Vaniver comments on How To Have Things Correctly - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 19 October 2012 01:56:27PM *  2 points [-]

I'm having trouble owning a desktop gaming PC these days. With the form factor of personal computers having gone from the traditional "mini-fridge" to a much nicer "deck of cards" or "thick envelope", I don't really like having to have a giant box and a mess of peripherals and wires that could fit right in a late 1980s computer den around just so that I can play graphics-intensive modern commercial games. I can do all actually useful stuff like reading, writing and coding on a laptop or a tablet, as well as do all the entertainment other than modern PC games. Ditching the desktop box would make the workstation setup a lot simpler.

ETA: Did just remember another reason for keeping it around. I occasionally try to write software, and I need a non-virtual Windows machine to test that it can be ported to Windows.

Comment author: Vaniver 19 October 2012 02:24:43PM 0 points [-]

Possible approaches:

  1. Unplug your gaming PC and put it in a closet for a week. See how your time use changes.
  2. Investigate getting really long monitor / keyboard / mouse cables, so you can have the desktop PC somewhere besides your workstation, but still have low-ping access to it from your workstation. (Alternatively, remote into it from elsewhere, though this may run into graphics issues.)
  3. Become at peace with the space it takes up around your workstation.
Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 19 October 2012 03:52:07PM 0 points [-]

I think I already often go weeks without turning the machine on. I have a lot of fun whenever I get into a game, but it doesn't happen often.