Poll:How many hours a day do you spend on the web?

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Vote: Poll:How many hours a day do you spend on the web? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=50&ref=forums.macrumors.com)

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by phantasos
First Post!
I've never gotten the firt post before!
HeeHeeHeeHee
:cool:

It's to bad that your first first post ever had to be spam. Please be sure that your posts contain content relevent to the thread next time. Please read Arns latest announcement (http://forums.macrumors.com/announcement.php?s=&forumid=4). Oh and welcome to MacRumors keep it good. :)

I spend 4+ hours on the web a day and since I become a posting member of MacRumors I spend 3+ hours here a day.

[edesignuk]

To many...

It's 06:20 in the friggin morning here, I've just got into work and what's the first thing I do? ...Open up IE (we use peecees a work :() and check MacRumors. :D

[madamimadam]

Originally posted by phantasos
First Post!
I've never gotten the firt post before!
HeeHeeHeeHee
:cool:

AHAHAHHAHA

You have only posted 2 messages

ROFL

I work on the web so that means min. 8 hours work (on a lucky day) plus anything out side of that so DEFINATELY more than 8.

[vniow]

I see that 24 isn't an option. :(

[Rower_CPU]

Same here...

Work puts me online for lots of things:
speccing out hardware/software, testing webpages, checking online discussion and support pages

And then my classes have syllabi and class schedules posted online...

And then my consulting is in web design, so I'm online testing my sites...

And then to relax I come here whenever I can...

God, I love broadband! :D

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
God, I love broadband! :D
EXACTLY! 3 cheers for broadband...

Hip hip - horay!
Hip hip - horay!
Hip hip - horay!

:D :p :cool:

[madamimadam]

Originally posted by edesignuk

EXACTLY! 3 cheers for broadband...

Hip hip - horay!
Hip hip - horay!
Hip hip - horay!

:D :p :cool:

nnnnnnnnaaaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhh

Who needs woman when we have broadband enabled pooters?

Oh no, I think I just downloaded
:eek: :eek: :eek:

[vniow]

Originally posted by madamimadam


Who needs woman when we have broadband enabled pooters?




Speak for yourself.;)
I don't have broadband so I do need woman, even if it is only in clothing.:p

[Bear]

I think this poll forgot an option. The missing option is "Too many."

I do computer work, so I pretty much have a web browser open all day.

[Mr. Anderson]

I'm always connected, but I'm not always surfing. I probably spend upto 4 hours online during the week and less on the weekend.

[dreamlance]

I spend about 10 hrs online every Tuesday and Thursday since I have a campus job but on the whole, it averages out to about 5 hrs daily. Weekends are spent offline mostly unless all my friends go out of town or I have a ton of homework.

[bombensington]

my full-time job consists entirely of searching for people on the internet, so there's 8 hours right there...

when i come home, though, i get to look at sites that interest me, so add another couple of hours a day.

blah

[pimentoLoaf]

On dial-up, gotta stay on longer than I want.

With DSL or cablemodem, might stay on longer.

Give me 10 years free with a t1-line and I wouldn't have to stay on much at all.

[finchna]

When I voted I specifically tried to represent active WWW use. I use other software (email clients, etc.) that use the internet but not a browser. Is such differentiation still being made? That is, if you have a cable connection and your computer is on 24 hours/day you're spending 24 hours connected to the Internet but not necessarily on the web. Is the web just http? Thoughts?

Nathan

[King Cobra]

Originally posted by pimentoLoaf
On dial-up, gotta stay on longer than I want.


Welcome to my world. :)

On weekdays I have homework, so I get in around 2 or 3 hours.

But on weekends I make that up with about six hours S/S. Sometimes Acquisition is a big help with large files, or just downlading the latest build of Mozilla. :p

[MrMacMan]

I spend way too much, maybe 8 hours :rolleyes:
yeah...

[eyelikeart]

well I'm usually connected from 8 am - 5 pm Mon-Fri...and during that time frame most likely about 2 hours total are actually spent surfing/posting/etc...

then late at night Mon-Fri...I'm usually on a good 3-4 hours...depending on what's going on...usually up till 1 am...

weekends...I'm rarely around though...

[madamimadam]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
well I'm usually connected from 8 am - 5 pm Mon-Fri...and during that time frame most likely about 2 hours total are actually spent surfing/posting/etc...

then late at night Mon-Fri...I'm usually on a good 3-4 hours...depending on what's going on...usually up till 1 am...

weekends...I'm rarely around though...

You've never heard of sleep????

[dreamlance]

Originally posted by madamimadam
You've never heard of sleep????

Sleep is for wimps.

Look at me talk :rolleyes:

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by madamimadam


You've never heard of sleep????

ha ha...if I didn't have to I wouldn't...

I generally get 5-6 hours a night...no problem ;)

[madamimadam]

Originally posted by eyelikeart


ha ha...if I didn't have to I wouldn't...

I generally get 5-6 hours a night...no problem ;)

I suppose, juggling your day work with being a moderator on such a pretegious and high bandwidth site.
:) ;)

Hey Eye, happy birthday for Sunday
:)

[SilvorX]

bout 6 hrs a day...lol

[diorio]

1-2 hours a day. Most of it is spent here on Macrumors. I have too much to do to spend anymore time here though.

[job]

Usually 2-3 hours during the week.

During the summer I posted 24 hours a day.. ;)

Thats how I got meh tar.

[mac15]

during school 3 hours
holidays, around 7-8

[vniow]

Originally posted by hitman
Usually 2-3 hours during the week.

During the summer I posted 24 hours a day.. ;)

Thats how I got meh tar.





Dear gods, 24 hours a day, even Ms. Spam doesn't even compare to that.:p

I salute you.

[job]

Yep, over the summer I lived on Macrumors, RtCW MP games, and swimming...

Yeah, I was up to the wee hours of the morning posting (spamming ;) ) with KC and Alphatech..

Thanks for the salute.. :p :D

But it was not every day.. :D

[benixau]

acording to my mum - too many
as far as i see - not enought hours in the day:

really though, about 4

just my 3.75 cents worth (its the aussie dollar)

[wdlove]

Lately 2 - 4 hours! :)

[scem0]

I feel so sorry for anyone with dialup. Even sorrier for those with AOL. I urge you to 'switch' to Broadband. It is soooooooooooooooo much better. I can't stress that enough. The most I can do is italicize my 'soooooooooooooooo' :D.

[dmmcintyre3]

As much as I can.

[GR33NIE]

Too much :D

[iPhoneNYC]

25.

[SecondDealer]

To many...

It's 06:20 in the friggin morning here, I've just got into work and what's the first thing I do? ...Open up IE (we use peecees a work :() and check MacRumors. :D

PEECEES haha :)

[Mintin8]

When will the opening of 7/8 year old threads stop! Quite comical though.

[macncheese =)]

8 was the max? I was expecting 12+

[imaketouchtheme]

This is the largest bump on a topic I've ever seen in my life. This topic was from 2002....holy crap...

Seven years.

[iSaygoodbye]

im on way too much.:p

[Kirbdog]

I feel so sorry for anyone with dialup. Even sorrier for those with AOL. I urge you to 'switch' to Broadband. It is soooooooooooooooo much better. I can't stress that enough. The most I can do is italicize my 'soooooooooooooooo' :D.

I have been considering broadband but is worth it? Is it really thaaaaaaaaaat much better?

[yizzle0912]

Two hours

[pyromaniaque]

Honestly, I feel sorry for you people that spend tons of hours at a time on a comp if your job doesn't entail that. :D

[jsanche6]

i spend like 6

[Digital Skunk]

People spend time NOT online???? :confused:

[creator2456]

I've been off and on for the last 8 hours. Finishing up papers and design work can only go so far without the occasional MR or Youtube to break the monotony.

[doubleohseven]

On a normal school night...probably around 2-6 hours a night (including MSNing my friends on my iPod touch at night time).

On a normal weekend day...it depends if I'm out all day or at home...probably around 2-8 hours a day.

[-Ryan-]

When I'm at university during the week, sometimes not at all, but generally around 1-2. At the weekends or during the holidays, maybe 2-3. I don't really see the reason to spend more time online, as I've got a lot of work to do outside the internet, and a lot of socialising to catch up on when I'm off uni! There's only so much I can do on the internet before I get bored. :o

[kastenbrust]

wow this thread is from 2002 :cool:

anyway i spend about 2

[thunderweb]

8 to 10 a day weekdays and around the same weekends

[F1NAL CUTTER]

Lost count!

[finalcut]

In 2002, I can't remember

[drewsof07]

10+ :D
But I do a lot of research, so that's my excuse.

[jashsayani]

Well, how many hours are there in a day ??

Expect for sleeping, grooming and meals, I am on the web....

[Cassie]

Unless I'm sleeping or at school, I am surfing teh interwebz.

So, on an average school day, this means anywhere between 4-7 hours a day.

[DanielKane]

i would say 2 or 3

[toolbox]

8 - 9 hours a day. I work with pee cees all day. But i take my mac to work so i am happy.

[majeral78666]

Close to 12 hours or more :o

[iDrifter]

3 to 5 and on the weekends up to 10+.

[Benguitar]

My guesstimate is 7-8 hours, Being a virtual student I am required to spend lots of time on the web. ;)

[dmmcintyre3]

When am I not on the computer? That is a better question.

[drewsof07]

My guesstimate is 7-8 hours, Being a virtual student I am required to spend lots of time on the web. ;)

That's my excuse too :p

[macgrl]

Usually 6 or so hours. I am doing some research so that takes up a lot of internet time:)

[opeter]

Sadly, to much...

[iRyanDevine]

All my marketing and my images i use to design are on the internet so i would say way to much time :o

:apple:

[macgrl]

The problem i have is that i spend so long online for work that i find that i get fed up when i go online for fun

[tayshon]

during the week maybe 3-4
on the weekend A WHOLE LOT MORE!!!!

[Ttownbeast]

way too much--my right wrist hurts

[Mr. Giver '94]

Argh.... too many.

[ZeroCorpse]

Way more than I should. Even when I'm at work I get in some time on the Internet (and part of my job requires it).

Maybe I should find some local friends...

[arular7]

too many... during classes 6h and sometimes 12 +.+

[theimacdude]

...Too many....

[Insulin Junkie]

That depends on if I'm at uni or back home. when I'm in the dorms in the sh**hole town I'm studying in, I end up being on for 6 - 12 hours, because there's little else to do. When I'm back in my hometown, I find I usually spend 2 - 5 hours online daily, which is still too much, but drastically less.

[dmmcintyre3]

My guesstimate is 7-8 hours, Being a virtual student I am required to spend lots of time on the web. ;)

Yeah I am online all day unless it is clean up time.

[tekio]

At least 10 hours most days, unless I don't feel like working that day, then it would only be 2-3 hours.

[Austin2048]

god, im on the web all day. thats where i do school. then i talk on im, then i eat dinner, then im back in my room talkin on im and stuff

[Macgirl87]

Feels like all day and all night.:o

[01jamcon]

Too many here too, if nothing better is happening, the evenings after uni can easily get fully occupied on the internet.

[mpeacock]

like 3-4 hours just in general.

[thunderweb]

Way too many. 10?

[InvalidUserID]

At work, around 1-3 hours.

At home, at least 3 hours.

[Scepticalscribe]

In common with many posters, my answer is "way too much time and far too many hours". I got broadband a few years ago, which transformed my online habits, but as I have taught online and do a lot of researching and writing in all of my jobs, I tend to spend a lot of work time (and leisure time) online. In fact, six-eight hours a day would not be unusual, but it varies, especially at the week-ends.

Cheers and good luc

[carolina17]

About one hour at home.
I check mail and browse Macrumors.com for good articles :D

[Steven89]

I think the real question for me is how often I'm NOT online. If I'm out with friends, working a part-time job or just hanging out outside doing things non-computer related (cigars, horseracing and handicapping, etc.), I'm NOT online. If I'm researching things or am learning new things (I'm constantly online reading and researching philosophy, religion, culture, psychology, politics, computers, etc), which is at least half of my day, I AM online. I spend my free time online too.

[Not Available]

Between 3 and 5 hours a day. Last summer I was getting into web design and development, so when I wasn't creating web templates, I was reading about other related things on forums.

[macl1]

12+ hours. spending too much time on the web.

[iAlexG]

between 3-5 hours per day

[heehee]

At work, probably 8 hours a day. :D

At home, an hour or so. I like watching TV more. :)

[rebecca.x]

It varies, but way too many at the moment.

[neil1980]

12+... though if I got caught at work you could knock 9 hours off that lol

[TrAzE]

4-7 Hours

[ticklemonster]

12-16 hours

[acxz]

Working day: 2-4 hours
At home day: 6-8 hours

[caligurl]

WAY too many! all day at work and too many hours at home while watching TV :eek:

[rcf-dds]

avg summer day (no school): 4-6 hrs
avg school day: 2-4

e-mail, news sites, twitter/facebook, MR (of course), a couple other forums (video games, dental, NBA), sports stuff... nothing too crazy l

[uaecasher]

12 hours +

[farkasam]

34

[Kristyanna1019]

I spend a really long time on the computer this summer I do not have a TV so I was web Surfing Using PhotoShop etc.. I guess 16-18 hours now that school has started it will drop to 8-10 hours. Also I am 55Yrs Old

:) :p

Krisy

[MJGB]

Maybe 3-4 hours. Though during weekends and holidays, can be upto 10 hours.

[scottness]

5 hours, probably. hard to time it because I'm on and off all day. does email count? then I'm on 10 or more hours a day

[richardtj]

Too many would have been a good option. I'd say an average of 5 hours per day for pleasure and 3 hours for work (catching up with legislation and filling in forms!)

[^^ CoolMacLover]

Toooooooo Many.

[McBeats]

prolly avg of 5 hours a day

[ob81]

These days about 2-3 hours at the most. It was more about a year ago. Now I just quick check news and social networking sites. Most of my time occurs while at work.

[flakes8]

5 - 6 hours a day

[Chimpy]

All told it has to be over 2 hours. When I think about it it's sad :(.

[LAS.mac]

Probably 2-3 hours, including working time, to check for papers, university sites, etc.

[humquirup]

Great work .. really informative .. and thanks a lot for sharing .. ;)
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[iphonefreakz]

Sinds i work on the web, its uncountable :P

[Trek2100]

Toooooooo Many.

Yep, I can relate to that. Somewhere between 4 and 12+. Usually closer to 4 however, 12+ is not out of the question:( My wife cannot believe that I spend most all day at work on PCs and come home to spend the rest of the evening on my MAC, oof.

[Barry Absalom]

How much should I charge to design a small business web page?

[Akhan]

How much should I charge to design a small business web page?

I would charge a standard fee. Although there should be an extra charge due to the detail of the site. Also, due to the nature of the economy you might just want to accept his offer.

[chris200x9]

18 :D no really prolly like 4-6 :cool:

[McBeats]

ohh man, probably too much time, but i dont care anymore....

[Mouse412]

Oh it's scary to think about how many hours I may spend online in a given day. Most of my work is on a computer so I always have a web browser open even if not using it at the moment. I'd say 4+ hrs are spent at work online either researching or just surfing then I go home and use my :apple: for another 1-2 hrs checking all the stuff I can't at work (social networking, music, and such).

[WardC]

It's 2:11pm in the afternoon and I have been surfing around on my Mac since I got up at 6:20 this morning. Not to mention, I'll probably be surfing around most of the day too, so you would easily say I use my Mac 18 hours a day!

[shivermetimbers]

about 2 hours max

[WardC]

I take back my previous statement. I cut it down to 12 hours now. only.

[mac-ho]

2-4 hours :apple: