Has A Home Computer Become An Essential Item

4leto

My computer is not well and dying a death.

Its not charging, and the connection going to the battery is intermittent.

Like a lot of us these days I am strapped for cash. So if it breaks I may have to do without for a while.

But I am wondering, could I, has a computer become an essential item

Sky King

Get an android.

Unless you actually use your computer for, you know, computing stuff.

mikemac

You still have teletext OP

Sports, news, TV listings, lotto
TV listings is the main one

So has the main essentials

Professey Chin

mikemac wrote: »

You still have teletext OP

Sports, news, TV listings, lotto
TV listings is the main one

So has the main essentials

I use aertel on the RTE website to check tv listings for some reason.
Faster then the UPC box anyway!

yeppydeppy

Food and water are essential, the rest are just nice to have.

bambera

Depends on what you use it for....

VenusPlays

A home computer is vital nowadays if you have kids in school, for projects etc, doing research and printing them out. The average home-surfer could live without one I think though.

Aoifey!

It's not essential, but it makes things a hell of a lot easier.

Dotrel

4leto wrote: »

But I am wondering, could I, has a computer become an essential item

Nah it's not really that essential. There's other forms of entertainment out there.

For example you could curl up on the armchair there and read a good kindle.

4leto

Its somehow become my primary source of entertainment its seems to be perpetually on even when watching tele.

I probably don't need it, the way you don't need a tele, but having these things does make life better.

Temptamperu

NOT ESSENTIAL!!!!!!
How is he supposed to Jack off or look at funny cat pictures, not essential my ass.
If you dont have the cash you could always sell a kidney, or stage a break in and say they stole your laptop and iphone and whatever else you want.

not essential :rolleyes:

Snakeblood

4leto wrote: »

My computer is not well and dying a death.

Its not charging, and the connection going to the battery is intermittent.

Like a lot of us these days I am strapped for cash. So if it breaks I may have to do without for a while.

But I am wondering, could I, has a computer become an essential item

Only if you love really filthy hardcore German pornography. Or disagreeing with people about who should be eliminated from the X Factor.

4leto

Temptamperu wrote: »

NOT ESSENTIAL!!!!!!
How is he supposed to Jack off or look at funny cat pictures, not essential my ass.
If you dont have the cash you could always sell a kidney, or stage a break in and say they stole your laptop and iphone and whatever else you want.

not essential :rolleyes:

LOL
It may come to that,

jaykay74

Just do a print all on your favourite Boards forums before the thing dies. That should keep you going for a while.

Dotrel

yeppydeppy wrote: »

Food and water are essential, the rest are just nice to have.

What about love? I heard somewhere that it's all you need.

cherryghost

Well in Finland, broadband is now a legal right, which itself in turn deems is as an essential need in modern society.

Robertr

Has A Home Computer Become An Essential Item?

Is that post from 1992?:eek:

CL7

bambera wrote: »

Depends on what you use it for....

This.

If you don't need it for your livelihood or you don't have kids that need it for schoolwork I wouldn't worry about it. You could always pick up a cheap 2nd hand desktop and monitor if you decide you can't live without it.

the groutch

do people really still buy desktops?

Temptamperu

the groutch wrote: »

do people really still buy desktops?

I bought one last year.

hondasam

It's not essential, it's a habit for most people. After a week you would forget it.

4leto

Not much reassurance from this thread I suppose I have to consider the option of moneylenders.

ShooterSF

Cheap desktop and a free crt monitor could be found on adverts. Rummage through the recycling centre will get you a keyboard and mouse (might even get you a desktop) Download and burn off a copy of something like linux mint and you're browsing for next to nothing.

OneArt

It's essential for me because half my income comes from prostituting my mad writing skillz on the net.

hondasam

4leto wrote: »

Not much reassurance from this thread I suppose I have to consider the option of moneylenders.

What do you use the computer for?

Dyr

What you have is a probably a laptop rather than a computer. As such you cannot be regarded as a person of any substance

c_man

Has A Home Computer Become An Essential Item

A computing device, capable of internet access, is more essential than any other piece of household equipment. Perhaps second to a cooker. Perhaps.

ShooterSF

c_man wrote: »

A computing device, capable of internet access, is more essential than any other piece of household equipment. Perhaps second to a cooker. Perhaps.

Pro tip: Leave a laptop on all day and have it sitting on the meal you would like to eat tomorrow!

MyKeyG

4leto wrote: »

Not much reassurance from this thread I suppose I have to consider the option of moneylenders.

Not to sound cliché but this seems very much like a won't know what you had till it's gone situation. Everyone is different, only you know if it's essential to you. Personally I'd say it's more convenient than essential, ultimately if mine took a dump I reckon I'd get by.

4leto

hondasam wrote: »

What do you use the computer for?

Its just perpetually on, entertainment, music, browsing, boards, I sometimes write, banking, news/sports, pictures, now I download films, my mp3 stuff, information, email and a lot more.

Stih it is essential.

maxfresh

Life will be awfully boring without a computer ,you will have to start collecting stamps or something:p

hondasam

4leto wrote: »

Its just perpetually on, entertainment, music, browsing, boards, I sometimes write, banking, news/sports, pictures, now I download films, my mp3 stuff, information, email and a lot more.

Stih it is essential.

It's not essential but you would miss it,you could live without it.

Big Nasty

I don't really watch TV, don't go to the movies. Outside my normal hobbies the interwebs is my main only source of entertainment.

Essentail!

youcancallmeal

I use my home computer as file server now. Have about 4 terabytes of storage. Mostly films and tv series that I'll most likely never watch again but feel like I shouldnt delete?

J. Marston

Temptamperu wrote: »

NOT ESSENTIAL!!!!!!
How is he supposed to Jack off or look at funny cat pictures, not essential my ass.
If you dont have the cash you could always sell a kidney, or stage a break in and say they stole your laptop and iphone and whatever else you want.

not essential :rolleyes:

Reminded me of this story from a few months ago.

ScumLord

All I have is PCs, it's replaced my TV, radio, alarm clock, land line phone and all the other useless products that just try to do a fraction of what a PC will do.


People should seriously look at weather it's worth buying laptops, I've seen people set their laptops up on benches and never move them, many never leave the house and all laptops are more expensive, and less of a computer than their desktop cousins.

4leto

J. Marston wrote: »

Reminded me of this story from a few months ago.

OMG

What kind of country is China, that somehow allows that.

_feedback_

I'm looking for a new rented place at the moment, and one of the main things I am looking for is an area that UPC are set up in, so yeah it's obviously essential for me!

Saila

ScumLord wrote: »

All I have is PCs, it's replaced my TV, radio, alarm clock, land line phone and all the other useless products that just try to do a fraction of what a PC will do.


People should seriously look at weather it's worth buying laptops, I've seen people set their laptops up on benches and never move them, many never leave the house and all laptops are more expensive, and less of a computer than their desktop cousins.

but you cant lie down and chill with a desktop usually, laptops just cant be beaten on the relaxation score for browsing :cool:

Chuck Stone

You could argue that the only things that are essential are water, food, and shelter.

I would say not being some bit computer savy and connected to the WWW is a serious disadvantage these days.

yeppydeppy

Dotrel wrote: »

What about love? I heard somewhere that it's all you need.

You were lied to.

MyKeyG

4leto wrote: »

Its just perpetually on, entertainment, music, browsing, boards, I sometimes write, banking, news/sports, pictures, now I download films, my mp3 stuff, information, email and a lot more.

Stih it is essential.

A dialysis machine is essential;)

You can do your banking at the bank
You can write with a biro and paper
Xtra-vision can cater for your Music and Movie needs (unless you're being a naughty little person)
An post can deal with your mail
The TV newspaper can give you your news/sports

So like I said. Convenient. Not essential.

whubee

op's post makes me think of the time before everyone used the internet.
'internet' used to be a dirty word that was associated with being uber-geek.

i remember people being called internerds.
'like go back and play on your internet haw haw'

gettin old.

c_man

MyKeyG wrote: »

An post can deal with your mail

Good one! I had a tough day, needed a laugh.

The J Stands for Jay

the groutch wrote: »

do people really still buy desktops?

Not with the same frequency as people buy laptops. They don't break as much

ScumLord

Saila wrote: »

but you cant lie down and chill with a desktop usually, laptops just cant be beaten on the relaxation score for browsing :cool:

Once I get my large display I'll be able to lie anywhere and either use my windows remote control or my windows phone to control the PC. Some time down the road I plan to buy a second cheap projector and aim it at the ceiling for a bedroom PC. I'm going mainly for projectors to avoid a the TV license and because they can have a longer life than a LCD TV which are designed to run about 60,000 hours. I already have a wireless desktop set.

K-9

McGaggs wrote: »

Not with the same frequency as people buy laptops. They don't break as much

Desktops seem to last longer alright.

Suppose it is as essential as TV is these days. Not necessary but would be missed.

MyKeyG

c_man wrote: »

Good one! I had a tough day, needed a laugh.

Lol bear in mind I said without a computer would be inconvenient! I think my point about An Post fits the bill perfectly!

ScumLord

K-9 wrote: »

Desktops seem to last longer alright.

Suppose it is as essential as TV is these days. Not necessary but would be missed.

You'd be surprised by how little you'd miss a TV. I'd go as far as to say you should get rid of your TV for a month and I bet when the month was over you wouldn't want it back in your life. TV really is more like an awful addiction people have that you can't see until your free of it and looking back in hindsight.

Jimoslimos

Dotrel wrote: »

What about love? I heard somewhere that it's all you need.

Alas, a myth perpetuated by Messrs Lennon & McCartney, who subsequently have discovered to their cost that a bullet-proof vest and a pre-nup would be very desirable in addition to the aforementioned love.

K-9

ScumLord wrote: »

You'd be surprised by how little you'd miss a TV. I'd go as far as to say you should get rid of your TV for a month and I bet when the month was over you wouldn't want it back in your life. TV really is more like an awful addiction people have that you can't see until your free of it and looking back in hindsight.

At this stage, if it was a choice, I'd ditch the TV and keep the computer! The odd decent series is all I watch and sure QI can be watched by others means!