What do people do with their pc's?

[trendy]

Good day to all.
Just a little bit of me being nosey,What do people really use their computers for?
1.Photo's
2.Music
3.Documents
4.Spreadsheets
5.DVD's Watching films
6.Making programs etc
7.Shopping
8.Skype
9.Facebook etc
Mine is mostly Music & Photography

Come on down lets see what we all do with our computers.

Thanks for reading my little survey,Hop you don't think that this is a little bit to nosey.

Trendy.

 

[Dinesh]

Internet.

 

[jimbo45]

Good day to all.
Just a little bit of me being nosey,What do people really use their computers for?
1.Photo's
2.Music
3.Documents
4.Spreadsheets
5.DVD's Watching films
6.Making programs etc
7.Shopping
8.Skype
9.Facebook etc
Mine is mostly Music & Photography

Come on down lets see what we all do with our computers.

Thanks for reading my little survey,Hop you don't think that this is a little bit to nosey.

Trendy.

Hi there
You need to add another category such as OTHER

People who take their laptops out into the field to do say Geological surveys, or attach their machines to Engineering / lab devices for research say into Sub atomic physics, or even basic things like 3-D modelling /architecture etc.

I use mine a lot also for modelling real time Stock Market trades and trying to devise and implement Winning trading strategies. A lot of people also log on to sites like Betfair (a Betting exchange) and bet in REAL TIME ("In Play") on Horses etc - and often Lay these --this means you say Horse XXXX WON'T win - but if it does you PAY the bookies odds.

Then a load are used for CYBER CRIME - but don't expect people to fess up to that one here !! or even for industrial / or other espionage or even just for plain practical joking such as creating Dos (Denial of Service attacks) against organisations / institutions the perpetrator has had trouble with.

There are other uses too -- but even THINKING about these might put you on the CIA's notice list -- and "Rendition" still exists in spite of Messeur Obama saying it would end.

The use for PC's is as varied as the Human imagination some good and some most decidedly evil -- you can't really ask this type of question - especially as a lot of people who use computers in these sorts of ways would never log on to these types of Forums in the first place.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[shaneHudson12]

hi
in office i use basically for
1.Documents
2.Spreadsheets
3.Making programs etc
and at home i use it for
1.Photo's
2.Music
3.DVDs Watching films
4.Shopping
5.Skype
6.Facebook etc

 

[flogit]

Hello there,That's a good question.
I use mine foe mostly home photography converting home movies to a DVD disc for people friends mostly.And Microsoft office for names addresses telephone numbers etc,And records of my photography and home movies information dates and who it was done for.
Not forgetting music.Some youtube movie clips sometime.

 

[nommy the first]

Hello Trendy, you might want to consider putting those options in a poll and, as Jimbo suggested, adding the category "other".

Anyway, I mostly use my laptop for school, as that is the reason I have a laptop.
Besides that I mostly design stuff using Photoshop, GIMP or the like, and I also use it to listen to music, watch films and browse the web.


Nommy

 

[bobafetthotmail]

Internet and pc/smartphone/device troubleshooting by either USB, remote machine or whatever.

At home I have a gaming rig which is used... wait for it... gaming! And also internet and the odd video editing job.
I also have a netbook that is used in the field and when at home as a download server (because it makes more sense to leave it overnight than my main gaming rig)

 

[trendy]

Hi,As requested I have made an alteration.
Included another item to the list. (Other)

1.Photo's
2.Music
3.Documents
4.Spreadsheets
5.DVD's Watching films
6.Making programs etc
7.Shopping
8.Skype
9.Facebook etc
10.Other.

Thanks all so far very interesting.

 

[archer]

I use my laptop for

Documents
Spreadsheets
Checking customer's network health

I use my PC at home for

Photo's
Music
DVD's Watching films
Shopping
Skype
Facebook etc
AND MOST OF ALL.............GAMING

 

[f14tomcat]

AND... Don't forget the wife!!! I point to the desktop and ask "what do you think this is?". Response: "It's the internet thing, where I get my coupons!". AAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!! Just joking, she does keep me busy changing ink cartridges, though. I, when I get my turn, love to tinker. Just cause "they" say you can't do that, is all the reason I need to try! Thank God for restore points! Trendy, have a good time with the storm system we have RIGHT NOW (in MD), you should get the effects in about 72 hrs.

 

[whs]

I have observed that most people have a rather simple private use of their PC - mainly because they don't understand how the darn thing works. They do mail, skype, social sites and maybe occasionally they look something up on the internet.

Then there is the big group of gamers. They are in their own world with special requirements and special problems.

Probably the biggest group are the people that need to use a PC for their job. But those usually operate special application programs geared to their professional requirements.

The last, and probably the smallest group, are the geeks. They do all kinds of things because they understand how to operate the system.

I have studied the 800 members of my computer club. I was really amazed how little they knew about their PC. Any change in their system (e.g. an IE upgrade) was a major challenge for them. I was trying to teach a little about how Windows functions (really at kindergarden level), but most were unable to follow. After a dozen classes I gave up. It was not worth my time because I went thru great trouble preparing the class materials (that most course participants did not even download).

If you want to have a peak, you can download the materials of one clas from here and here.

 

[OvenMaster]

1. Folding@Home 24/7
2. Internet browsing (99% Firefox)
3. Video capture (HyperCam2)
4. CD ripping (Exact Audio Copy)
5. Audio and video transcoding (EAC, Format Factory, WinLame, DVDFlick)
6. CD and DVD burning (CDBurnerXP, ImgBurn)
7. Medical spreadsheets (MS Works)
8. Digital photo manipulation (Paint Shop Pro)

 

[bobafetthotmail]

I have studied the 800 members of my computer club.

Computer club? What was that?

EDIT: downloading the materials.

EDIT2: got to the site from the links in the materials. From the pics most of the participants seem to be 50yo and older. Which I guess is normal for a club of retired people.
Although from personal experience bulk of 35+ yo people here isn't so much better, and some specific demographics (insert random misogynous joke about women and computers) seem to be better suited for tablets regardless.

Point is, they don't care of the PC, they want to do other stuff like taking pics and posting stuff to friends and take the easiest possible route.

 

[indianacarnie]

Mostly entertainment but with a healthy dose of business thrown in. Internet,more internet,business records,Movies and music, and Gaming. When I really feel froggy I'll bring up Blender and play around a bit with that. Some EXTREMELY basic photo-editing, mainly because I want to make my own signature for here.

Am eager to see your class materials whs,will be trying to download them after I post this reply. Hope this wifi will let me. (Serious restrictions on this busses wifi) Have always been impressed with your tutorials and helpful posts so am looking forward to seeing them.

(Nope! @!&^#^%$# its blocked also. How/why would you block skydrive? Will have to see them later )

 

[trendy]

Many thanks to all so far very good.

 

[3D Jed]

3D design
TV
movies
UK newspapers
shopping

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

1. Data Storage, all backed up to the teeth (I'm a data junkie)
.....Personal records
.....Music
.....Sheet music
.....Receipts
.....Statements
.....Photos
.....Videos
.....Medical records
.....e-Books
.....Educational
2. Ripping music from CDs
3. Playing music
4. Downloading music
5. Professional music arranging (used to have a band)
6. Watching videos
7. Shopping
8. Document creation
.....Scanning "dead tree" books and magazines to PDFs (I have too many books and not enough space)
.....Tutorials
.....Cheat sheets for projects
.....Shopping and to-do lists (3x5 cards are easier for me to use)
.....Music notation (creating sheet music)
.....Some writing
.....Some audio editing
9. Photo Editing
10. Video editing (some day, now that I have a rig capable of it)
11. Communication (mostly e-mail; I do not use social media)
12. Web surfing, personal education, and research
13. Organizing my life (I have ADHD and need all the help I can get)
14. Managing finances
15. Streaming some videos and missed TV shows
16. Streaming stored videos to TVs (eventually)

 

[mohavepc]

At work
1. Data recovery
2. Research
3. Disk scanning and repair
4. script development
5. email
Home
1. gaming
2. videos
3. music

 

[Yawrood22]

Personal records
Music
Receipts
Photos
Medical records
Particle study / information
Sumerian civilization and cuneiform transcriptions
Archeological information
Ripping music from CDs
Playing music
Downloading music
Shopping
Document creation
On-line study
Ancestry / census study
Tutorials
Some writing
Digital art work
Photo Editing
Communication