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Who has/had a Desk/Computer Area in Their Bedroom.

Do you have a computer/desk area in your room?

  • Yes I have a computer in my room.

    Votes: 87 87.0%

  • No I do not have a computer in my rooom.

    Votes: 13 13.0%
  • Total voters
    100
Yes sir.

Thank god for guest bedrooms/2nd mastbedroom/inlaws bedroom. I have like 300sq ft all to myself.


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Xander562 said:
For those of you who didn't have computers when you were a kid: Would you let your kids have a computer in their room? Why/ Why not?
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Ours was in the family room. As for my kid, she won't have one in her room. When I was growing up, it was having a phone or TV in your room. My parents pointed out that there isn't a need to have one in your room - what exactly demands that much privacy from a loving family when you are that age?

As for the poll, the question doesn't match the options. I had a desk from when I turned 5 until I moved out - the desk is still there. But, the desk never had a computer.
 
Xander562 said:
For those of you who didn't have computers when you were a kid: Would you let your kids have a computer in their room? Why/ Why not?
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Uh uh. Not for a long freaking time.

I'm likely to be a nasty mix of wicked overprotective and wicked strict. Besides -- why would my kid need a computer in their own room? And how many computers am I 'sposed to buy?

God I'm getting old. If this were the 17th C I'd be like "No! My child shan't have a book anywhere near his bed!"
 
I've had it so many different ways:

Up until high school, I used the computers in my father's studio, which was filled with them.

After that, there was a dedicated computer room for me and my brother's machines. It was isolated, but that also made it so you had to leave it to do other things.

1st year in college, me and my roommate had a single, undivided room with two computers right at the head of our beds and maybe five feet between them.

Since then, have had own room but in smallish/nonprivate households, so my computer is always in my room out of necessity. Not sure if I would ever change it, though. I feel like I could live perfectly happy in a house with three rooms: bedroom, kitchen, bathroom.
 
I find it funny when parents see us on computers and say go out and get a life... What they don't get is that is what I'm doing, I'm ether listening to music talkin to friends, makin plans, Or on myspace (I hate that damn place, I only do it for the social aspect) Not only that but I also do all my photo editing in there because I like to listen to music 99% of my day and my stand speakers are better than my mb speakers

I love my room... Its small no space but its cozy:cool:

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I kno its messy but, Hey they say its a sign of genious
 
Ha, I'm 24 and I have a desk/computer in my room. I simply don't have enough room in my apartment to put the desk anywhere else.

If you or your parents are worried about you being on it too much, then join a club at school or try out for the basketball team or something like that. Really, being at home watching TV isn't any better than being at home on the computer (the latter might be better, even).
 
nope, but I hated being in my room, it was small cold and lonely.


My general routine was to use my ibook in the evenings in the living room while my father watched TV mostly and occasionally take it to my room so I could use it in bed late night, I never got the whole need to be alone thing, or even the need for a desk, I never use my (now) macbook on a desk.
 
Mord said:
I never got the whole need to be alone thing, or even the need for a desk,
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Well basically the whole idea is that I want my room to be my own, a unique place where I just hang out. I want it to be a place where me and my friends could hang out you know? I think that this is just the first step for me. (I also like the ideas of the guitars on the wall, I'll have to dig up my old guitars to do that with :cool:)
 
I turned 13 in 1977, so computers in homes (at least most homes) wasn't an issue.

My son just turned 15, which means he's in the last year of middle school in the system here, and he's had a computer in his room since he was about 10 or so. I can't see any other way for him to do his school work, communicate with his friends, and record (he's a great guitar player).

Most of his school work is based on his having access to a computer for one reason or another; in addition to needing to look things up, his assignments are posted on a site designed for that purpose, and he often hands things in electronically as well.

He goes to a school where most of the kids live within commuting distance, but not close enough to each other to hang out together after school. They skype each other to talk (and also to discuss homework, work on group projects, quiz each other for tests etc).

In his free time, he does things connected with music, and the computer is essential for a lot of it. All his recording equipment is connected to his computer.

Sure, we could have his computer somewhere out in community space in the house, but he'd have a lot of distractions and very little privacy.

As long as he is taking care of the computer and seems to have a balanced life, I can't see any reason to say "no computer in your room".
 
10 years after high School and 6 years after college I still have my computer setup in my room. Full studio and all. Finally come this Summer I will be getting a 2 bedroom house with the plans to turn the second bedroom into an office/studio.

It's hard to grow up when you computer is in your room.:p
 
annk said:
I turned 13 in 1977, so computers in homes (at least most homes) wasn't an issue.

My son just turned 15, which means he's in the last year of middle school in the system here, and he's had a computer in his room since he was about 10 or so. I can't see any other way for him to do his school work, communicate with his friends, and record (he's a great guitar player).

Most of his school work is based on his having access to a computer for one reason or another; in addition to needing to look things up, his assignments are posted on a site designed for that purpose, and he often hands things in electronically as well.

He goes to a school where most of the kids live within commuting distance, but not close enough to each other to hang out together after school. They skype each other to talk (and also to discuss homework, work on group projects, quiz each other for tests etc).

In his free time, he does things connected with music, and the computer is essential for a lot of it. All his recording equipment is connected to his computer.

Sure, we could have his computer somewhere out in community space in the house, but he'd have a lot of distractions and very little privacy.

As long as he is taking care of the computer and seems to have a balanced life, I can't see any reason to say "no computer in your room".
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I couldn't agree with you more. :) You are an awesome parent. haha
 
Xander562 said:
Well basically the whole idea is that I want my room to be my own, a unique place where I just hang out. I want it to be a place where me and my friends could hang out you know? I think that this is just the first step for me. (I also like the ideas of the guitars on the wall, I'll have to dig up my old guitars to do that with :cool:)
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I got my first computer in my room at about the age of 16. It was my family's old Macintosh IIcx... but I didn't have internet for it. Anyway, I would've much rather just had a couch or something like that and a rocking stereo system in my room as a teenager... I did have a nice record player and a cd player, but my speakers were a little flat (I guess for your generation you'd just need an iPod). I think stuff like that's more important for hanging out than a computer (really, what would you be doing with your friends on one computer?). I also always wanted a mini-fridge (or an antique soda machine) to hold sodas and stuff.
 
wrc fan said:
I got my first computer in my room at about the age of 16. It was my family's old Macintosh IIcx... but I didn't have internet for it. Anyway, I would've much rather just had a couch or something like that and a rocking stereo system in my room as a teenager... I did have a nice record player and a cd player, but my speakers were a little flat (I guess for your generation you'd just need an iPod). I think stuff like that's more important for hanging out than a computer (really, what would you be doing with your friends on one computer?). I also always wanted a mini-fridge (or an antique soda machine) to hold sodas and stuff.
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Well I would be moving my speakers connected to my MBP into there as well. They're decent, but I'd invest in some better ones if I had a reason to. Also i have a bean-bag chair and another funky U-shaped chair type thing as well. Mini-fridge would be cool, I may do that. But as I said this is really the first step for me. Moving my computer into my room would be what would make ME want to hang out in there, and as I spend more time in there I would then make it more... mine. That is something I haven't really done in the past because quite frankly, I only go in there to sleep and thats it.
 
I'm 26. When I was a teenager, I had a computer in my room. But I still have one in my room. I live with two roommates and our rooms are basically our sanctuaries where all of our primary stuff resides.
 
I have my computers and study desk all in my bedroom. It's a bit crampy though but I like having it this way. My computer desk has my MBP and PC on it next to my bed and my study desk is under the window
 
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