that I got in 2004). I want a lot of computers because I just love computers.

I also wish that I had all the ThinkPad's that I want because I just love ThinkPad's!

I am never going to get rid of my computers.

bhtooefr · #3 Post by **bhtooefr** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 1:22 am

Six here...

Apple //c (Revision 0) - My first computer. It gets kept.
Hacker //e - This is the only known specimen of it's brand or model. Therefore, it gets kept.
Toshiba Satellite Pro 405CS - I loan it out to friends who need a computer. It does me no good, though...
Pionex Pentium MMX system - It runs Linux. It sits in a corner until I have no more running computers. I don't really need it, but it's fun to mess with
PC Chips Book PC - It's small. The PSU's dead, but it'll make a mean little Celeron server once I get that fixed...
ThinkPad X21 in sig - It's a laptop, and it's fast enough for what I do, except for gaming. 'Nuff said.

PetraM · #4 Post by **PetraM** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 2:46 am

I only have one - a 14" T42p. It's all I need.

Petra

#5 Post by **GomJabbar** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:22 am

My latest and greatest is my T42
My family's desktop is from IBUYPOWER, a 2.6 Ghz P4, Titanium XP
My oldest daughter has a T22 that I bought her
My middle daughter has my old 600E
My youngest daughter uses what's available
My significant other uses a Palm Tungsten T-3
Plus we have (2) original Pentium desktop computers for standby use, but they basically aren't used at all -
They are so slowwwwwwwwwwwwww.

Doltan · #6 Post by **Doltan** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:41 am

3 here. 1 desktop, 1 ibook (for my wife), and 1 T43p (for myself). Retiring the desktop after getting the thinkpad.

#7 Post by **K. Eng** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 8:38 am

I always keep two. A notebook (currently my T40) for work, and a desktop for a file server/backup.

farmer kev · #8 Post by **farmer kev** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 8:43 am

More than 25, only the first and my current desktop were new tho.
While some people gotta be at the bleeding edge of tech I buy at the dying edge.
Forgot to mention, 12 of them are Thinkpads, no other laptops represented in my collection.

emorphien · #9 Post by **emorphien** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 11:23 am

I own a T43p, 4 year old Dell Inspiron 8100, and my homebrew desktop.

I have a Tungsten C and a couple Macs and an SGI but they're all old and never get used and will be gone by the end of this week.

Torque · #10 Post by **Torque** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 12:04 pm

P4 2,66GHz desktop. Used mostly for filebackups and music.

T41p laptop. For everything else.

#11 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 3:50 pm

I have:
A circa 1992 Macintosh IIsi
A circa 1996 PowerMacintosh 8500/150
A circa 1998 Dell OptiPlex GXa Tower with a PII 300
A circa 2000 Homebuilt Pentium III 667
A circa 2002 Homebuilt Athlon XP 1800+
A circa 1996 ThinkPad 760E
A circa 1998 ThinkPad 380ED

The computers that get regular use are the Athlon XP, the Pentium III and the ThinkPad 380. Everything else is in my attic or closet.

DoS · #12 Post by **DoS** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:03 pm

T43
T21
AXP 2500+ Main desktop
AXP 1900+ BR PC
AXP 1800+ backups
AXP 1800+ server

tehsoul · #13 Post by **tehsoul** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:22 pm

2:

laptop - t43p
desktop - amd athlon firebird 1200mhz, 768mb ram, a few 200gb hdds

redsb3 · #14 Post by **redsb3** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 7:47 pm

4, one desktop and three notebooks. I can leave them laying around the house and just pick one up to start surfing.

Just kidding. Ones mine
(Thinkpad), ones my wife's (d word) and one is just sitting in a cabinet.
Kind of a spare. Do most of my work on desktop and tote the notebook to work.

pphilipko · #15 Post by **pphilipko** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 9:32 pm

Dell Dimension 4550
IBM Thinkpad X40
IBM Aptiva - junkyard
DIY desktop - junkyard
IBM Thinkpad T41p - SOLD (again)

Toe · #16 Post by **Toe** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:06 am

1-T23 (2004)
2-Tandy rlx 1000 ( 1989?)
3-Gateway 2000 (1997?)
4-Gateway "x" (2001?)

And several parts machines, running as file servers....web servers.....game servers.....oh, VPN server.....and a music/teamspeak server when the need asrises. (Basically I have an old KVM switch connected to the pile of old desktops under my desk)

-Toe

cwestwater · #17 Post by **cwestwater** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:35 am

IBM T43
IBM T22
IBM xSeries 206 Server
IBM 600E

Plus dotted about the flat are a couple of Toshiba laptops, a T21 and a Compaq Deskpro EN

gazingwa · #18 Post by **gazingwa** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:52 am

4

thinkpad x22 - mine
thinkpad a20m - wifes
hp p4 desktop with new board, hd and vid card - gaming/photoshop rig
ibm pc300gl p3 as a router

BigWarpGuy · #19 Post by **BigWarpGuy** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:39 am

I have four older Thinkpads; 750, 755CD, 760EL 600. I also have a Gateway 200S. I have two desktops that I have assembled myself. Would not-yet-completed computers count? I have three mini-itx projects in the works (using a TI-99/4A, OS/2 Warp ver 4 box and a Lost in Space Jupiter 2 toy as cases).

bhtooefr · #20 Post by **bhtooefr** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:17 pm

Sweet...

You ought to take pics along the way, and upload them to mini-itx.com (unless it's something that's already been done - don't bother uploading the OS/2 box - someone already did one in both a RedHat and a WinXP box, and created a way to autosense what box it was in).

I've thought about Mini-ITX, but the VIA boards are slow, the Pentium 4 boards run hot, the Pentium M boards are expensive, and the Athlon 64 boards simply don't exist.

daba · #21 Post by **daba** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:24 am

I own three.

A server, a desktop, and a Thinkpad X40.

BigWarpGuy · #22 Post by **BigWarpGuy** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:17 am

I have the parts for the mini-itx projects but have not started assembling them, yet. I will take photos and notes on each step of assembling them. I will upload the photos/notes on the OS/2 Warp ver 4 box (it will be running eComStation from http://www.ecomstation.com ) since it is one of my projects and I want it to be a little different than just using the box (it will have a stand and will try to have it open up easily so the insides can be seen (or have parts 'transparent' so one can easily see inside; I am not sure which I will try [or maybe both?]).

I will also take a photo of my four Thinkpads to post in the photo section of this site.

leoblob · #23 Post by **leoblob** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:48 am

My wife and I both work full-time from our house, so we have six that are used on a regular basis:

TP360
TP365
IBM PC300GL - PIII 733/256/133 (to be upgraded)
Dell GX1 - (PIII) 1400C/256/100 (upgraded)
Gateway - (PIII) 1400C/256/100 (upgraded)
ASUS (home-made) - PIII 1200/256/133 (upgraded)

In addition, there's a Kaypro 2X (sitting in a box, retired) and an E-Machines 2.6GHz Celeron that's my kid's... he bought it with his own money!!

MichaelMeier · #24 Post by **MichaelMeier** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 2:48 am

asiafish · #25 Post by **asiafish** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:25 pm

Hmmm.

Older PowerBook G3 (Lombard) for my wife
PowerBook 3400c (even older) for my daughter
Power Macintosh G4 (desktop - 1.0GHz) for wife and daughter
PowerBook G4 12" 1.5GHz (mine)
ThinkPad T42p 14" (also mine)

pianowizard · #26 Post by **pianowizard** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:14 pm

I own 17 computers, and I want so many because they are fun to play with! Although, there have been times when I really needed 2 - 4 computers to do several things simultaneously. They are listed according to CPU speed in decreasing order:

Dell Inspiron 700m notebook: 1.6GHz Pentium M, 512MB RAM
Dell Inspiron 8200 notebook: 1.6GHz Pentium 4, 1GB
Gateway E-3200 desktop: 1.1GHz 100FSB Pentium III, 512MB
Dell OptiPlex GX110 desktop: 600GHz 133FSB pentium III, 256MB
IBM Thinkpad 600E: 366MHz Pentium II, 416MB
IBM Thinkpad 240: 300MHz Celeron, 320MB
PowerBook G3: 233MHz Macintosh, 160MB
Packard Bell Synera 406 desktop: 233MHz Pentium w/ MMX, 128MB
Umax "Slim Type" notebook: 233MHz Pentium w/ MMX, 64MB
Compaq Armada 1573DM notebook: 233MHz Pentium w/ MMX, 32MB
Packard Bell Pack-Mate 5996CDT desktop: 133MHz Pentium, 96MB
IBM Thinkpad 365X: 100MHz Pentium, 40MB
unknown brand desktop: 100MHz 486DX4, 8MB
Toshiba Satellite T2130CS notebook: 75MHz 486DX4, 24MB
Packard Bell Legend 11CD desktop: 50MHz 486DX2, 20MB
Ambra NC425SL notebook: 25MHz 486SX, 4MB
unknown brand desktop: 16MHz 286, 1MB

benplaut · #27 Post by **benplaut** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:17 am

i voted wrong... 3 are in regular use, but i have more:

701C
T40
Dell 4500
3x Dell ? PIII, 256 RAM
c64
Apple ][
Microcenter CrapBox (i dunno...)
homebuilt PII

a few more... i can't remember

desdinova · #28 Post by **desdinova** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 3:13 am

I've got to clean house

Homebrew 2800XP
Toshiba Satillite 486 lappy
DEC Server7000 Quad PPro
Noname Dual PPro
2 DolchPAC 486 luggables
Apple B&W G3
Apple 6500
Apple 8600
Apple 9600
Apple Quadra 700
Commodore C64
Commodore C128
Commodore SX-64 luggable

and soon to be a T30 ^_^