'Puters, 'Puters Everywhere and Nary a Screen to Spare...

We have four computers in our home. So how is it that we're all still waiting in line to use one? We have two laptops - one for the odd ocassion that Brian consults, one for me to use for writing, a desktop PC, which is supposed to be for the children's use (researching various topics, ocassional gameplaying, and emailing), and a MAC which is used to layout our various magazines and books. A problem arises when we need to install another program - either vital to our business, or useful to the children's education. Three of our four computers are quite elderly and disc space is at a premium. Brian is often hard pressed to finagle some room.

Such was the case in the last couple of weeks. We installed a CRM to keep track of our advertisers and the only place we could put it was on the children's computer. This took the better part of a precious Saturday. Then followed the inevitable monopoly on the computer's time while the database was being populated. So, because I can't design and layout on the laptop, the MAC isn't convenient for my writing and the children can't touch either, and no one but Brian is allowed to use the second laptop, we've been sitting around the house looking like a wet weekend, and waiting for our turn to use just the one desktop PC.

How is it we've managed to put ourselves in such a fix? Maybe we need another computer...