Two Computers

JeydaX · 05-11-2008, 10:11 PM

So I have two computers up and running now, one is a beast, top of the line, murders every game/app/etc I can throw at it. My second one (old one) I finally fixed and is only slightly dated, it can run most games at top specs. Anyways I am trying to figure out what I can do with the second. I use the main one for gaming/browsing the interwebs... is there something productive I could be doing with the second... throw some legitimate ideas at me please... besides watching pr0n.

Vinen · 05-11-2008, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by JeydaX

So I have two computers up and running now, one is a beast, top of the line, murders every game/app/etc I can throw at it. My second one (old one) I finally fixed and is only slightly dated, it can run most games at top specs. Anyways I am trying to figure out what I can do with the second. I use the main one for gaming/browsing the interwebs... is there something productive I could be doing with the second... throw some legitimate ideas at me please... besides watching pr0n.

Wasting power mabey?.... there are always those dumb research projects which utilize your processor like SETI at home.

SETI@home

Soriak · 05-11-2008, 10:17 PM

Folding@home - actually rather productive, having lead to 54 Papers since launch.

Install it on your main machine, too

If both computers are relatively fast multi-cores, you can use their beta SMP client. It takes advantage of up to 4 cores. (on the download page, you have to scroll down and click for the high performance clients)

Ashes Emberblade · 05-11-2008, 10:21 PM

Connect it to your television to play emulated games and watch downloaded movies.

Blumpster · 05-11-2008, 10:25 PM

Sell it.

Gauss · 05-11-2008, 10:42 PM

I set up an old computer as a server awhile back. I used it primarily as a sandbox, but it would have done just fine as remote storage.

BobDole901 · 05-11-2008, 11:26 PM

I have 2. Both are pretty meh. One I have running WoW almost non-stop. The other I'll have browsing open or running a seperate instance of WoW. It beats tabbing out to look up DKP for loot awards or it gives me something to look at while I'm mindlessly shadowbolting whatever lame boss to death. I don't have a fancy enough vid card or a large enough monitor to do this with 1 computer. My desktop is something like 5 years old at this point and my laptop is just over 2 years old. I keep telling myself to get a new desktop, but it runs WoW just fine and I don't play anything else on it.

05-11-2008, 10:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
Soriak Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 4,092 +15 Internets	Folding@home - actually rather productive, having lead to 54 Papers since launch. Install it on your main machine, too If both computers are relatively fast multi-cores, you can use their beta SMP client. It takes advantage of up to 4 cores. (on the download page, you have to scroll down and click for the high performance clients) Last edited by Soriak : 05-11-2008 at 10:19 PM.

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Gauss Nerd Rager Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 457 -2 Internets	I set up an old computer as a server awhile back. I used it primarily as a sandbox, but it would have done just fine as remote storage. __________________ The former Gauss <Ret>, Mal'Ganis WoW

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05-11-2008, 10:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ashes Emberblade Better than You Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NOLA Posts: 1,331	Connect it to your television to play emulated games and watch downloaded movies.

05-11-2008, 10:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
Blumpster . Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Washington Posts: 1,585 +0 Internets	Sell it.

05-11-2008, 11:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
BobDole901 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 131 +0 Internets	I have 2. Both are pretty meh. One I have running WoW almost non-stop. The other I'll have browsing open or running a seperate instance of WoW. It beats tabbing out to look up DKP for loot awards or it gives me something to look at while I'm mindlessly shadowbolting whatever lame boss to death. I don't have a fancy enough vid card or a large enough monitor to do this with 1 computer. My desktop is something like 5 years old at this point and my laptop is just over 2 years old. I keep telling myself to get a new desktop, but it runs WoW just fine and I don't play anything else on it.