Task-dedicated computers for the household?

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Published on 2009-07-24T18:38:41Z Indexed on 2010/05/30 22:03 UTC
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This question is to generate ideas for task-dedicated computers in a household.

Here's mine:

Personal Desktop - Gaming, working, office productivity, entertainment, CD/DVD burning
General Server - backups, application hosting, mail server, file server, VM server, torrent seeding
Personal Laptop - software development, mobile computing
Media Center PC - Digital media playback, media file server, Gaming
Photo PC - Digital photo management/archival.
Nightstand Netbook - Bedtime surfing/reading
Spare Laptop - general household use

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