ok, what do u guys use your PC for???

[tbirdXPplus]

an unusual question, maybe a stupid one. but realizing the real uses of your PC might cut costs in the "madness" of upgrading.

for me, word processing, making presentations with powerpoint, reviewing powerpoint presentations done by other people, web serfing, DVD, DivX, MP3s, and a bit of gaming. it means that a tbird 1GHz will do. if i just exclude DivX movies, then a p2-350 will do.

"Is Celeron good?"
"No. Celeron is bad."
LOL

 

[Crashman]

I use mine to surf the web.

<font color=blue>By now you're probably wishing you had ask more questions first!</font color=blue>

 

[juice]

I just use my for games... and just running AMD 550 it still runs everything i need it to run for now.

Cheers

😎 <font color=blue> I know nothing that is why i am here at THG!</font color=blue>

 

[tombance]

P3 is good enough for me to word process, surf web, and play some of the 'older' games such as UT and CS at reasonable speed.

If all else fails, Go further

 

[Guest]

i'll not tell it cauz generally we don't believe me.


i've plugged my home blower to my case ... dunno what happen ... that works?!?

 

[MeTaLrOcKeR]

I use mine for absolutley everything I do in my basement......

Watch Movies AKA DivX and DVD's, Games, Web Surfing/Chatting, Playing MP3's, and all sorts of networking fun also...

Click on my name sig. below for system specs.

<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.html?id=13597" target="_new">-MeTaL RoCkEr</A>

 

[Black_Cat]

Goat porn. Only the highest quality, of course.

To start press any key. Where's the "any" key? --Homer Simpson.

 

[10GHZ]

i use mine for just about eveything ..

 

[eden]

When you buy a comp with high end stuff (back in January 2002), you tend to wanna have a purpose to use it for anything.
I use my comp for almost anything, when the desire comes. I usually play games, surf the web and study PC stuff, and come here for hours. I can DL movies if I wanna watch, but I am limited to 5GB by my DSL ISP.

--
The sound of determination is the echo of will...

 

[mbetea]

i'm heavy into notepad. and i do a bit of internet explorer and winamp work.

"Hey, you think Cleveland looks a little like Budapest?"

 

[kamo]

Don't forget the ud agent - <A HREF="http://www.ud.com/download" target="_new">http://www.ud.com/download</A>.
Help to find a cure for cancer.


<font color=green> The second time is always better than the first </font color=green>

 

[hartski]

WARCRAFT III MADNESS!!! hehehe..used to play CS but I sucked there a bit..average player...at least in WC3 it's fun and involves some or more thinking...hehe...Some ppl have nice PCs but they usually only play games on them and they buy a GF4 TI 4600 and a P4 2.5 even if an Athlon XP 1800+ and Radeon 8500 will do...I play all my games with all enhancements enabled and still I do not lag even in multiplayer games...I plan to use Maya or nay 3D program soon, if I stop being a lazy arse! hehe

 

[shallowbaby]

(u got mail) i got mail, i got mail, i got mail ... yeeeaaayy!

of course my atx case makes a great foot rest as well.

<font color=green> there's more to life than increasing its speed -Ghandi</font color=green>

 

[lhgpoobaa]

XP1800+, 512mb PC3200 for surfing the web...
and playing mp3's... and encoding divx movies, all at the same time

mostly surf the net and chat, run cure for cancer in the background all the time. odd game like wizardry 8 or serious sam. and a divx movie encode about once a week.


Asteroid 2002 NV7: The <b>REAL</b> solution to the Israel/Palistine problem!

 

[Matisaro]

Downloading pr0n and playing games.

The Cash Left In My Pocket,The BEST Benchmark

 

[eden]

I have a hard time understanding the purpose of Cure for Cancer style programs if so far I haven't heard of any recent cancer found and cured.

--
The sound of determination is the echo of will...

 

[chuck232]

Hey, at least you can say you did your part! It makes you feel all warm inside...

Help the n00bie!!

 

[phsstpok]

I use my PC to heat my room and for powering fans.

Sometimes a little websurfing and gaming.

I overclock my Tbird 1.0 to 1.5 ghz so I can type faster.

<b>I have so many cookies I now have a FAT problem!</b>

 

[mbetea]

It makes you feel all warm inside

so does drinking liquid drainO. but i'm not going to drink it.

"Hey, you think Cleveland looks a little like Budapest?"

 

[camieabz]

Everything except feeding time, sex and alcohol.

<b><font color=blue>~ BIOS SETTINGS: Fast, Hot, Unstable...That ought to work. ~</font color=blue></b>

 

[Guest]

I've found ways to incorporate feeding, sex, and alcohol on in there too. My problem is I keep falling asleep then off the chair. That's a bad way to wake up, in mid flight or worse yet while landing. Wait, maybe a seatbelt computer chair mod...

 

[groth2757]

Sometims I have a staring contest with my computer. Other times I'm killing many suckas in SOF2!!! Oh and of course porn...

:tongue: <font color=red>Is it a bad if your memory module looks like a piece of fried bacon?.</font color=red> :tongue:

 

[Cruiser]

Porn is a must, and I´m with you on that staring contest. I also like casual surfing and online games, MOHAA, JK2, and the like...

 

[cellbiogeek]

We're working on a cure for solid tumor cancers, Eden. The problem is not in curing the cancer (that can easily be done), the problem is in not killing you in the process. Anyway, you're young enough that you might be able to benefit from some of the more recent ideas for therapy some day. Just be patient.

 

[eden]

Ok so they help in that, but still my point isn't that I am against it, no way I am not, in fact I could endorse, if only there were some examples of that actually helping. What's worse is when you think that millions around earth could be contributing, yet there hasn't been much improvement in finding cures and treatments in the last years. (it seems distributed computing has been around since more than 10 years ago?)

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The sound of determination is the echo of will...