What do you use your computer for?

[StealthyBoss]

just thought id make this thread to see what people do most of the time when on there computers/laptops.

me? i use mine for web browsing (duh), watching movies and playing games, thats about it lol...

what about you guys?

 

[mitchell65]

Here's my main things:
Video editing, photo editing, keeping in touch with friends and relatives by emails, information, astronomy, very little browsing.
Oh and spending too much time on Fora (Yes that's the plural of Forum hence the info part.)

 

[dobknobby]

Hmm...

I use mine for about everything, Movies, Downloading, Gaming, Web browsing, Running my business... Absolutely Everything! Lol

 

[Fantail]

Editing / maintaining web pages for a club.
Browsing, a few forums to participate in.
Shopping and some bill paying, insurance for example.
Netfix and other media such as hulu.
A little game file modding & playing a few games.
Personal contacts & e-mail, plus a few dirty notes for the girlfriend, it's a thing we do and she likes it.

 

[CarlTR6]

Email, visiting various forums (computer, motorcycle, firearms, kayaking), news, shopping, financial management (read paying bills), research, photograph editing, and staying in touch with my kids and grand kids who are scattered all over the country. The only games on my computer are the MS games; but I will reinstall Flight Simulator.

 

[jimbo45]

Hi guys
Doesn't anybody EARN money from them like "Day Trading" or dealing in Futures on the Stock exchange etc etc.

What about Pro musicians, authors, journalists, pro photographers, fashion designers, architechts etc etc.

Not forgetting Scientists such as Volcanologists taking Laptops into places like Mt Etna to measure toxic gases etc.

Surely there are people out there doing "Real Work" with computers.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[Ajulian]

Shopping / Study / Games / Work / Friends / Television / Movies / Research / News / laughs and a lot more things =)

 

[yowanvista]

Mainly for gaming, web browsing, Movies, Music

 

[Win7User512]

Everything under the sun.

 

[CarlTR6]

Hi guys
Doesn't anybody EARN money from them like "Day Trading" or dealing in Futures on the Stock exchange etc etc.

What about Pro musicians, authors, journalists, pro photographers, fashion designers, architechts etc etc.

Not forgetting Scientists such as Volcanologists taking Laptops into places like Mt Etna to measure toxic gases etc.

Surely there are people out there doing "Real Work" with computers.

Cheers
jimbo

Work is a four letter word!

 

[Win7User512]

Hi guys
Doesn't anybody EARN money from them like "Day Trading" or dealing in Futures on the Stock exchange etc etc.

What about Pro musicians, authors, journalists, pro photographers, fashion designers, architechts etc etc.

Not forgetting Scientists such as Volcanologists taking Laptops into places like Mt Etna to measure toxic gases etc.

Surely there are people out there doing "Real Work" with computers.

Cheers
jimbo

Work is a four letter word!

One of my fav quotes:

"A bus station is where buses stop. A train station is where trains stop. On my desk, I have a work station."http://minekey.com/theopinion/29035...-train-stops-on-my-desk-i-have-a-work-station

 

[Dzomlija]

Primarily the following:

• Programming (Mostly for private use, but generally to enable my computer to do things that commercial software cannot or will not allow me to do)
• Movies and Music (Prometheus never gets turned off, and doubles as a media server to the Mede8er in the lounge)
• Downloading (Sattelite TV is far too expensive where I live, and O.T.A public TV is good only for current events braodcasts. I have to get my TV Shows somewhere, right?)
• Web Surfing (For all sorts of stuff, but mostly geared towards stuff that help with the above three points)
• Gaming (Not really, because thats not what I built Prometheus for. Diablo II is anyway the only real game worth playing, until Diablo 3 is released anyway...)
• Desktop Design (Untill recently, I designed print advertisements for the company where I worked)
• Designing and Printing commercial-quality covers for my backup disks
• The list goes on...

 

[mac173]

I have two computers with Win7 installed. My desktop I use for browsing, bill paying, e-mail and mostly Gaming (EQ, Warhammer Online, LOTRO).

My laptop I use for all those (only game that runs is EQ though...) and Web design and Graphics. I use Xara for those, and both for personal use and at work.

 

[Mr Destroyer]

For gaming and for watch videos.

 

[hybridfan]

Photo Editing
Web Browsing
Movies
Music
Gaming

 

[Dom]

GFX designing (Does that count as real work jimbo :shock
Movies
Family pictures
Helping people on SF D)

 

[pillainp]

Work is a four letter word!

So is

L - A - Z - E

And that is what I do best at my computer.

Bout it doesn't sound as dirty as "WORK" and is so much more fun.

 

[IanFarewell]

Browsing the web, Learning languages, sometimes games (less now that I got my Xbox 360 and PS3) and Small editing jobs.

 

[manhunter2826]

Surfing the web, email, watching music on YT and trading forex and the markets - as I am self-employed.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

The inerwebz.