Michelle T Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Or do you all share a computer? I'm toying with the idea of getting an inexpensive PC (well, inexpensive as a relative term) for DS sometime this year. We have a Mac, and all of the educational stuff I'd like to get seems to be PC only. And everything that DS is interested in is also PC only. Plus, I get tired of three people always having to negotiate computer time! So, do your DC have their own computer? Michelle T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 And everyone uses all of them, LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plucky Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 We have 3 desktops for everyone. I have my own laptop and my 14ds has his own laptop. He saved up his money and bought his own for gaming, video game design, and schoolwork. His is the best computer in the house. He does not get unlimited access to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niffercoo Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 My dh and I each have a laptop, so the old desktop went to the kids. We moved it into the living room in anticipation of one day needing to have to monitor their access closely. My kids aren't really big into the computer yet though. Austin likes it to check the Weather Bug. Riley and Reece do Webkinz or Barbie.com, Nick Jr., Playhouse Disney, etc. The big kids will be using it more this coming school year because I'm going to require a bit more typing. And they also do math drill on the MUS page, as well as the Singapore Primary Math CD-Roms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genie Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 My daughter used her savings to buy her own laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liza Q Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 My older girls have a desktop in their bedroom and we have two other desktops - one in my bedroom and the main one in our living area. Everyone shares them all but in reality the girls use the one in their room for fun stuff, schoolwork is done on the one in their room and/or the one in my room (depending on who needs a quiet place to work without distraction), I use the main one and the one in my room about equally and my husband uses the main one and, occasionally, the one in our room. When my oldest starts college we are planning to get her a laptop, as our younger ones are starting to go on the computer more often and we will probably need a fourth by then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Yes they do. It is not hooked up to the internet so it is for their games etc, which they can use anytime without me worrying they are up to something they should not be. My computer is password protected so they can only use it and go online with me being right there with them. I instituted this after catching my son looking up "naked girls" last summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Our daughters (who are 18 and 21) purchased their own...we have 3 of our own..which we share with them when they want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKim Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 I have a Mac, and my girls have a pc (without internet) in their room, but it belongs to mom and dad too. :) I got it, like someone else says, because so many games are for pc, and they already had a bunch from the pc that died before I got the Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee in MI Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Yes, this one Asus eepc And we all like it. It would be a terrible main computer for an adult, but it's fine for a kid. It's nice to be able to grab it and use it anywhere in the house. It is a whole new kind of portable, since it has no hard drive (only flash memory), long battery life, and is tiny. My son is a lot more interested in writing on his own since we got it. It is terrible for games, and that's a bonus as far as I'm concerned. I don't want a game machine in the school room. It is on the internet, but all of the computers have heavy filters. And it's cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94txaggie Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 we have 3 and a laptop. Mom & Dad each have one, kid's have an older "pass me down" to share", laptop is in central location for anyone to use or it travels with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Seven people, seven computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percytruffle Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 When the dc turned 16 they were each given their very own computer as a gift. They could pick it out and determine the specifics of what they needed. Dd ended up with a humongous laptop powerful enough to have fifty bazillion windows open at once and Paint Shop Pro, Adobe Photoshop, and three games all running simultaneously. (I wonder why she keeps burning up her power cords :D) Ds decided on a desktop that was very fast for all his various gaming possibilities at LAN parties. They both use them heavily for school: research, paper writing, etc. They communicate via IM and e-mail with friends and their dad when he is traveling for work. Until they were 16 they shared the family desktop. It helped to moderate how much they could use it when they had to share and they knew that mom or dad's needs, like doing financial things, came first before their needs. Now they have full internet access, but their computers are both in the livingroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 We generally buy them a decent desktop with internet access sometime during high school. However, when my 20 year old started college she bought herself a laptop so her desktop was passed on to my 13 year old. He does not have internet however. I know him, he would be up all night playing Tribal Wars if he had internet. He will get a new computer with internet when his schoolwork justifies it. The kids share the main internet computer, a desktop in the classroom. Dh and I each have our own laptops. There you go, more than you ever wanted to know about the computers at our house!:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 I have my laptop and the desktop is officially dh's but the kids are on it more than he is. The kids had their own desktop, but it died. We are looking into getting them a new one, but haven't done so yet. Trying to decide on a new desktop or laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 DH, me and my older 5 have each have our own and the younger ones share one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 I share the Mac with 2 dc as well. It's getting more difficult as dd starts hs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey in TX Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Technically, no...but there are enough computers for everyone. Primary family computer is a Mac. We have one desktop and now four laptops. (Most are former work computers.) Eventually we'd like each child to have a Macbook. That will be quite awhile before they're ready--and we're ready for the expenditure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girligirlmom Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 My dc are young, oldest is starting 4th grade next year. We have a main computer (PC) that most of the time only dh and I use. The dc have our old PC that has been slightly upgraded (video card, memory) so they can play games including the Singapore Math ones(Rainbow Rock, Vroot and Vroom) Typing for Kids, Music Ace, plus several Jump Starts and Reader Rabbits, Blues Clues and then of course Hot Wheels, Lego Star Wars. It has internet access with restrictive software, K9, which was free and AVG Free Edition which is antivirus software. You can use K9 to block all sites except the ones you specifically permit, or vice versa. You can also restrict what time Internet access is permitted. You just have to remember the password. The third software you might need one day would be tracking software if you want to know who's been were on the Internet if you allow that. DH bought me a PC laptop for just under $500 at Best Buy on one of those limited sales get there in time or they run out. DH has a work laptop that he will use in other places around the house. We have been know to use our laptops for viewing DVDs instead of on of the TVs. We have a Linksys router for Internet access. Any router should allow both MACs and PCs Internet Access. We will most likely add PCs as the dc get older, but they will get our older ones unless a specific application requires a better PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 It has WIndows 95, so doesn't run much that is made now, but we still find good software for it at garage sales! It's great for any word processing they have to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Ds18 just got an older laptop from his aunt (who bought her kids a newer version). He has unlimited access, but is trustworthy. Dh has 2, and I have "the family" one. But ds16 doesn't have access anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraceyS/FL Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 We have 3 in use right now. My laptop - MacBook Pro, was just for my stuff, but i have had to put it in use recording our Homesat classes. I'll be attempting to get another Mac for that purpose at some point. Kids share an eMac that grandma & grandpa bought them 3.5 years ago, it's online but controlled access with Bumper Car. DD12 uses my old iBook for school. It's on our internal net - but not online. She writes, watches her school videos and does other stuff on it. I got tired of their games blowing up the XP system and they only run the Mac now. Life is MUCH better :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayle in Guatemala Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 No. But we would love to have a separate computer for our dc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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