{"id":151370,"date":"2026-03-17T00:48:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T04:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?p=151370"},"modified":"2026-03-17T00:48:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T04:48:51","slug":"how-many-computers-do-you-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-many-computers-do-you-own\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Computers Do You Own?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"daves-428015899\" class=\"daves-single-post-before-content daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/computer-room.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-151373\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/computer-room-640x299.jpg\" alt=\"computer-room\" width=\"640\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/computer-room-640x299.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/computer-room-350x163.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/computer-room-150x70.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/computer-room-768x359.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/computer-room.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First, let me make it clear that I&#8217;m not being braggadocious here, but I am curious about how many computers people use in their households, be they Windows, Linux, or Apple-based. In my recent experience, I&#8217;ve found a shift to more mobile use, and many of my customers are moving away from laptops and desktop computers. Even the younger generation, for whom I&#8217;ve built gaming PCs, has perhaps grown out of that hobby and moved on to something else.<\/p>\n<h2>I Wish I Hadn&#8217;t Sold That Graphics Card!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/msi-gtx-960.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-151372\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/msi-gtx-960-640x299.jpg\" alt=\"msi-gtx-960\" width=\"640\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/msi-gtx-960-640x299.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/msi-gtx-960-350x163.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/msi-gtx-960-150x70.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/msi-gtx-960-768x359.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/msi-gtx-960.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can substitute a graphics card (GPU) with any number of computer components, in my case anyway, because I&#8217;m a collector of things on the basis that it may come in handy one day. But yes, I have sold components such as perfectly good GPUs and regretted it years later. This is mainly because it&#8217;s always handy to have spare components for testing, in my line of work anyway, so I don&#8217;t sell components anymore.<\/p>\n<h2>I Probably Have Too Many PCs!<\/h2>\n<p>This is because I like to have backups in case the worst should happen, which it did back in 2021, which I wrote about in <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-i-saved-my-gaming-pc-from-a-flood\/\">How I Saved My Gaming PC From A Flood<\/a>. Fortunately, I had a spare gaming machine to use while I fixed the stricken one!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ryzen-pc.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-151374\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ryzen-pc-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"ryzen-pc\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ryzen-pc-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ryzen-pc-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ryzen-pc-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ryzen-pc-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ryzen-pc.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My main PC, a gaming rig, is an AMD AM4 socket setup with a Ryzen 5700X3D CPU, Radeon RX 9700 XT GPU, and 32GB of DDR4 RAM.<\/p><div id=\"daves-484502375\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/panda-pc-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-151382\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/panda-pc-1-640x299.jpg\" alt=\"panda-pc \" width=\"640\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/panda-pc-1-640x299.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/panda-pc-1-350x163.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/panda-pc-1-150x70.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/panda-pc-1-768x359.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/panda-pc-1-1320x617.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/panda-pc-1.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other two have similar Ryzen CPUs, Radeon GPUs, and 32 GB of RAM, also, which I use for VHS conversion and video editing. All have NVMe, WiFi, Bluetooth, full-size ATX motherboards, but clearly no CD\/DVD drives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gaming-pc-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-151383\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gaming-pc-1-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"gaming-pc \" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gaming-pc-1-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gaming-pc-1-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gaming-pc-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gaming-pc-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gaming-pc-1.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Having said that, I do have an external USB DVD drive and a USB floppy drive because you never know when you might need them. In fact, this week a customer will be bringing around 20 DVDs containing family videos for me to rip, for which I&#8217;ll be using <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/digiarty-videoproc-review-giveaway\/\">Video Proc<\/a>. I could also &#8216;ghetto mod&#8217; one of the other PCs with a SATA DVD drive to speed up the ripping process. I also collect and build retro PCs if I find something interesting, which run Windows 98, Windows XP, and Windows 7 (my favourite OS).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/compufix-retro-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-151385\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/compufix-retro-1-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"compufix-retro \" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/compufix-retro-1-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/compufix-retro-1-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/compufix-retro-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/compufix-retro-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/compufix-retro-1-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/compufix-retro-1.jpg 1364w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For me, computers are both a hobby and work, which is probably why I have so many. That&#8217;s my excuse anyway! However, a full-size PC in the living room is not ideal, which is why I bought a Beelink mini-PC a couple of years ago. It&#8217;s connected to an LG smart TV, which I&#8217;ve dumbed down and stream through browsers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/beelink-living-room.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-150102\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/beelink-living-room-640x299.jpg\" alt=\"beelink-living-room\" width=\"640\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/beelink-living-room-640x299.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/beelink-living-room-350x164.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/beelink-living-room-150x70.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/beelink-living-room-768x359.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/beelink-living-room.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We both have a laptop each, hers being a <strong>Samsung Book 4<\/strong>, which is fast and very well specced, with mine being an <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/choosing-a-new-laptop-part-two\/\">Asus TUF Gaming A16<\/a>, both of which we bought on sale in the UK at a fraction of the price we would have paid in Argentina. I should add here that we don&#8217;t have one Apple device in our household, but that&#8217;s a discussion for another day.<\/p><div id=\"daves-1890980769\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-2 daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/asus-tuf-a16-advantage-editiion.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-141767\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/asus-tuf-a16-advantage-editiion-640x355.jpg\" alt=\"asus-tuf-a16-advantage-edition\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/asus-tuf-a16-advantage-editiion-640x355.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/asus-tuf-a16-advantage-editiion-350x194.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/asus-tuf-a16-advantage-editiion-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/asus-tuf-a16-advantage-editiion-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/asus-tuf-a16-advantage-editiion.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For her accounting work, my wife has an Athlon 3000G PC, which is perfectly adequate for spreadsheets and browsing. I may well upgrade it to a Ryzen in the near future if I can find a decent price, bearing in mind availability in the semiconductor industry, although I still have plenty of DDR4 RAM, so that shouldn&#8217;t be a problem.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I think that&#8217;s enough from me. How many PCs do you have in your household?<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<div id=\"daves-2019393805\" class=\"daves-after-content daves-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3225321574\" \ndata-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, let me make it clear that I&#8217;m not being braggadocious here, but I am curious about how many computers people use in their households, be they Windows, Linux, or Apple-based. 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