What part of a computer can you do without? Options

[Mikeplyts]

I think I'd be able to do without a floppy disk drive. U?

[brooklyneast05]

i don't even have a floppy disk drive

[Mikeplyts]

i don't even have a floppy disk drive

ok... then what part of your computer could you go without?

[kryogenix]

mouse

[queen]

i could survive without the "\" key.

[creole]

All the damn wires.

[Maccabee]

I dont use the firewire, ethernet or hdmi plugs.

[creole]

Viruses. No viruses for PC would be awesome.

[heyo-captain-jac...]

I could easily survive with no mouse.

[synapse]

CDrom, memory card reader, and the modem.

[Maccabee]

CDrom, memory card reader, and the modem.

Holy crap. He's back. And in the strangest of ways.

[smash]

Viruses. No viruses for PC would be awesome.

I could easily survive with no mouse.

[illriginal]

lol... I don't need a computer in general to survive o.o


I just need calories, H2O, and O2

[Mikeplyts]

^this post is why I used quotes around the word "survive".

[illriginal]

^this post is why I used quotes around the word "survive".

Right...


You could have just used, "do without".

[Mikeplyts]

Couldn't think of the word at the time. I was half-asleep.



*edits title*

[emberfly]

dvd drive

[Mikeplyts]

dvd drive

how could I forget.

[medic]

mouse

Skillz!

lol... I don't need a computer in general to survive o.o
I just need calories, H2O, and O2

Computers are my bread and butter, from web servers, MySQL servers, file servers, print servers, Google Document Servers and so on, there is not a moment of the day where I am not thinking of how to fix or improve our networks. Even when I am asleep I am thinking how to subnet and configure the current network.

I hate my job.

[ley]

Webcam...does nothing but get me into trouble or bugged by pervs

[iExquisite]

mouse
on second thought i take that back.... the on/off button

[illriginal]

Skillz!



Computers are my bread and butter, from web servers, MySQL servers, file servers, print servers, Google Document Servers and so on, there is not a moment of the day where I am not thinking of how to fix or improve our networks. Even when I am asleep I am thinking how to subnet and configure the current network.

I hate my job.

Wow... I stand corrected. Because in reality... I actually need computers to survive o.O;

It's the one thing I love and find it more of a hobby than work... never really been stressed. So shit I retract my first post.


As to a specific part... I'd have to say firewire. In all of the years that I've owned computers and worked on them... only 1 time I have ever had to even LOOK at a firewire port. Someone had a video recorded that used firewire interface to upload recorded material.

[heyo-captain-jac...]

Wow... I stand corrected. Because in reality... I actually need computers to survive o.O;

It's the one thing I love and find it more of a hobby than work... never really been stressed. So shit I retract my first post.
As to a specific part... I'd have to say firewire. In all of the years that I've owned computers and worked on them... only 1 time I have ever had to even LOOK at a firewire port. Someone had a video recorded that used firewire interface to upload recorded material.

Good point about firewire. I've probably used it less than five times.

Also, I could do without these fancy blue LEDs.

[datass]

lol yeah, floppy drive

[Mikeplyts]

mouse
on second thought i take that back.... the on/off button

wtf, that's so dumb. What if a program you really need requires you to turn off your computer? What then shall you do to turn it back on?

[Maccabee]

There is not program that requires you to turn off your computer. Restarting yes, but you dont need a button to restart your computer.

[Mikeplyts]

Forrealz? damn.



What about if it's like a computer update? I had a computer update thing once that shut down my computer, but not restart it. I had to manually turn it on again.

[datass]

why would you keep it on 24/7? reduce electricity man.

[Mikeplyts]

why would you keep it on 24/7? reduce electricity man.

yeah, that too.



You would save more money too.

[Maccabee]

Forrealz? damn.
What about if it's like a computer update? I had a computer update thing once that shut down my computer, but not restart it. I had to manually turn it on again.

Thats why windoze is wack mang.

yeah, that too.
You would save more money too.

This is one thing i have never gotten. How much money would you actually save if you turned off your computer? 5 cents a day?

[synapse]

Thats why windoze is wack mang.
This is one thing i have never gotten. How much money would you actually save if you turned off your computer? 5 cents a day?

Depends on your power supply.

[Maccabee]

Approx? more towards 5 cents a day or 500 dollars a day.

[mipadi]

Approx? more towards 5 cents a day or 500 dollars a day.

My last electric bill showed that my electricity cost $0.10 per kilowatt hour, which is fairly typical for residential areas.

Let's say you have a computer that draws 200W of electricity, on average. That means that after one hour of use, you will have used 0.2 kWh, which cost $0.02. To run the computer for a full day, you will spend $0.48 a day or $175.20 a year.

If instead you run your computer for only 8 hours a day, it will cost you $0.16 a day or $58.40 a year to run the computer.

That's just a rough estimate. Basically, for every hour you turn off your computer, you could save around $0.02.

[Maccabee]

holy crap...electricity is expensive...thats why I live at home! haha

[Mikeplyts]

uh-oh.

[medic]

My last electric bill showed that my electricity cost $0.10 per kilowatt hour, which is fairly typical for residential areas.

Let's say you have a computer that draws 200W of electricity, on average. That means that after one hour of use, you will have used 0.2 kWh, which cost $0.02. To run the computer for a full day, you will spend $0.48 a day or $175.20 a year.

If instead you run your computer for only 8 hours a day, it will cost you $0.16 a day or $58.40 a year to run the computer.

That's just a rough estimate. Basically, for every hour you turn off your computer, you could save around $0.02.

Your electricity costs also depend a lot by your location. How new are the power lines, how long ago was the grid updated, who is your provider, do you use a co-op or a not, are your power grid upgrades funded by government grants, does your state require companies to use a X amount of renewable energies or do they rely on coal etc, how old is your power plant?

My electric in Illinois by a small co-op runs less than $.05 a kilowatt, they actually state it on the bill, and show how much you used.

Suprisingly I have found that companies with "greener" technologies charge more per kilowatt , which makes perfect sense due to the cost of these newer technologies. Like my aunt near Chicago, they run her entire grid on solar panels and it costs her around $.20 a kilowatt. But, overtime her energy costs will go down while mine stay up, but that amount of time will be around 10-15 years if I did the math correctly with the amount of customers in the area.

But to get back on track, I leave my computer on 24/7 365, not to mention all my other computer related crap.

[Uronacid]

Your electricity costs also depend a lot by your location. How new are the power lines, how long ago was the grid updated, who is your provider, do you use a co-op or a not, are your power grid upgrades funded by government grants, does your state require companies to use a X amount of renewable energies or do they rely on coal etc, how old is your power plant?

My electric in Illinois by a small co-op runs less than $.05 a kilowatt, they actually state it on the bill, and show how much you used.

Suprisingly I have found that companies with "greener" technologies charge more per kilowatt , which makes perfect sense due to the cost of these newer technologies. Like my aunt near Chicago, they run her entire grid on solar panels and it costs her around $.20 a kilowatt. But, overtime her energy costs will go down while mine stay up, but that amount of time will be around 10-15 years if I did the math correctly with the amount of customers in the area.

But to get back on track, I leave my computer on 24/7 365, not to mention all my other computer related crap.

Don't forget delivery charges... :?

[mipadi]

Your electricity costs also depend a lot by your location.

True, but I think jcp just wanted a rough breakdown. My electricity is supplied mostly by hydroelectric power (hence the slightly higher cost), and the figure includes delivery charages, tariffs, etc. (maybe yours does, too -- in which case, $0.05/kWh is a real bargain).

[Uronacid]

I could live without OPTICAL and FLOPPY drives.

[illriginal]

why would you keep it on 24/7? reduce electricity man.

No.

I can afford my bills.