Ask HN: How many computers you got? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

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Post by kiwih » Tue, May 10, 2022, 12:35 PM UTC

1 daily driver - windows/Ubuntu dual boot.

1 Ubuntu only laptop. 10 years old. Used as print server for 3d printer.

1 wife work laptop.

1 wife gaming laptop.

1 wife gaming laptop, aged/retired but still works. We host game servers on this sometimes.

1 windows netbook. Unused but functional. Too old to sell.

1 windows 8 tablet. Unused but functional. Too old to sell.

1 Android tablet, frequently used.

3 x raspberry pi. 1 in use permanently as media server.

2 x smartphones.

It's easy to collect computers!

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

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Post by behohippy » Tue, May 10, 2022, 12:37 PM UTC

3 desktop class machines, one acting as a server. 3 laptops, one is a chromebook. 8 RPi's doing PiHole, OctoPrint and part of my temp/humidity sensor network. It gets fuzzy with the Pi's because I tend to load them up with multiple duties depending on location. With spare hardware I could probably do a few TV PCs.

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

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Post by spacemanmatt » Tue, May 10, 2022, 12:37 PM UTC

Too many.

My Android phone. My last Android phone. My laptop. My work laptop. My work desktop. My stack of old Raspberry Pis. My stack of ESP32 variants. A buncha Chromecasts. I stopped keeping broken stuff years ago.

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

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Post by globular-toast » Tue, May 10, 2022, 12:38 PM UTC

I cut down on the number of computers I have so now only have 8.

I'm counting computer as anything I can SSH in to. That number includes Raspis and the like scattered around the house.

If you mean something I sit down at and type, then only two: work and home.

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

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Post by Bouncingsoul1 » Tue, May 10, 2022, 12:38 PM UTC

work: 1 laptop 1 mac mini 4 rpi 2 iphones 8 android phone + various devices running embedded linux private: 1 desktop 1 laptop 3 android phones 2 rpi 1 android tablet 1 ps4

I develop/test a lot of BLE stuff , for Android automation I use rpi+ phones. To build/automate iOs. iPhone+mac+rpi.

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

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Post by paulcole » Tue, May 10, 2022, 12:38 PM UTC

I have a Raspberry Pi and iPad Pro at home.

I leave my work computer at my office.

My partner has a MacBook Pro on the very rare occasions when I absolutely need to use a computer at home, but those times are getting rarer and rarer — think it was maybe 6 months ago now.

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

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Post by meekins » Tue, May 10, 2022, 12:38 PM UTC

- Work laptop running Linux

- Sofa laptop running MacOS

- Raspberry Pi running Linux (RetroPie)

- SFF gaming desktop running Windows 10 Pro

- reMarkable 2

- Two Android phones (work & personal)

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

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Post by usrn » Tue, May 10, 2022, 12:41 PM UTC

- powerful desktop running Linux

- Pinephone running PMOS

- Work Macbook

- An Apple //e for distraction free computing

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

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Post by hycaria » Tue, May 10, 2022, 12:41 PM UTC

3, two desktop (Ubuntu both) one laptop (OS X)

Just a few weeks ago I also had one iMac and one old MacBook but I just sold them both.

Also one iPhone one iPad and one Apple Watch. And one car if that counts too.

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

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Post by gorbachev » Tue, May 10, 2022, 12:42 PM UTC

Too many.