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Living Room / Re: Power and Ports - The Ever Diminishing Resources in My Office!

« on: February 06, 2008, 09:06 AM »

Howdy    wait    don't throw something at me yet       but how about 1 more computer?    ie:     an older el cheapo box that you can use as a file server and internet gateway     load it up with some usb cards    let it sit at the far side of the room with the modem ,router and all in one printer and any of the usb devices that you dont need or want on your desk and its own little rats nest of  pluggables and wires and peripherals   once its set up and running there is no need for a monitor to be on     it gets all of that stuff out of your way at your main work space   put it under a small table that can be used to hold all the things you attach to it   hmm  ?   make sense?   and an older computer only uses about the same power as a lightbulb so your not drawing much more than you are now     also it works nice for me in that i get to move a lot of stuff like music and video from my hard drive to the server so more room for important things like games :^)   hope that helps      and if that leaves you with a power problem    well    you can always do like my ex brother in law did     run a long extension cord in a trench from the neighbours house      it worked for a little while but it helps to have a neighbour with a sense of humour