The majority of you guys have more than one laptop, desktop at home?

I was just thinking doesn't your wife or significant other question why do you need so many laptops/computers/tablets at home? I got to thinking about it as well, it seems a bit overkill lol

Dell Desktop Core I650 / GTX 470 Fermi / 16gb / gaming machine
Acer Laptop / Core I5 / 8GB/ Intel HD / work machine
Lenovo Netbook / casual internet
Samsung Galaxy Tablet / casual internet
Acer Iconia Tablet / casual internet
IPad 2 / casual internet

and then the Alienware that is enbound....

is anyone else a little overboard?

 

I had an Inspiron 1720, M17x R2, and M11x R1. Gave the 1720 to my brother. But my wife does roll her eyes at me. Especially lastnight when I suggested I wanted to build a desktop. I have an old mobo to use and some CPU chips.

I bought her an Inspiron 15. Although at the time I bought it I was overseas with both of my notebooks and hers died. Which just needed a new HDD, but I hated her Toshiba Satallite so I replaced it. Set up the toshiba for my Grandma, which got stolen Who steals a laptop from dear old granny?

 

Hrm:

Alienware M17xR2 - Gaming DTR
Dell Vostro 1500 - backup gaming DTR
ThinkPad Z61t - work laptop
ThinkPad Z61t - backup/parts for my work laptop
ThinkPad T60 - backup work laptop
Just sold my ThinkPad X200 Tablet but getting X220 Tablet soon - ultraportable
Dell Latitude D600 - Print server
Dell Inspiron 6000 - Downloads

 

Four computers total, two of which are mine, and two are my girlfriends. The latter two are not gaming systems per se.

My two systems are:

- Franken-desktop (Athlon II X2 250, 4GB, EVGA GTX 560, CM 500w PS)
- M17x R3 (i7-2720qm, 8GB, GTX 460)

Currently, my laptop outperforms my desktop in all games I own. The Athlon II 250 is a real POS though, and a bottleneck for most games. However, the GTX 560 is very powerful.

Right now, I have the desktop downstairs for general use, casual gaming, and printing stuff... Until I upgrade the CPU in spring... then I may use it more for gaming. The laptop is upstairs in my room, and is used for almost everything.

I don't really think any of it is overkill though.

 

I use - at the moment at least - my desktop in my signature, an ASUS Transformer for college / on-the-go casual stuff, and I also have a server used for a bunch of other things.

 

I've actually slowed down. I was getting new desktop upgrades every 6 months or so (usually video cards), but getting into laptops now, its actually slowed me down. AND to make matters worse, my wife loves tech gadgets. She wants new dual core phones, new laptops, new computers...all that stuff...so i have no one to keep me in check lol

Here is a list of my current computer hardware that will inevitably change in coming months. Either an amd 7900's upgrade will be forthcoming to the m17x R3 or a new m18x and the wife inherits my m17x:

My laptop: Listed in sig...upgrades: Sound, CPU, Ram, SSD, thermal paste

Wife's laptop: Asus G73 with nvidia gtx 460m

My 5 yr old son inherited: Core i7 970 hexacore @ 4.4ghz, 12 gigs ddr3 1600, 120 gig Patriot Wildfire SSD, Nvidia GTX 570 SLI'ed and heavily overclocked

 

So much overkill in this thread, I got the M17x R3 to replace my desktop and be my primary computer. With the 5+ hours of battery it is plenty long enough as a laptop, and I feel like it is powerful enough for desktop gaming.

If everything works out I plan to only have the M17x, and then I will still have but not use my current desktop.

 

Pretty sweet desktop at home but I'm as college.
I7 920 4ghz
6gb ddr3
Sli gtx 460 over locked
Ssd + hdd

College:
M17x r2
I7 940xm
Sli gtx 285m
Probably gonna sell

About to buy
M17xr2
I7 720
Sli gtx 285m
Doesn't boot but hopefully I can fix that for cheap as it turns on and everything. Plus getting super cheap

MacBook air everyday use/commuting
I5
4gb ddr3
120gb sad

Hp touch pad for idk cuz it was only $99 during fire sale

 

That's a little much I think!

I have one Dell 15 inch,
one HP 10 inch.

Enough for me!

 

3 in total...

M17x R3
Dell Vostro 1500
Lenovo HTPC

 

Only two for me... at the moment

M17xR2 -- Main gaming rig and DTR
M11xR2 -- Gaming and everything else on the go

 

Before moving to the UK:

M17xR2
Gaming Desktop (prior to the Alienware)
2 x Netbooks (Asus and Acer)
GF's Dell laptop (should be replaced soon)
Media PC connected to family room TV
Media PC in the bedroom
File Server sitting in wardrobe

Looking to build a bomber desktop rig when I get back to Aus....I can't stop tinkering

 

m17x R3
m11x R3
my old toshiba 14" laptop
wife's Dell XPS 17 3D
i5 mac mini
and my desktop computer, i7-2600k, AMD 6870, ssd, 2TB HDD, 8gb RAM

and 4 HTPCs lol..but those are going to be gone soon from my house

and does an asus transformer counts as a laptop?

 

Bro, that's just not right lol...addicted to computers much?

 

Only got 2. Use the M11x R2 for mobile stuff and lighter gaming... and the M17x R3 for desktop work.

 

See my sig...

 

@Op well most with multiple PC's have multiples because of buying new hardware and more or less just recycling the old ones, I have a first gen i5 with amd 5870 desktop that i still use as a host server and an HP 3500 that still being used as a web browser/HTPC even though I have my sager as my main for work and gaming.

 

I only have one. But it's a helluva one Contemplating going M18x or desktop.

 

Personal/gaming laptop
Alienware M17x R3 | Core i7 2760QM | GeForce GTX 580M 2GB | 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 RAM | SSD+SATA | 17.3" WLED 1920x1080 | Win 7 x64

Work laptop
Fujitsu LifeBook S761 | Core i5 2410M | 4GB RAM | 13.3" LED | Win 7 x64

Server (vmware, file sharing, etc)
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO | Phenom II X4 910e | 8GB DDR3 RAM | 6xHDD | Win Srv 2008 R2 x64

HTPC
Zotac HD-ID33BR | Atom D525 | NG-ION | 2GB DDR2 RAM | 40GB SSD | Win 7 x64 | XBMC 11

Tablet
Archos 70 Internet Tablet | Android

 

I have 2 laptops right now. See my sig. I'd really want to have a desktop, but I can't find the parts I need yet.

 

Technically yes (2 laptops currently owned), but I use the Alienware 98% of the time. I also have an old Compaq Presario 2100 that I use as a word processor when I travel, but that's not too often. The wife also has her Dell Vostro 1510 laptop, and we have no desktop model in the home. Honestly, I don't think I'll ever buy another desktop again.

 

I had a m11x and a m14x before I sold them for the money to buy a new m17x. Now I'm 'in between' laptops until it arrives

Will probably get a tablet sometime to have something a little more portable instead of another laptop.

(typing this on my girldfriends compaq nx9020 with a whopping 1,6ghz cpu!!!)

 

slick, you are the luckiest guy alive (best wife ever...) and your son is the luckiest son alive (best father ever...) oh man, livin the dream

I have 2 computers right now, but my parents have 6

 

My current laptop:
M17xr3 I7-2670qm, gtx560m upgraded to and 6990m, 8gb DDR 1600, 500 gb hdd, and awaiting a crucial m4 ssd,

Old laptop:
HP DV8t, I7-720qm, Geforce gt230m, 8gb Kingston hyperX 1333mhz, 500gb hdd.

Wife's net book.
Samsung N-150 Plus. Intel Atom N450, 2gb DDR2 800mhz, Intel gma3150, 160gb hdd.
She only uses it for the Facebook.

Kids:
Acer AR3610, Intel Atom 330, Nvidia ION gfx, 4gd DDR 667mhz, 500gb hdd.

 

Well, I have 2 desktop. E6600 and Q8600. Using Q8600 for almost anything casual. E6600 one is sitting as a living room monster in case we have movie night.

My wife's using my old 13" macbook. Got my R3 a few months ago and is using it for almost anything work/confidential related stuff.

Have an iPad 2 for son. He plays it and my wife's 3GS in turn...

I'm not sure what your definition of overkill is. I work with computer and work with computer is what they pay me for... I mean, when you have some wacky idea to program, nothing is overkill. You never know what you'll need.

 

Just the one in the sig. It works during the daytime and plays at night; everything from just music to Battlefield 3. It is probably on for an average of 14 hours every day.

 

Depends on what you mean by desktop, I've got all kinds of old Windows 98 and XP machines in the garage that I haven't gotten around to sorting out and figuring out what to keep and what to throw away. I also got my trusty old AMD acer as a backup for my Alien monster.

 

no desktop in years here.
went from R1 to R2 and now R3
have a HP 6710B laptop for the wife
and a HP 2730P tablet for drawing.

 

Currently have a Lenovo X220T for my mobile/outside use.
Looking for a affordable Alienware m17x r2 or m18x for a desktop/gaming/video editing system.
Trying to unload Lenovo W520. I feel two systems are sufficent for my needs.

 

I never shut down mine...Only restart every week. It's working 24/7

 

Hey bigspin, I notice you have an R3, so how often do you replace your primary computer?

 

Primary computer is AW. I replace my primary computer every year. I use all-in-one Lenovo to edit movies/watch TV

 

I have my sig laptop only !

 

We have a 5 year old Dell Inspiron 6400 which is still beast to this day, most robust thing we have owned, tank of a laptop.

Some Toshiba laptop which kinda sucks but does its job as the main PC.

And of course the beast below.

 

Dell Vostro 420
Dell Inspiron 6000
and my Main meh R2!

 

I now have 2 M17x-R2 in my possession. Selling the cheaper one, hoping someone locally bites. If not, it's going up for sale on here come february when im actually allowed to sell finally.

 

This is one of the few times I have more than 1 laptop,

I'd say I don't really know what to do with 'em..

 

I think I will become one of the "notebook only" crowd very soon. I really found the M17x to be more than enough to replace my desktop at the moment. Since, I will want more, I can just get the M18x and have a "close to desktop" type notebook.

 

PsiPR0 what M17x do you have? An R2? If you have an R2 just get some 6970's, 6990's, or 580's. You will have something far better than an M18x. RGBLED + any of those GPU's FTW.

 

Yep, it's an R2, however I would use the M18x as a less mobile (is that possible?) option to the M17xR2(Which I would take with me everywhere).

I have considered the 6990m, etc, but with the M18xR2 rumors out, I am going to hold off on modding the M17xR2. I want at least two Alienware laptops.

 

I would wait till the M18x R2 if you want a M18x.

 

All I have is my Alienware.

The other laptop in my sig is my work computer - provided by my job but I gotta return it when leave their employment.

 

I have my alienware, 2 home built gaming computers 1 with tri sli my main one and the other sli, 1 computer hooked up to my flat screen 61in just for netflix and surfing only. I am divorced and could not be happier. I am ready to purchase my next Alienware when the M18xR2 version is out.

 

I have a total of 5 laptops:
2x Alienware (m17xR2 and an older m9750)
1x Acer Ferrarri 5000
2x Dell laptops

I have two running PCs both in NAS mode.

I have 2 iPhones (one for work), 1 WP7, 1 Kindle, and one Pocket eDge.

Most are used daily for multiple purposes. This does not include all the spare parts in the basement

 

I can be considered among the guys that have too much:

AW M17xR2 - Primary gaming machine
Dell XPS M1730 - Backup gaming machine
Dell Vostro 1320 - Wife's Laptop
Dell Inspiron 8600 - Kids Laptop
iPad 2 - Kids Tablet (gift from godfather)
Motorola Xoom - Casual browsing and e-mail
Dell Studio XPS 1640 - Work Laptop
Acer H340 - Home NAS Server

Thinking about getting a Macbook for the Wife and retiring the Inspiron 8600....

 

Mailroom at my prep school has been complaining to the dean about how I am getting too many packages from Dell. This is what I got in my dorm room

Inspiron 560 desktop
Adamo 13
Alienware M17x R2
Alienware M18x
Precision M6600
Precision M6600
Precision M6600
(all three used for editing, music creation, etc they are literally stacked in the small book shelf)

God bless American capitalism and consumerism.

 

since I have a gadget obsession and do photo/video editing, and my husband has an IT company .....

2 MBP 17" - to deal with annoying customers who think you cant present projects on a PC
1 MBP 13" - shelf sitter
1 MBA 13" - used to be my portable unit
2 Elitebook 8760W - main on the go editing stations
1 Elitebook 8740W - still a good AVID editing station
1 Lenovo X220 - my main packing around computer
2 Toughbook CF-30 - husbands main units for doing HVAC
1 Toughbook CF-31 - our 19 year old daughters abuse it machine
2 Toughbook CF-19 - for vacation and when im on a construction site
2 ASUS EP121 windows tablets - play things for home, and do more than an iPad
AW M9750, C2D, 3gb SLI 7000 nvidias - still a favorite to play older games on

I wont list his as it changes day to day

desktops:

HTPC/media server - FX8120, radeon 6770, 16GB, 8T JBOD
2009 Mac Pro- 16/2T - portable heater, used to do FCP 7 renders
Render unit - Tyan S8812, 4 X 12 core opteron CPU's, 256 gb ram, dual v8800 fire pros, 60T RAID, AJA Xena board. running 3 30" displays



plus old shelf queens in hubbys "home lab "

 

i have 2, macbook pro 13" for casual browse and for serato ITCH, and an R2 for everything else

 

Only laptops here. Five total, and the ones in my sig are the most interesting.

M17x R3 (work)
M17x R2 (home)
M15x (old work)
Area-51 m15x (old old work)
XPS M1710 (old home)

 

I fall in the same category and thankfully my wife hasn't given me grief about it

M17x R3
M11x R3
Alienware Aurora
Xoom
Ipad2
Dell Inspirion
2 x IBM X220 (one for work) one for the kids